As the Adage of Trauma Healing goes, "it gets worse before it gets better".
Naturally, it did. Judging by the signs, the meters, the self-expectations — doing worse than ever before.
But feeling… feeling better than ever before.
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relief, relief, relief. joy. freedom. peace.
was half-alive before this, shambling, lying, scraping by, running in circles, lying, lying, blind, lost.
get to be alive. fully. for real. feels stupid, feels too good to be true — but the logic is sound. we get to be ourselves for the rest of our one stupid precious human life!
miracle.
according to modern science, miracles are real!
still feels incredible.









