Some traits you thought were 'just you'?
They were really just protection.
You can thank them, and let them rest.

Reminder:
You’re allowed to evolve in ways that even your past self wouldn’t understand.
Growth isn’t always recognizable to the version of you that needed to shrink.

If your safety used to depend on silence, it makes sense that speaking up feels terrifying now.
It’s not weakness.
It’s muscle memory.
And it can be rewired.

People will say 'you’ve changed' like it’s a bad thing.
Let them.
You’re not a museum, you’re a living character arc.

Did you become the peacekeeper to survive chaos?
The achiever to earn love?
The caretaker to feel worthy?
Survival shapes us.
Healing lets us reshape ourselves.

You’re not flaky for changing.
You’re not fake for outgrowing things.
You’re evolving, and that’s a flex, not a flaw.

Some of us became funny.
Some became invisible.
Some became perfect.
Some became angry.
All of us were just trying to be safe.
Ask yourself: Who did I have to be?