Love it! It’s been many times when I’ll hide my pain with a smile. Always pretending to be ok. It always sucked to pretend. But that becomes your default when you use it to survive.
I became freer when I accepted it was not ok and let the pain move through me and processed it. Eventually it goes away. And you learn to deal with any situation in a way your body doesn’t have to pay the price for it.
Yes, exactly this. Pretending might feel like survival at first, but it costs so much in the long run. I love how you put it, freedom comes when we let the pain move through us instead of pushing it down. Thank you for sharing this, it’s such a powerful reminder.
Love it! It’s been many times when I’ll hide my pain with a smile. Always pretending to be ok. It always sucked to pretend. But that becomes your default when you use it to survive.
I became freer when I accepted it was not ok and let the pain move through me and processed it. Eventually it goes away. And you learn to deal with any situation in a way your body doesn’t have to pay the price for it.
Yes, exactly this. Pretending might feel like survival at first, but it costs so much in the long run. I love how you put it, freedom comes when we let the pain move through us instead of pushing it down. Thank you for sharing this, it’s such a powerful reminder.