I'm not angry I'm just very enthusiastically expressing my frustration. My name is

Andrea and this is an old child. Yeah, yeah, now. Yeah, now.

Yeah, yeah.

What you're holding on to

just let it all go.

What's making you slow now?

Welcome back to a adult child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy, my dear Shitchasitjón, it's been a while since I've done that.

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea.

I am a total and complete Shitchow. I am the captain of this hot mess of a ship.

If you're wondering when an adult child is, it is someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family whose unresolved childhood wounds are

servicing and playing out in adulthood and not in a good way.

What are the common characteristics of an adult child you ask? Let me give you a few people

people pleasing, approval seeking, fear of authority, fear of people, deep fears of abandonment,

overdeveloped sense of responsibility, guilt feelings when we stand up for ourselves

an inability to say no, stuffed emotions, an addiction to excitement.

So basically everyone, yes basically everyone.

You know dysfunctional families come in all shapes and sizes, okay?

We have blatant forms, we have subtle forms, it can be equally as impactful.

There are a lot of people out there saying,

you know, my childhood wasn't that bad, I shouldn't be this screwed up.

And what I like to say is that it's not so much about what happened to you, but rather what you came to believe about yourself in the world as a result of what happened to you.

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