Hannah

“We cannot outrun our past trauma. We can’t bury it and think that we will be fine. We cannot skip the essential stage of processing, accepting, and doing the hard, yet necessary trauma recovery work. There’s a body-mind connection. Trauma can manifest itself into chronic physical pain, cancer, inflammation, auto-immune conditions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, Complex PTSD, addictions, and ongoing medical conditions.”
― Dana Arcuri, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach, Soul Rescue: How to Break Free From Narcissistic Abuse & Heal Trauma

“Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes its easier to keep running in the same familiar cycles, rather than facing a fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Yes, the Darkness is real. I will show you the shattered and tattered and broken world. A world of fragmented ubiquitous iniquity. You are not insane. The world is. You are simply awake.”
― Raymond Thoss, Vastarien: Vol. 1, Issue 1

“Moving on felt like burying my past self all over again and swearing to never visit her grave, even if she just wanted flowers. I couldn't bring myself to abandon her entirely.”
― Katelyn Saul, How Roses Grow Thorns