Some of you don't realize how much of your personality can disappear when you don’t feel emotionally safe around someone. You become quieter. More careful with your words. Less playful, less willing to be seen. Some connections expand you. Others teach you to disappear.
And suddenly it’s September, and the thing you thought would destroy you back in March barely crosses your mind anymore. Time didn’t erase the pain overnight. It slowly turned it into wisdom, boundaries, discernment, and peace. You weren’t being punished. You were being purified.