What’s your pattern of protecting yourself?
You have a pattern of protecting yourself and reacting to the world that you’ve developed throughout your lifetime.
Your pattern is unique.
It’s shaped through your experiences, observations of others, values, beliefs in general, and beliefs about yourself.
When it comes to beliefs about yourself, it’s natural to protect yourself from re-feeling painful emotions. No one want’s to do this.
But, the thing is, we can all get stuck in mindless patterns.
So it’s essential to stop and evaluate whether or not you’ve fallen into a pattern of reacting to a painful emotion or situation you’ve already overcome.