Authenticity
Alignment between what you feel and what you show.
How it shows up
It isn’t about always saying everything. It is that what you do say doesn’t contradict what you know about yourself. A long-running mismatch shows up as a tiredness that rest doesn’t cure.
What we do with it in therapy
Often the first thing we work out is where you adapted so early that you don’t even experience it as adapting.
See also
Stress
The body's response to a demand that exceeds its perceived resources — useful briefly, harmful over time.
Anxiety
A response to a danger that isn't here — the body prepares for something that hasn't happened and often won't.
Forgiveness
The decision to stop demanding payment for the past — but not that the act was acceptable.
