Let’s be honest, healing isn’t always as freeing as it’s made out to be. Sometimes, it feels like a role we’re expected to play. If you’ve ever been the one in your relationships who “gets it,” who holds space, sets boundaries, and always seems to have the right words, you know what I mean. You become the go-to person for emotional insight: the calm one, the regulated one, the evolved one.

And while that might sound admirable, it can also be exhausting. When people start expecting you to always be the grounded one, it leaves very little room for you to just… be: to be messy, to be unsure, or to not have the words. Healing, in that context, starts to feel less like a personal journey and more like a performance you’re expected to keep up.

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