petals & plot twists

“Trauma is… well, it’s devastating. It affects every part of your life and how you trust and relate to others or make decisions. It’s not always true that it makes you stronger. In fact, it can have the opposite effect. But what it does do is make you consider things more carefully, so you don’t repeat past patterns. The irony is that if you ignore it, those patterns repeat anyway.”
― Samantha Hayes, The Engagement