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Healing out loud (opens the original)
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When you’ve suffered in silence through a childhood that looked happy from the outside, you learn what can hide in the shadows.Healing out loud might be uncomfortable for some. It might elicit “we all have our baggage” from people unwilling to go there themselves and heal their own wounds.But it might also help people talk about their own struggles and seek the help they deserve. It might show people they are not alone. It might make people feel seen.I’m working on understanding the underlying e
The sadness of the potato chip* (opens the original)
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I woke up in a cold sweat with my heart racing and my brain telling me “this is bad – really really bad”. It felt disorienting. I wobbled to the kitchen to drink some water. What happened next nearly broke me.Waking up distraught when there is no actual present danger with my nervous system sending distress signals left, right and center. Scary.Me remembering something very similar happening when I was around five.Nightmares.When it happened again now, I realized that this was my chance. I had t
Clarity over shame – how to escape the self-improvement spiral (opens the original)
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I haven’t actually completely figured this out yet but sometimes saying something out loud to a friend makes you see things clearer. It’s okay to equally hate them and love them for the clarity you were trying to avoid.I have yet to eat dinner, but this feels like it wants to be written – now.How do you know that you want to read this?You’re a work in progress.You’d like to hear my thoughts on the difference between healing and a chronic need for self-improvement.Or maybe you’d like to explore w
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