Children don’t just react to their environment. They try to make sense
I didn’t realize how hard it was for my body to relax.
For a long time I thought I was just someone who thought
I didn’t used to think there was anything unusual about the way
I don’t remember deciding that I had to handle everything on my
I didn’t decide one day that people weren’t reliable. It happened slowly.
I don’t remember deciding to stay alert. It just became the way
I don’t remember sitting down and making decisions about how to survive.
I didn’t walk around thinking, I’m not safe. It was quieter than
If your system stays slightly braced most of the time, the goal
Most of these rules didn’t start as thoughts. You didn’t sit down
It’s easy, especially as adults, to assume children are being manipulative. “They’re
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