It lasted until I found the heart to face my trauma.
On one hand, it’s healing. You gotta address your wounds properly so that your emotions don’t have to vacate so they aren’t in agony.
On the other hand, it’s destruction. The shutting off of the heart is a self-defence mechanism. It can get you out of the immediate trauma, but it is no way to live. That self-defence mechanism will have to be dismantled.
I used to wonder if I was even a human being anymore...it was a long & slow process to come out of that. It hurt a lot, but it was also deeply meaningful.
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