my therapist told me this and it hit me: “healing is so hard because it is a constant battle between your inner child who is scared and just wants safety.... your inner teenager who is angry and just wants justice.... and your current self-who is tired and just wants peace."
The more self-regulated you become, the more you realize that communicating your feelings isn’t an emergency. You can sit with it. Sleep on it. Let the wave pass. You don’t have to rush into expression just because the emotion feels loud.
You'll marry someone who plans a trip to Japan during cherry blossom season, because he knows you've always dreamed of walking through a tunnel of pink flowers.
This girl on TikTøk said, "My problem is | get around people and start making them believe in themselves. They get around me and try to make me feel smaller than I am." I felt that so hard.