We live in a culture that romanticises rescuing. Fixing is framed as love. Endurance is framed as loyalty. Self-sacrifice is framed as virtue. We’re taught, often subtly, that if we really care, we’ll keep giving. Keep soothing. Keep explaining. Keep absorbing the fallout of other people’s choices. Even when it drains us. Even when our nervous system is stuck in overwhelm, on alert, chronic stress, on edge, never at ease or shutdown But authentic love isn’t about rescuing someone from the...