I keep finding myself thinking about that girl I used to be, the one who thought 'healing' meant becoming someone else entirely. I tried on so many skins, convinced each one would finally be 'me' – only to find them itchy and ill-fitting. The real healing was realizing I was already here, just buried under layers of SHOULD. I used to think I could just 'upgrade' myself, like installing a new operating system. The problem was the hardware – ME – was always the same, just running different software that never quite worked right. Now I'm more interested in figuring out what's ALREADY installed and making THAT work.