Healing is messy

No one talks about this aspect of healing – the suffocating feeling when you sense a breakdown approaching. Emotions rush like a flood, revealing cracks that have been developing for years. Despite my efforts to mend them, this week, after therapy, a dark cloud loomed over me. My body shut down, and finally, the floodgate of emotions burst open. It's intense and challenging to navigate through. All the emotions I've been concealin, All that I've hidden away, Every pain, Every expression…

Healing is messy! Be there for yourself with no judgement ❤️

@stacieswift on Instagram: “Healing is messy. It’s feeling ok and feeling it all, all over again. It’s one step at a time, with no time limit. It’s bravery and…”

To Write Love on Her Arms on Instagram: "We hear so many things about healing. About getting pieces of yourself back or thinking that it means we are not whole now but will be once we are “healed.” Maybe that isn’t what healing is though. Perhaps it’s growth, it’s feeling uncomfortable emotions and processing them so they no longer live inside of us, and it’s recognizing that our journeys can look similar at times and completely different at other times—and that’s perfectly OK. We invite…