what are you pretending didn’t change you?
some things happen and you fold them away. you tell people you're fine now, it was ages ago, it's not a big deal. but you're different because of it, and you know that.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write down the thing. even just a few words. then write who you were before it happened and who you became after. not who you wanted to become, but who you actually became. notice the differences. maybe you got quieter. maybe you stopped trusting certain things. maybe you became sharper or more careful in ways people don't see. write about those changes without judging them. you're not broken because something changed you. you're just pretending it didn't, and that's the part worth looking at.
- write about one way your behaviour shifted after this thing, something small that only you would notice.
- describe the story you tell about it versus what actually happened inside you.
- write about what it would mean to admit, even just to yourself, that it changed you.
this is for anyone who has minimised something that left a mark. especially if you've convinced others you're past it, and halfway convinced yourself.