Light Calls To Light

quiet resilience

  • The Quiet Collapse

    I can be doing everything right. Drinking water. Getting enough sleep. Moving my body. Smiling at people in the hallway. Laughing at the right parts of a conversation. On paper, I look like I’m okay. Like someone who has their… Continue reading

    The Quiet Collapse

  • When the Ache Isn’t Physical

    There are nights where I feel it in my shoulders first – a dull heaviness that sinks in without warning. Then in my chest. My back. My legs. A full-body ache that doesn’t have a source I can name. No… Continue reading

    When the Ache Isn’t Physical

  • When Explaining Becomes Exhausting

    I stopped explaining my triggers. Not out of bitterness. Not even out of pride. I just got tired of watching people’s eyes glaze over halfway through my sentence. Of feeling like I was offering pieces of my pain to people… Continue reading

    When Explaining Becomes Exhausting