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The Good Person Trap™️by Becky Grace

Trauma, burnout, neurodiversity and the hidden rules keeping good people stuck

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When Your Worldview Changes

The quiet grief of losing certainty, and the unexpected compassion that can grow in its place

When Did We Stop Allowing People to Be Human?

An essay on mistakes, modern culture, and why I wonder if we've confused being human with being good.

The Fear of Being Selfish

Some people spend their lives trying not to inconvenience anybody. Eventually, they start disappearing from their own lives.

When Goodness Becomes a Survival Strategy

The hidden cost of building your identity around being good, useful and emotionally safe for others

The Good Person Trap™

How this concept came to be, what it is, and where I want to take it

From content to a body of work

Why I’m leaving performative content behind and building something slower, deeper and more meaningful instead.

When EMDR Doesn’t Look the Way You Expect

(Especially if You’re Neurodivergent, Sensitive, or Living with an Eating Disorder)

Feeling Overwhelmed by Misinformation?

You’re Not Alone

Signs You’re Moving Forward

(Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It)

What You Don’t See in the Before Photo

The photo I’m sharing with you today might look like a celebration.

The Hidden Cost of Always Being Online: Nervous System Fatigue and Grief

From screen addiction to spiritual disconnection, exploring the quiet trauma many of us are carrying and how to start healing.

Why I Don’t Take Sides

And Why That Might Help You Too

NHS Talking Therapy vs Private Therapy: What’s Best When You’re Navigating Tough Transitions?

If you’re reading this, you might be feeling like you need a space to be heard—a place to process out loud without pressure to “fix” or solve everything straight away.

What Might Save Us From Rigid Thinking (And What Happens If It Doesn’t)

Lately I’ve been thinking how loud, black-and-white, and reactive everything feels online, and how much it’s seeping into real life.

Why Therapy Doesn’t Work When It’s Built on Performance

Why Showing Up Matters More Than Getting It “Right”

It Took Me Nearly 30 Years to Recover - And I’m Not Ashamed Anymore

There was a time I felt ashamed about how long it took me to recover from my eating disorder.

Coming Back to the Body: A Day of Somatic Release and Why It Matters

I’m Becky Grace, an EMDR and CBT therapist based in Norwich, UK, I specialise in working with eating distress, trauma, and neurodivergent deep thinkers who often feel overwhelmed, burnt out, or like they’re never quite “enough.” My background spans mental health nursing, personal training, and yoga teaching, which all inform the mind-body approach I bring to therapy.

When Weight Loss Feels Like the Only Option

A Therapist’s Take on Injections, Facebook Threads, and Food “Noise”

AI and Your Mental Health: What’s the Real Impact Likely to Be?

What does all this mean for mental health? Should I be worried? Will AI replace therapists?

Transformation is the Thread That Runs Through Everything

Why I do the deep work, and why I believe healing is about becoming more you