I’ve been thinking about self abandonment recently.

Self abandonment is when you step away from your wants, needs, values, in order to fulfil something else.

This can show up as people pleasing, where you do things you don’t want to or don’t align with your wants in order to please someone else. It could be that you do things for others, pushing yourself into burnout to serve other people.

Sometimes it’s having inconsistent boundaries, or numbing your emotions so you don’t need to feel them.