Some days, you’re not thinking clearly because your brain isn’t trying to “think.” It’s trying to protect you from feeling. Your brain isn’t broken—it’s bufferingWhen life feels like too much for too long, the mind adapts in strange ways. You may start to drift through conversations. Forget the simplest things. Struggle to process emotions that… Continue reading The Mind Doesn’t Break—It Numbs
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The Body Remembers Even When You Don’t
Some pain never gets spoken—but it gets stored.You may forget the moment, but your body doesn’t. The body keeps the score even when your memory doesn’t.You might not recall the argument, the dismissal, the silence that cut too deep. But your posture shifted. Your breathing changed. You started clenching your jaw, flinching at loud voices,… Continue reading The Body Remembers Even When You Don’t
When Rest Feels Like Guilt, Not Recovery
You finally have time to breathe—But instead of feeling relief, you feel like you’re wasting it. There’s a kind of tired that doesn’t go away with sleep. It lingers in your body as guilt, like you’ve betrayed some invisible rule that says you must always be “doing.” 1. You weren’t taught how to rest—you were… Continue reading When Rest Feels Like Guilt, Not Recovery
When Numbness Becomes the New Normal
You don’t feel broken.You just don’t feel much at all. There’s no collapse, no dramatic spiral—just an odd flatness. You smile when needed, reply when required, show up on time. But everything inside feels like it’s happening behind glass. 1. It doesn’t hurt—it just doesn’t land.Joy feels muted. Excitement feels distant.Even sadness struggles to move… Continue reading When Numbness Becomes the New Normal
The Unspoken Mind 