There’s a version of you that learns to survive by staying small. Easygoing. Understanding. Patient. Quiet. She bites her tongue to keep the peace. Overrides her instincts. Makes excuses for what hurts her. Calls exhaustion love because at least it feels familiar.

And after a while, you don’t even realize how much of yourself you’ve slowly handed away piece by piece. Until one day something in you says,
enough. Not revenge. Not chaos. Just clarity with a backbone.

You stop apologizing for what your body already knows. Stop shrinking so other people can stay comfortable. Stop betraying yourself just to keep access to people who never protected your peace anyway.

And yes, the people who benefited from the quieter version of you will say you’ve changed. They’re right. You finally chose yourself.There Is No Place Like You: The Yellow Brick Illusion is available on Amazon.

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