Category: 🌱 Healing & Becoming
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Auto-Pilot: Dissociation and Emotional Numbness
After a while, you don’t notice you’ve left. I didn’t realise how long I’d been drifting. Routine is sneaky like that.It camouflages everything. Quietly. Politely. Almost responsibly. You disappear in plain sight. Somewhere between the motions, I stopped being. I’m showering.Twice a day, even. The water’s hot, but it might as well be a memory of heat. I register…
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Borrowed Time: Life After a Near-Death Experience
After that, things don’t quite land. I drove to my friend’s house for lunch, unaware that I was already stepping into life after. We’d agreed to meet. It was on the list. My last few days in Asia were a list. Scheduled goodbyes. Check-ins.People I needed to show up for. I went mostly out of obligation. Showing up…
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Catalyst: My Near-Death Experience Story
How saltwater, stillness, and a boy who saved me split my life in two. It was my sister’s birthday, but the real celebration came later.Somewhere between the saltwater and the stillness, where a boy I didn’t know pulled me back to life. The morning was slow and soft, the kind that makes you breathe a little…