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like, you make the lil list. you light the candle. you do the “deep breath” thing.
but inside it’s still all tangled.
that’s where I was.
that’s why I started asking for help. 1/7
"If none of that was enough... I don't know who I am."
I haven't stopped thinking about that sentence.
Sometimes we spend so much of our lives trying to earn love that we lose sight of ourselves.
"If none of that was enough... I don't know who I am."
I haven't stopped thinking about that sentence.
Sometimes we spend so much of our lives trying to earn love that we lose sight of ourselves.
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After something big or stressful happened, I would just push harder. Keep moving. Fix it. Power through.
I thought slowing down meant falling behind.
Now I can see I was just tired and trying to outrun the feeling.
After something big or stressful happened, I would just push harder. Keep moving. Fix it. Power through.
I thought slowing down meant falling behind.
Now I can see I was just tired and trying to outrun the feeling.
“Are you ok?”
“Did I do something wrong?”
Instead of sending it right away, I wait one minute.
I ask: What do I know is true… and what am I guessing because I’m scared?
Even one tiny pause counts. 💛
“Are you ok?”
“Did I do something wrong?”
Instead of sending it right away, I wait one minute.
I ask: What do I know is true… and what am I guessing because I’m scared?
Even one tiny pause counts. 💛
I scroll. I disappear. I tell myself I should be doing more.
But sometimes that’s not laziness.
It’s a shell trying to protect safety.
If you’ve been hiding a little, you’re not broken.
You might just be overwhelmed. 🐢💛
I scroll. I disappear. I tell myself I should be doing more.
But sometimes that’s not laziness.
It’s a shell trying to protect safety.
If you’ve been hiding a little, you’re not broken.
You might just be overwhelmed. 🐢💛
short replies, no reaching out, harder to find your Little self…
that might be protection, not failure.
Your nervous system builds pillow forts when it’s tired.
Peek out for one small moment today.
That “peek out” is the courage.
short replies, no reaching out, harder to find your Little self…
that might be protection, not failure.
Your nervous system builds pillow forts when it’s tired.
Peek out for one small moment today.
That “peek out” is the courage.
Little me: But we did enough
Heart: Maybe rest is the real reward
Little me: But we did enough
Heart: Maybe rest is the real reward
🧦 warm socks
📺 cartoons on quiet
🧸 plush on chest
✅ real healing
🧦 warm socks
📺 cartoons on quiet
🧸 plush on chest
✅ real healing