When You Can’t Receive Compliments, Touch, or Praise—It’s Not Humility, It’s Trauma

You brush off compliments.
You downplay your impact.
You tense up when someone offers praise, affection, or even gentle touch.

You say, “I’m just not good at receiving.”

But here’s the truth:
That’s not humility. That’s somatic resistance rooted in trauma.

Your Nervous System Doesn’t Trust What It Didn’t Grow Up With

If love, safety, affection, or affirmation were inconsistent—or came with conditions—your body learned a core truth:

Receiving is dangerous.

So even now, when love comes in…

• Your shoulders tighten
• Your breath shortens
• Your mind finds ways to deflect, deny, or distract

You’re not rejecting the love.
Your system just doesn’t know how to let it land.

You’re Leading With a Starved Hear

As a high-achieving leader, you’ve mastered the art of giving.

You pour into your clients, your community, your family.
But when it’s your turn to receive?

You panic.
You minimize.
You disappear.

This is where burnout begins—not from too much work, but from too little nourishment.

At Tantrikink® and Nuna Holistic Retreat Center, we work with powerful people who can receive applause on stage but can’t receive love on the couch.

That gap is where the healing lives.

Practice: Let One Compliment Land

Today, when someone offers a kind word or gesture, pause.

Don’t deflect. Don’t make a joke. Don’t turn it back on them.

Just say:
“Thank you. I receive that.”

Notice what happens in your body.
That’s where your work begins.

You Deserve to Feel Loved—Not Just Usefu

Your body can learn to receive again.
And when it does, your life transforms—not from doing more, but from allowing more in.

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