l' amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle

not my troy and most certainly not my horse

it’s okay to grieve yourself it’s okay to grieve the person you used to be it’s okay to grieve the person you once hoped you’d become it’s okay to grieve the person you can never be it’s okay to grieve the version of you that you thought you had to create it’s okay to grieve the version of you that you had to abandon to survive it’s okay to grieve the version of you that never got to grow up it’s okay to grieve the version of you that died with your childhood it’s okay to grieve any parts of yourself that you have lost, past present or future. It doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else. Please allow yourself the time and emotional space to grieve, and concurrently, please have grace for yourself. I cannot stress this enough.

“She’s so sweet she’s always going out of her way to help others” quick someone give that girl all the love and safe space she deserves before being “sweet” (pathological people pleasing as a trauma response) destroys her and leaves behind a bitter empty shell of a person