One of the most common misconceptions about psychological healing is that it means becoming stronger, more confident, or more resilient. While those qualities often emerge in therapy, they are usually not where the real work begins. More often, healing starts with a quieter realization: much of your life has been organized around adapting to someone else's needs, expectations, moods, or demands. Many people never consciously decide to live this way. Rather, it develops gradua

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