How Do People Become Disconnected From Their Own Needs?

One of the most unsettling moments for a high-functioning person is realising they have no idea what they actually want.

They know what their boss wants. They know what their partner needs. They know what the "right" decision is.

But when it comes to their own internal desires? Static.

In Week 5 of our series, I am exploring the mechanics of this disconnection.

If you struggle to feel your own needs, I want you to know one thing:

This was not a failure. It was a strategy.

As I explain in this week's video, most high-functioning people developed this "blindness" as a way to survive their environment.

You learned early on that your environment required Adaptation more than it welcomed your Authenticity.

Every time you suppressed a need to keep the peace, or ignored your tiredness to get the job done, you were being "successful" at adaptation.

You trained yourself to view your own needs as "noise": distractions that got in the way of your performance.

The problem is, you practiced this strategy for so long that you can no longer turn it off. You became "Signal-Deaf" to yourself.

Watch Week 5: How do people become disconnected from their own needs?

Your reflection for this week:

What is one small physical or emotional need you ignored this week just to keep things running smoothly?

Let’s start listening to the "noise" again.

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