“My scars prove your wounds can heal too.”
Source: Dandelion Ch;ld: An Autistic Life Shattered and Reforged
“I wear my story like flame on bare skin.”
Source: Her Fire Touched the Sky: Poems of Trauma, Survival, Healing, and the Quiet Rebuilding of a Soul
“Full schedules, empty hearts.
Maxed-out memory, corrupted essence.”
Source: Emotional Roller Coaster: Confessions of a soul reborn from the ashes
“She was made mostly of coffee and empty spaces.”
Source: Dead Bunnies Make All Eight Of Me Cry
“It’s going to be hard, I’ll tell you that from the start. However hard you think it’s going to be, I promise you it’ll be worse. And you’re going to think you have to do it alone – but you don’t, and you can’t. People will want to help you. People will want to be there when you’re ready for them. You might not find them right away, but you’ll find them.
Wherever you are on that path, wherever you’re headed, just remember that you won’t be walking it forever. And those first steps – first loves, first heartaches, first mistakes, whatever – they don’t have to define all the years of your life. A day will come when you can let it go. You might not think so now, but that day will come. Doesn’t mean you don’t still carry a part of it with you, but you’re going to wake up one day and realize it’s lighter. That day will come, whatever you’re carrying.”
Source: Slow Show
“Humor disarms shame. It invites curiosity. It helps us step back from the intensity just long enough to breathe, reflect, and try something new.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor
“That’s the cruel paradox of burnout: The very thing you need to heal, rest, can feel dangerously wrong.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor
“When others uproot you from their greener pastures, as a weed, don't forget that you take the ones in the streets high and heal the real ones.”
“Every curse could be broken, that was one of the rules of magic. But possible wasn’t the same thing as likely or easy.”
Source: Daindreth's Assassin
“Smiling in meetings.
Crumbling in the bathroom.
Saying ‘Good morning’ with a steady voice
and a silent wish to disappear
before the sentence ends.”
Source: Emotional Roller Coaster: Confessions of a soul reborn from the ashes