The Awakened Heart: A Podcast for Healing Women

Friendship Trauma: Why Social Relationships Feel So Hard

Autumn Moran Season 1 Episode 27

Have you ever walked away from a coffee date or group hangout feeling lonelier than when you arrived? Have you carried the sting of being called “too sensitive,” “too much,” or “hard to get along with”? If so, you may be carrying friendship trauma and you are far from alone.

In this epi we explore why friendship can feel especially overwhelming and painful for neurodivergent and trauma-experienced women. Together, we unpack:

✨ The roots of friendship trauma and how childhood wounds still echo in adult relationships

✨ Why neurodivergent women are more vulnerable to social rejection and misunderstanding

✨ The cycle of “survival friendships” and how to know if you’re in one

✨ Red flags that signal a friendship isn’t safe (and how to trust your body’s cues)

✨ Green flags that point toward healthy, reciprocal, soul-nourishing connection

✨ Healing practices to grieve old stories, set boundaries, and learn to trust again

This epi is a reminder: you are not broken for finding friendship hard. You deserve relationships where your sensitivity, quirks, and whole self are celebrated; not shamed.

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