15/11/2025
Be kind to yourself ❤️
No one tells you that peace can feel like breaking.
That after years of running on adrenaline and hypervigilance,
the moment your body stops bracing — it crashes.
You think you’re falling apart.
You’re not.
You’re finally coming down from a lifetime of surviving.
For years, your nervous system lived in emergency mode —
heart racing, muscles clenched, mind scanning for threat.
You called it anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism.
But really, it was a body that never got the memo: the danger is over.
So when healing begins, it doesn’t feel graceful — it feels confusing.
You can’t focus.
You’re exhausted for no reason.
You lose motivation, feel detached, even depressed.
Not because you’re broken — but because your body is finally safe enough to stop pretending it’s fine.
This is what repair looks like.
The crash isn’t failure — it’s recalibration.
It’s your cells exhaling after decades of holding their breath.
It’s your nervous system moving from vigilance to vulnerability.
You’re not lazy.
You’re unlearning emergency.
Let yourself rest without guilt.
The world taught you to glorify resilience,
but recovery has its own quiet strength —
the kind that rebuilds from the inside out.
So if all you can do right now is breathe,
if your body feels heavy, slow, or foreign —
don’t fight it.
That’s your system learning peace,
one surrendered moment at a time.
You’re not falling apart.
You’re finally letting go.
