heal from the narrative you told yourself in survival mode. heal from the narrative other people told you while they were in survival mode. it’s all false.
you did your best. you are good enough. you don’t have to operate out of fear anymore.
and i know what you’re thinking… “but i don’t have a choice.” you do. you can give yourself those moments of living and being present with yourself. even if it’s for five minutes.
everything doesn’t have to be processed right away, but you’ve got to stop operating as if time is running out and as if your life needs to play the background and be blurry as it moves by so quickly.
life isn’t as ephemeral as our trauma makes it seem. we have blocked parts out, and survival mode is how we compartmentalize and get it back. that’s okay, but it’s no way to live. it’s not sustainable.
it’s time to be sick of being on autopilot. stop surviving and start living.
