I think disconnecting from yourself for long enough makes you question your own thoughts, feelings, instincts, and reactions because you’ve spent so much time explaining them away instead of actually listening to them. And I don’t think I realized how often I was doing that until I started wondering why I am the way I am and trying to figure it out. I realized that always trying to understand everyone else felt safer than understanding and trusting myself because as long as everyone else was comfortable, I’d be alright one way or another. But that was me living for everyone but ME. #selfawareness #emotionalpatterns #selftrust #innerwork #peoplepleasing