There's a particular kind of stuck that gets mistaken for progress, because from the outside — and often from the inside — it looks like someone who has done the work.
Grieving the Version of You That Kept You Safe
There's a particular kind of loss that doesn't get much space in conversations about growth — the loss of who you used to be. Not the parts you're glad to be rid of, but the ones that genuinely served you. The coping strategies, the protective patterns, the version of yourself that was built carefully and deliberately around what you needed to survive at the time.
