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When Awareness Becomes the Cage.
Awareness saved me… then it trapped me. Here’s how I broke the cycle of endless validation and started moving toward freedom.

lindsay-michele
Aug 95 min read


If Only You Knew: The Truth Behind "Handling It Well"
You handled it so well.” If only you knew how much it took just to keep going while drowning in plain sight.

lindsay-michele
Jul 214 min read


The Silent Poison of Abuse That Creeps in Like Carbon Monoxide
Abuse that feels like carbon monoxide. You don’t see it, but it’s already destroying you from the inside out.

lindsay-michele
Jun 254 min read


Untangling Myself From the Trauma That Still Holds Me Hostage
PTSD isn’t always loud.
Sometimes it’s the stillness.
The shutdowns.
The spirals no one sees.
This is what it feels like to live inside trau

lindsay-michele
Jun 1210 min read


He never loved me. He just didn’t want anyone else to have m
He didn’t love me. He studied me, broke me, and called it love. What he really wanted was control.

lindsay-michele
Jun 55 min read


Some Days I Want to Say It All
Some days I want to say it all. This is one of those days. A truth-heavy, fire-in-my-chest kind of day.

lindsay-michele
May 292 min read


Silence Is How I Survive
When life gets too loud, I disappear—not because I don’t care, but because I’m overwhelmed and trying to hold it together in the only way I

lindsay-michele
May 263 min read


The Messages That Take Me Back to a Place I Fought to Escape
PTSD isn’t just memories—it’s the panic, rage, and spiral triggered by constant messages. Respect silence. It’s a boundary.

lindsay-michele
May 224 min read


The Night I Didn’t Die: Broken, But Breathing
People think leaving an abusive relationship means the pain ends. But surviving doesn’t mean healing. The night I didn’t die changed everyth

lindsay-michele
May 175 min read


The stillness that usually feels safe becomes suffocating.
Most days, I find peace in the stillness. It’s where I ground myself, find clarity, and remember who I am. But some nights, that same stilln

lindsay-michele
May 83 min read


The Journey of Healing: Finding Strength After Breaking Free
Letting Go of the Past I didn’t just walk away. It wasn’t that simple. It took me over a year to finally let go because I didn’t have the strength. I didn’t have the emotional or mental capacity to feel the pain that followed. And I’m not talking about the pain from just a breakup. I’m talking about the pain of realizing how much of you is gone. The pain of losing so much of yourself that you don’t know if you’ll ever find yourself again. The pain of losing somebody who never

lindsay-michele
Apr 173 min read


I Once Thought I Was Toxic
I Once Thought I Was Toxic But now I understand what was really happening. For a long time I believed I was the problem. That I was too...

lindsay-michele
Apr 152 min read
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