What "losing your voice" can look like.
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Becoming a bully or a pushover
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Feeling the need to yell to get your point across because you feel no one cares, or listens
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Not speaking up and staying in situations that are harmful to you (mentally, physically, emotionally) due to lack of options or fear of rejection/retaliation.
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Feeling like your answers or boundaries need to be explained in detail otherwise they won’t be respected
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Become manipulative
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Someone who doesn’t share how they feel because of a fear of “disrupting the peace”
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A boss who is a dictator and tyrant
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An abusive person
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Loss of identity
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Become a people pleasers
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People who place all of their value in success or money
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Someone who has “no filter” and just says any and everything, regardless how it effects people or without thinking about it
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Forgetting to take care of yourself or always leaving yourself for last
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Need to have power and success to validate importance or worth
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Seeking validation everywhere
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Living for others
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Internalizing others’ opinions
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Low self esteem
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Isolation and loneliness
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Mental health challenges
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Lack of empowerment
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Difficulty building relationships
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Limited personal growth
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Physical health consequences
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Lack of civic engagement
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Negative impact on decision making
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Letting trauma remove the part of you that you loved.
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Feeling like you never quite fit in/ rejection
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Feeling like no one understands you or cares to understand you