Burnout masks emotional disconnection despite high productivity. Understanding attachment, trauma, and using Gestalt therapy aids nervous system regulation, healing, and reclaiming self-connection.

Expat adaptation can slip into self-abandonment, risking well-being and identity loss. Recognize signs like people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, and set boundaries. Trauma-informed therapy aids healing.

People-pleasing is a protective fawn response rooted in attachment wounds, leading to conflict avoidance and emotional overwhelm. Therapy, somatic awareness, and boundaries aid healing and healthier relationships.