❝Dark Academia❞

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thinking on this Sunday evening about how I used to have a lot of grief about the way I was treated as a child, because I thought of that little girl as a separate person, and I was so hung up on this idea of "saving" her and how nobody ever did, and now it was too late because she's grown up so she's not her anymore. I saw my childhood as a story with a tragic ending, where the hero never came.

And now I realize that her story isn't over, and every time I treat myself with kindness, every time I forgive myself, have patience with myself, and most importantly, defend myself against those who are unkind, I'm saving her. I'm protecting her. I learned how to endure from that little girl, and I learned how to protect myself later. She is me, and every day we save each other.

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