“what kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.” nina simone

What helped me write trauma better is remembering that the nervous system learns predictions. If danger used to come after quiet, calm can feel threatening. If kindness used to come with a price, kindness can feel suspicious. So healing is not just “they know they’re safe now.” Healing is the slow, annoying, deeply unfair process of teaching the body that the old prediction is not always the present truth.

Aye he got this shit ON with the jaguar print fur!! The cane?? 🤌🏾🔥🔥🔥

free my girl she did all that and that’s what makes her such a compellingly complex character. that’s her essence