“You can’t heal what you won’t allow yourself to feel.” ~Unknown I used to act strong all the time. On the outside, I looked like I had it all together.
I was competent, composed, and capable. I was the one other people came to for advice or support. The stickiness was that my version of strength created distance.
I couldn’t allow myself to appear weak because I was terrified that if I let myself break down, I wouldn’t be able to pull myself back together.
Maybe underneath it all, I was so fragile I might actually break. So I held it in. All of it—my grief, my fear, my loneliness.
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