In Her Quiet Corner

Tag: healingjourney

  • The You Who Survives This

    The You Who Survives This

    You lose nothing when you walk away from someone who treats you like you’re nothing.

    I wish someone had told me that earlier, not in the cute, motivational way people post online, but in the real, gut-deep way that only makes sense after you’ve lived through it. After you’ve given too many chances. After you’ve apologized for things that weren’t yours to carry. After you’ve been the only one fighting for something the other person never even bothered to show up to.

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  • Stop Being Scared of Being Disliked by Losers

    Stop Being Scared of Being Disliked by Losers

    I used to bend myself in ways that hurt just to be liked by people who didn’t even like themselves. I made myself smaller so I wouldn’t make anyone else uncomfortable. I softened my voice, laughed when it wasn’t funny, said “it’s fine” when it wasn’t, all so no one would call me “too much.”

    But I was never too much. They were too little.

    Too little to understand me, to face their own reflection without needing someone else to feel small first.

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