Suffering Isn’t Random. It’s the Byproduct of an Identity That Thinks You’re the Problem.
- samantha francis
- Jul 11
- 1 min read
When your nervous system is calibrated to “I am hard to love” or “I always mess it up”, your brain does something wild:
It starts scanning for and unconsciously creating proof.
You start bending.Shrinking.Negotiating.Hustling.
Because if the problem is you, then love becomes a game of trying to be palatable enough to stay.
This shows up everywhere:
Work: overdelivering, undercharging, accepting less.
Friendships: being the advice-giver, never the one held.
Family: silencing your truth to “keep the peace.”
Dating: spiralling when someone likes you, bracing when they don’t.
The fix isn’t “be more confident.”It’s shifting the identity that you ever believed you were the problem.
When the identity shifts:
You stop orchestrating your suffering.
You stop negotiating to be liked.
You stop accepting scraps and calling it a connection.
This is the recalibration process we perform within The Secure Identity Method. Start with the Relationship Identity Quiz because you are a catch- so let's start living like it!




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