5 days ago4 min read
Growing Louder
I didn’t grow up feeling like I could say exactly how I felt when I felt it. Not because no one cared — but because I learned early on that it was easier to keep things to myself. Easier to smooth things over. Easier to be “fine.” I learned how to read a room before I learned how to read my own emotions. I learned how to adapt, not how to express. And somewhere along the way, I started believing that my feelings were things to manage quietly instead of things that deserved sp

