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Self-Assessment: Other-Directedness Schemas
Other-directedness schemas include a group of schema's including self-sacrifice, approval seeking and subjugation. These are often at the heart of behaviours like putting other's needs before your own, to your own detriment. This is not a diagnostic tool, but the start of a conversation. If you find yourself identifying with any of these schemas, please know that support it available.
When Being 'The Strong One' Stops Working: Perimenopause and the End of the Strategy
Tamera Broughton
Jun 1, 2026
Being the strong one worked, until perimenopause changed the conditions. This blog explores why midlife hormonal shifts hit harder for women with a trauma history, why the old strategies stop working, and what an integrated approach to perimenopausal mental health can look like.
Hyper-Independence Isn't Who You Are. It's What You Learnt.
Tamera Broughton
Jun 1, 2026
You learnt to be the strong one early, and the world never stopped rewarding you for it. This blog explores why hyper-independence is not a personality trait but an adaptive response rooted in attachment, schema theory, and nervous system patterning, and what genuine change can feel like.
Self-Assessment: Other-Directedness Schemas
Other-directedness schemas include a group of schema's including self-sacrifice, approval seeking and subjugation. These are often at the heart of behaviours like putting other's needs before your own, to your own detriment. This is not a diagnostic tool, but the start of a conversation. If you find yourself identifying with any of these schemas, please know that support it available.
When Being 'The Strong One' Stops Working: Perimenopause and the End of the Strategy
Tamera Broughton
Jun 1, 2026
Being the strong one worked, until perimenopause changed the conditions. This blog explores why midlife hormonal shifts hit harder for women with a trauma history, why the old strategies stop working, and what an integrated approach to perimenopausal mental health can look like.
Hyper-Independence Isn't Who You Are. It's What You Learnt.
Tamera Broughton
Jun 1, 2026
You learnt to be the strong one early, and the world never stopped rewarding you for it. This blog explores why hyper-independence is not a personality trait but an adaptive response rooted in attachment, schema theory, and nervous system patterning, and what genuine change can feel like.
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