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Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became by Myesha Chaney

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learned to live in layers long before I understood the cost: my inner life, where I could be honest with myself; then the world I constructed, where I performed for love and approval; and then there was the messy, unscripted world I lived ...more

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“What I could not see then was that this life required a version of me who never rested, never needed, and never asked to be held. Maintaining it meant managing my tone, my emotions, my needs, my desires. Being useful instead of being known. I was loved for what I carried, not for who I was.”
― Myesha Chaney, Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became

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“On the inside, I took many steps back and withdrew emotionally into the abyss of my soul. It was not safe for me to relax.”
― Myesha Chaney, Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became

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