Someone told me once that I had a lot of stories.....
I was pissed.
After spending a few minutes fighting, rationalizing, and reasoning, I surrendered.
Yup, sometimes that's what being "seen" feels like.
Most of the limitations you're living inside right now? You built them.
It's not because you're broken, it's because you're brilliant at protecting yourself.
In Chinese medicine, the membrane around your physical heart is called the Pericardium.
The Heart Protector. Its entire job is to shield the heart from emotional shock.
Your stories do the same thing.
The story was never the problem. It was protection.
But at some point, the protection becomes the prison.