04/09/2026
I have an amazing family. Great friends. A life most people would call blessed.
So where the hell was my anxious style of attachment coming from and my deep belief of “I am not enough” ?
That's the part I couldn't figure out for years. Even after 10 years of different traditional therapies. I'd hear coaches and therapists talk about "childhood wounds" and think… that's not me. My parents are incredible. They gave us everything they could. I'm the 5th of 7 kids and yes, obviously that comes with its own stuff, but I was loved. I knew I was loved.
So why was I still desperate to be chosen by every man I liked? Why was I still performing at work like my life depended on it? Why couldn't I just exist without proving something to someone?
I kept waiting for the big trauma to reveal itself. The thing that would explain everything. The moment I could point to and say "THAT'S why I'm like this."
It never came.
And honestly? That made it worse. Because at least if I had a clear wound I could work on it. Instead I just felt broken for no reason. Which made me feel even more like the problem was just… me.
Here's what I eventually learned. You don't need a dramatic backstory for these patterns to take root. REPEAT, YOU DON'T NEED A DRAMATIC BACKSTORY FOR THESE PATTERNS TO TAKE ROOT. Sometimes it's the small stuff. The stuff nobody notices because it doesn't look like trauma. Being one of many kids and quietly learning that attention has to be earned. Picking up that love feels safer when you're easy, helpful, no trouble. Little moments that your conscious mind forgot but your subconscious built an entire operating system around.
That's what made this so hard to find. It wasn't obvious. It wasn't dramatic. It was quiet. And it ran everything.
If you've ever thought "but my life is good, so why do I still feel like this?"… that doesn't mean you're ungrateful. It means the pattern is just well hidden.
If you're done carrying this sh*t: DM me so I can help you out. 👊
Cata.