In today’s episode, we dive deep into a sneaky and exhausting thinking trap: Personalization (Me-Blame) — the mental habit of believing everything going wrong is somehow your fault. Greg explores how this faulty thinking drains men of energy, inflates guilt, and wrecks intimacy.

• Personalization = blaming yourself for things you didn’t cause.

• Often rooted in early emotional conditioning and trauma.

• Reinforces guilt, martyrdom, and unearned responsibility.

• Creates distance in relationships by reacting to imagined blame.

• Prevents emotional connection and trust in your partner’s autonomy.

• Reality-check your thoughts: “Is this really about me?”

• Ask gently instead of assuming: “You okay?”

• Separate feelings from facts.

• Say out loud: “That’s not mine to carry.”

• Trust your partner’s emotions belong to her.

• Shift from guilt to curiosity: “What’s going on for her?”

“You’re not a walking apology. You’re a human in progress — and not everything is about you.”

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