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About Me
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Trauma Therapy
Anxiety & Overwhelm Therapy
People Pleasing, Codependency, & Perfectionism Therapy
Depression & Burn Out Therapy
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Individual Therapy
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Where Does Anger Come From? Understanding Anger in People-Pleasers, Trauma Survivors, and Sensitive Nervous Systems
Emotional Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 6/12/25 Emotional Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 6/12/25

Where Does Anger Come From? Understanding Anger in People-Pleasers, Trauma Survivors, and Sensitive Nervous Systems

Anger isn’t the problem. It’s a signal - especially for people-pleasers and trauma survivors! Learn where anger comes from, how it shows up in your body, and why releasing it is key to healing.

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When joy and the present moment feels unsafe.⁣
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Sometimes, the hardest moments aren’t the painful ones they’re actually the peaceful ones.⁣
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Because peace and the present can feel unfamiliar or uncomfy when your nervous system is used t We all carry core emotional wounds - the deep-rooted beliefs that quietly shape our reactions, relationships, and self-worth.⁣
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Noticing which one feels most familiar is the first step toward holding it with compassion. Before we do anything to shif When your drive starts replacing your peace - it’s time to pause. ⁣
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Productivity doesn’t always mean progress. Sometimes, the best most “productive” thing you can do is slow down and let yourself be ironically. ⁣
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Save thes Hyper-independence often gets praised as strength - but for many, it began as self-protection.⁣
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When your nervous system has learned that relying on others leads to disappointment, your body says: I’ll just do it all myself.⁣
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It’s abo The small ways to rebuild your self trust matter!⁣
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Owning your own decisions, validating your own emotions, fully creating self care rituals, holding boundaries. and follow through on your word are just to name a few. ⁣
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Which do you want to try?
When your nervous system equates harmony with safety, fawning can take over.⁣
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You start saying “it’s fine” when it’s not, over-apologizing to keep the peace, and anticipating others’ needs before your own so you can mi
Perfectionism feels like quietly failing, procrastinating and taking hours to do things, never feeling like enough, silently falling a part and experiencing deep anxiety while appearing so put together on the outside ⁣
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Perfectionists are usually am This is often what high functioning anxiety &  depression, perfectionism and people pleasers look like -⁣
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Doing well on the outside, smiling, ambition, friends.⁣
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But internally feeling disconnected, anxious, on edge, suppressed anger, numbnes

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