There’s a certain kind of pressure that comes with being human. Pressure to have it all figured out by a certain age. Pressure to heal faster, love quicker, earn more, move on sooner, and somehow always be one step ahead. We live in a world that glorifies speed, but life has never operated on a [...]
Girl to girl—there’s something we don’t talk about enough. We are often taught to pour ourselves into people, relationships, jobs, appearances, and dreams that can disappear overnight. We’re told love will save us, loyalty will protect us, and if we just give enough of ourselves, life will somehow give back. But life doesn’t always work [...]
There comes a point in life when you realize time is the one thing you can never get back. You can earn money again. You can rebuild after loss. You can heal from pain. But wasted time? That’s gone forever. I’ve reached the point where I’m no longer allowing people to drain me, distract me, [...]
For a long time, I thought winning looked like having everything together.The right people around me.The right life.The right version of myself that everyone could accept, admire, or at least not question.I thought if I could just get it perfect enough, I’d finally feel safe. I’d finally feel like I made it.But life has a [...]
There’s a version of me I don’t like meeting.She shows up when I’m hurting—when trust gets bent, when words don’t match actions, when I realize someone I thought was safe… isn’t. She’s sharper. Quieter in the wrong ways. Louder in the ones that push people away. She doesn’t believe easily, doesn’t soften quickly, and definitely [...]
CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) doesn’t come from one bad moment.It comes from being in survival mode for a long time—especially in situations where you couldn’t just leave.It’s not one accident.Not one situation.It’s what happens when you feel unsafe over and over again, usually in relationships. Where it usually comes from: • Emotional abuse growing [...]
I need you. I do. It sucks to admit it. It sucks to not feel like I can do and suceed in everything on my own. But the truth is, I wasn't meant to do it all on my own. Guess what? Neither are you. You don't "need" your right hand. But you know what? [...]
At 28, I thought I had finally figured out what “safe” looked like.Not perfect. Not fairytale-perfect. But steady. Earned. Real.After everything I went through—treatment, rebuilding my life from the ground up, learning how to sit with myself without running, numbing, or self-destructing—I believed I had become someone who could recognize the difference between chaos and [...]
You may not be in my life, but you are still in my heart. I grew up knowing that there was something wrong between us. The tension in the air, the hesitation before you spoke, the glare in your eye. I spent my childhood seeing my friends have amazing, loving relationships with their mothers, then [...]
In the last few years, it seems like the world is a never-ending maze of pain with no way out. It's too lonely to bear, and the future looks bad and uncertain. At this point, the simplest things—personal hygiene, eating, socializing; things most people do without thinking twice—became big problems. Im numb, apathetic, and uninterested [...]
Perfectly Imperfect 