The Hidden Cost of Hyper-Independence and Being the Factotum

The Friday Edition | No. 43

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The Hidden Cost of Hyper-Independence and Being the Factotum

For those of us who’ve walked the painful, jagged path of complex trauma (Complex PTSD), life often taught us that survival means taking on more than we should – more than anyone should. In the quiet spaces between moments, you may have noticed yourself in the perpetual role of “the one who always gets it done,” regardless of how drained or broken you feel inside, read on. That is the painful blessing and curse of hyper-independence and in being the factotum – two survival patterns woven into the complex fabric of long-standing trauma.