Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 4:39
My Favorite Advice Columnist Is My Therapist
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You picked up on their shame the way children always do. And also because you're exceptionally sensitive, you didn't want to eat that shame and anxiety. See, you said no to the words of love, too. That happens to a lot of oversensitive kids as they start to grow up. They say no to love and connection because they've associated it with shame and vulnerability and anxiety for so long that becoming a kind of avoidant robot type is a much easier path
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