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The Death They Never Saw
They see the anger but never ask where it came from. Nobody saw the death of the person I was before. Silence became a language. And before I knew it, I had become fluent in something that was slowly removing me from myself.
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And Everything Was Gone in an Instant
In the flash of a moment, a sentence slipped through: “We’re not even a couple.” The laughter continued. But those words had already found somewhere permanent to live. That is how everything can be gone in an instant without anyone seeing it leave.
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To Disappear When You Still Exist
Have you ever disappeared without actually leaving? Still answering messages, still smiling — but somewhere along the way, something inside you becomes quiet. You start existing without really feeling present in your own life.
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Somewhere Between Who I Was and Who I’m Afraid to Be
There’s a version of growth that doesn’t look like progress. It doesn’t arrive with clarity or confidence. It shows up as distance, from people, from certainty, from the life you thought you were meant to want. I’m standing in that space now. Not lost exactly, just… undecided. Questioning whether the things I’m chasing are…
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The things we learn not to say: silence is a voice
There are feelings we don’t share because we don’t know how. And then there are feelings we don’t share because we’ve learned it’s safer not to. Over time, many of us become fluent in silence. We learn how to soften our words, how to say “I’m fine” in a way that ends the conversation,…
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A Letter Written While I’m Stuck
When I imagined my life, this part was supposed to be temporary, not a chapter. Yet here I am, still waking up in the same place, staring at the same walls, repeating the same routines, wondering how time learned to move so fast and so slowly at once. On the outside, nothing looks dramatic.…
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….. comfort in Your Daily Life?
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? Comfort isn’t just soft blankets and cups of tea; though let’s be honest, those help.Comfort, real comfort, is about safety. Permission. Presence. In a world that often tells us to hustle harder, push through, and numb what’s hurting… choosing comfort becomes a…