When we grow up in a home of broken promises, adults telling us to do one thing, but they are doing

something different. Without someone to model healthy behaviors, we may have been forced to rely on our intuition. When we grow up in an environment of dysfunction or emotional instability, a lot of things that are promised, rarely materialize. When we are given love or affection and those things are taken or weaponized, or we are forced to earn them. Well... Words become the least reliable form of communication for us. So now as an adult, when a person tells you they care, you may have an inner narrative that questions how long for. Or doubts that their feelings are genuine. This may lead you into pattern of protest behaviors, or testing, and always trying to get a person to show you they do care. Here are some ways this can manifest: ❤️ Constantly asking how a person feels, because their mood is showing you that they are not okay. ❤️ Being hyper vigilant and super aware of how others moods change or when there is shift in energy. ❤️ Making sense of situations for other people, or making excuses for their poor behavior.