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3 Sep 2025

Familiar Doesn’t Mean Healthy: When Old Patterns Masquerade as Love

Mary Baker blogpost breaking toxic cycles, childhood wounds in relationships, emotional red flags, emotional safety, familiar vs healthy relationships, generational patterns, nervous system healing, relationship awareness, relationship boundaries, relationship triggers, repeating old patterns, self-trust in relationships, trauma and relationships, trust your gut, unhealthy comfort zones

We often confuse what’s familiar with what’s safe. When you’ve grown up around certain behaviors—like criticism, guilt trips, or people who never owned their mistakes, those patterns get wired into your nervous system. They become your “normal.” So later in life, when you meet someone who acts in similar ways, it doesn’t always set off […]