That part of you that acts out? It's not bad. It's unheard. Your anger. Your shutdown. Your overreaction. Your freeze. These aren't character flaws. These are fragments carrying what you couldn't process when you were younger. They're stuck in old moments, defending you against threats that don't exist anymore. Talk to your parts. They're just trying to protect you. Thank them. Then teach them you're safe now. This is the part we don't talk about enough. The part where you realize your survival strategies have become your prison. The patterns that kept you safe then are keeping you trapped now. You're still responding to threats that don't exist anymore. Still protecting yourself from dangers that passed years ago. Your nervous system doesn't know the war is over. It's still scanning for enemy fire. Still sleeping with one eye open. Still ready to run, fight, or freeze at a moment's notice. And it's exhausting you. Draining your energy. Keeping you from the peace you think you should...