aliena on Instagram: "There’s this version of healing that gets shared online the one where you glow up, your skin clears, your boundaries are strong, your energy is magnetic and your life just clicks into place. And while there’s some truth to that end of the journey… it leaves out the part that most of us have to live through first. The ugly part, the in-between, the actual healing. No one talks about this part, but it’s the part where the real work is happening. Not the pretty, Instagram-wort

aliena on Instagram: "Nostalgia is like a highlight reel, it only plays the good parts. That one night you laughed together. That one conversation where they “got” you. That one version of them that made you believe maybe this was something real. But nostalgia also never shows you the full picture. It doesn’t remind you of the nights you cried yourself to sleep, or the constant second-guessing. It doesn’t remind you of the anxiety, the confusion, or the way you slowly started losing trust in you