The only people who get upset about you setting boundaries are the ones who are benefiting from you having none.

My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child.

Yeah, hey, no. Welcome back to hold it on to, just let it all go.

What's making you slow now?

I'm just let it all go.

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 shit shows.

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea.

I am a total incomplete shit show,

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

And if you're wondering what the hell is an adult child,

it is someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family

whose unresolved childhood wounds

are surfacing in adulthood and not in a good way.

Okay, not in a good way.

What does this look like?

People pleasing, approval seeking, an inability to say no, an overdeveloped sense of responsibility,

a track record of toxic relationships, whether that be in romance, friendship, work, a tendency to

stay in relationships way past their due date, fear of people and authority figures, an addiction

to negative excitement, aka drama, chaos, a deep fear of abandonment, an inability to feel emotions, having reactions that are out of proportion

to the situation at hand, low self-esteem, highly judgmental of oneself and others. And if you related

to, let's say three or more of those, you are definitely in the right place. Okay. So for those of you who may not know,

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