97 - I Don't Think I Get To Fall Apart

What happens when you've spent years being the strong one?

The one who keeps going.

The one who remembers everything.

The one who holds the family together.

The one who keeps functioning no matter what's happening around them.

In this episode of Addiction Makes Three, Amanda explores the hidden exhaustion so many people impacted by addiction carry.

The kind of exhaustion that doesn't come from a bad week.

But from years of hypervigilance, over-functioning, emotional responsibility and survival mode.

Because somewhere along the way, many people stop asking:

"How am I?"

And start asking:

"What needs doing next?"