healing
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Growing up, I was told sensitivity was a flaw. I heard it in classrooms, in friendships, in passing comments that stuck to me longer than they should have. “You’re too sensitive.” “You take things too seriously.” “You’re overreacting.” For years, I believed them. But sensitivity was never the problem. The problem was that no one…
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Growing up, I didn’t understand why certain comments cut so deep. I didn’t understand why insults stuck to me like glue while other people seemed to brush them off. I didn’t understand why being sensitive felt like a flaw — something I had to hide, toughen up, or “fix.” Now, at 38, I finally see…
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Some people know exactly what they want at 18. Some people follow a straight path from high school to college to career. Some people bloom early. And then there are people like me — the late bloomers, the quiet growers, the ones who don’t rush their becoming. I’m 38, and I feel like I’m just…
