Sometimes, after years of trying to be what everyone else needed — the strong one, the good one, the one who holds it all together — you realise you’ve lost sight of you. Trauma can do that; it teaches you to survive by shape-shifting into who the world wants you to be. But there comes a point when you have to stop and ask, “Who am I?” And when that question rises, don’t run from it. Sit with it. Because you can’t be right for anyone else if you’ve never been right for yourse

It’s not healing that teaches you to love yourself — it’s love that teaches you how to heal. We often wait until we’re “fixed” to feel worthy… but real healing begins the moment we choose love — right in the middle of the mess, the tears, the uncertainty. Because love doesn’t need perfection. It just needs presence. And that presence is what slowly turns pain into peace. #HealingJourney   #SelfLove   #EmotionalHealing   #SpiritualGrowth   #LoveIsMedicine