Understanding Yourself Is Where Healing Begins.
I stopped trying to prove what happened to me and started healing what happened inside me.
Everyone talks about boundaries once theyâre healthy. Nobody talks about boundaries while theyâre learning. Thatâs the messy part. The part where you say no to everything because youâve never said no before. The part where you isolate because every interaction feels overwhelming. The part where you think youâre healing one day and spiraling the next.…
One of the biggest realizations of my healing journey was understanding that I wasnât just healing from a relationship. I was healing from what the relationship taught my mind to believe. Every disappointment became proof I wasnât good enough. Every setback became evidence that something was wrong with me. Every unanswered text, failed plan, argument,…
What if I told you that one of the most powerful things on earth is sitting between your ears? Your brain. The same brain that learned fear can learn safety. The same brain that learned to expect rejection can learn trust. The same brain that learned to see every setback as proof that something was…
For most of my life, I thought the storm was life. I thought the anxiety was normal. The overthinking was normal. The fear was normal. The constant feeling that something was wrong was normal. I didnât realize I was living in survival mode because I had lived there for so long. Thatâs the thing about…
There was a time when I thought healing meant becoming strong enough to carry everything on my own. I thought if I read enough books, learned enough coping skills, understood enough about trauma, and worked hard enough on myself, I could eventually fix what was broken. Instead, I became exhausted. The harder I fought, the…
If parents were raised that way too, why didnât they estrange from their parents? That question stopped me in my tracks. Not because I had a perfect answer, but because it highlights something many of us miss. Previous generations werenât necessarily less hurt. Many were taught not to question what hurt them. Healing didnât begin…
The person who constantly says, âEveryone hates me,â isnât always looking for attention. Sometimes they truly believe it. I know because I was that person for most of my life. When youâre living with an unhealthy mindset, you donât realize youâre viewing the world through distorted lenses. Every unanswered text, every missed invitation, every plan…
For years, I thought I was searching for love, happiness, or the perfect life. What I was really searching for was safety. When reality didnât feel safe, my mind created places that did. Through books, movies, video games, daydreams, and imagined futures, I built the life I desperately wanted but never believed I could have.…
For years, I thought my life was falling apart. I thought God was punishing me. I thought I wasnât enough. I thought my anxiety, depression, fear, and constant struggle meant I was failing somehow. What I couldnât see at the time was that I was viewing everything through the lens of an unhealthy mind. Looking…