Becoming the Woman I Needed — I Am Learning To Let People Be Wrong About Me 🌿
For a long time, I felt the need to explain myself. If someone misunderstood me, I wanted to correct them. If someone judged me, I wanted them to see my side. If someone believed something untrue about me, I felt responsible for changing their opinion. But healing has taught me something different. Not everyone wants to understand you. And not everyone will. Sometimes people create a version of you in their mind and hold onto it, no matter what you say. And the more you explain, the more questions come. The more questions come, the more arguments begin. The more arguments begin, the more peace you lose. And honestly, I am no longer interested in that. Sometimes people wonder why you stopped talking as much. Why you became distant. Why you no longer share everything. Why you don’t call like you used to. The truth is, most of the time, it didn’t happen overnight. It happened slowly. After repeated experiences. After feeling unheard. After feeling judged. After realiz...