Mantra_DigitalIssue_1_Empaths_SensitiveSouls

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Am I overly sensitive to criticism? Yes / No

Do I subconsciously seek and need approval? Yes / No

Was I allowed to be my true self? Yes / No

Was I celebrated for who I am? Yes / No

Did I have to earn approval or my worth? Yes / No

Did I always feel like I was walking on eggshells? Yes / No

Did I frequently feel shame and anxiety? Yes / No

Did I feel deeply unwanted? Yes / No

Do I now struggle with self-loathing and destructive patterns? Yes / No

Do I blame myself for what happened in my home? Yes / No

Am I frequently overwhelmed with unknown grief? Yes / No

Is it hard to shake off my low self-confidence? Yes / No

Do I overachieve to compensate for an emotionally troubled childhood? Yes / No

Am I always laughing, trying to make everyone comfortable? Yes / No

Do I tend to people-please? Yes / No

Am I really afraid of disappointing people? Yes / No

Do I feel responsible for “fixing” a parent? Yes / No

Do I feel like I must have deserved the severe punishment? Yes / No

Did I have to work to get noticed? Yes / No

Did I try really hard not to get anyone angry? Yes / No

Did I have to entertain to appease a depressed or enraged parent? Yes / No

Did I face excessive criticism frequently? Yes / No

Am I hesitant to talk about my past/family/childhood? Yes / No

Am I pushing childhood memories aside? Yes / No

Am I overly sentimental about the past? Yes / No

Do I not actually remember much about my childhood? Yes / No

Am I afraid if I open up, I might break down from feeling too much? Yes / No

Do I sometimes experience debilitating depression? Yes / No

Do I struggle with crippling social anxiety at times? Yes / No

Do I struggle with deep, lasting emotional connection with most people? Yes / No

Do I feel critically damaged as a person? Yes / No

Getting Therapy, Help,

Self-growth Work

A Few Ways They Can Help

1. They can help your unconscious
   feelings become conscious.


2. Alone, we can’t always see what we
   deeply long for.


3. On our own, we can’t always see what
   we’re really terrified by.


4. You can deal with the ghosts of the
   past so they can finally rest.


5. They can give us an emotional
   understanding of the past.


6. They can help us to finally gain a
   sense of self-love, forgiveness, insight
   and repair.


7. They can give us healthy skills for
   self-soothing.


8. They can help us understand our
   interpretations and ideas we made
   as children.

Recovering from

Your Childhood

forgiveness

Identifying Trauma

Still in Your Body

Circle

yes or no

Self-love

Repair

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