Who You Became to Survive

Reclaiming Your True Self from the Patterns of Childhood Trauma and CPTSD

By: Sarah Jane Daniels

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

You are not broken. You are simply a person who learned to survive.

You live as if something bad is always about to happen. You move through your days carrying a heavy, invisible weight, a constant, underlying sense that you must guard yourself, perform, or hide just to be safe. To the outside world, you might seem fine. You might even have high functioning anxiety, appearing competent and successful. But inside, you feel like you are performing a role rather than living a life, constantly managing the internal noise of a nervous system that refuses to rest.

This is not a personality flaw. It is a survival loop.

The perfectionism, the people-pleasing, the numbness, and the hypervigilance are not failings or weaknesses. They are the armor you built to endure childhood trauma and emotional neglect. These patterns kept you safe in dysfunctional family dynamics, but today, they have become a cage. They are costing you your peace, your connection to others, and your ability to simply exist without exhaustion.

Who You Became to Survive is the compassionate recovery guide for those who are tired of carrying the weight of the past.

This book is not about fixing you: it is about finding you. It offers a gentle, validated path to healing Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) and reclaiming your life from the survival patterns that have been driving the bus.

Inside, you will discover how to:

• Unmask the hidden signs of emotional abuse and neglect that you may have minimized for years.
• Quiet the mental chatter and use actionable tools for nervous system regulation, moving you from "fight, flight, or freeze" into safety.
• Heal the Inner Child through practical reparenting techniques that dissolve shame.
• Reclaim your True Self: the person you were before you had to become someone else to survive.

You have survived long enough. It is time to uncross your arms and start living.