• Finding Myself - Heartbreak - Personal - Trauma

    The Simple Path to Self-Love (After Someone Drop-Kicked My Heart)

    I’ve been in love enough times to know it’s not always candlelight and slow dances. Sometimes it’s betrayal in the form of a text. Sometimes it’s silence where there used to be warmth. And sometimes it’s watching someone choose someone else while you’re still holding all the memories. When it happened to me — the breakup, the rejection, the slow…

  • Compatibility - Emotional Availability - Friendzone - Heartbreak

    When Emotional Unavailability Is NOT About You

    A while ago, I reconnected with an old friend from childhood. It felt serendipitous—like the universe had handed me a second chance at something special. We had a great first date. The conversation flowed easily, the laughter came naturally, and the comfort of shared history made everything feel warm and familiar. Then, a few days later, my phone lit up…

  • Friendzone - Heartbreak - Trauma

    The Deep Wound of Betrayal: Why It Hurts So Much

    Betrayal cuts deeper than most emotional wounds, not because the act itself is always dramatic, but because it strikes at something sacred—trust. When someone you leaned on, believed in, or loved turns around and shatters that connection, it’s not just the relationship that breaks. It’s your sense of safety, stability, and self. You may feel foolish for not seeing it…

  • Breaking Up - Growth - Heartbreak

    From Lovers to Strangers

    Sometimes, love meets us in a moment when we are not ready to receive it fully. Or we are, and they are not. The reasons vary. Timing. Distance. Circumstances neither of you could change. Still, it leaves you with the ache of unfinished conversation and the weight of unspoken goodbyes. It’s a strange thing—to become strangers with someone who knows…

  • Breaking Up - Dark Relationship - Heartbreak

    The Bond We Never Talk About

    You don’t always lose someone in a dramatic, cinematic way. Sometimes, you just stop speaking. You drift. The messages grow shorter. The silence grows louder. And before you know it, you are two people carrying pieces of each other’s truth—no longer in each other’s lives, but never entirely out of them. There are people we do not speak of, not…

  • Breaking Up - Heartbreak

    If the Love Is Real, Why Did It Leave?

    Let’s start with a hard truth: love, no matter how real, doesn’t always mean forever. Sometimes it means for now, and occasionally, it means until one of us figures out how to function like a semi-stable adult. The idea that “if the love is real, we’ll see each other again” sounds romantic, but it can also be a very convenient…

  • Friendship - Friendzone - Heartbreak - Unrequited Love

    When Your Best Friend Falls for You And You’re Not There Yet

    You know before they say anything. You pretend you don’t. You double down on the jokes. You casually mention your latest dating disaster like a human smoke bomb. But the truth hangs in the air like forgotten laundry—obvious, slightly uncomfortable, and starting to smell like tension. There’s a certain kind of panic that hits when your best friend looks at…

  • Breaking Up - Heartbreak

    Breakups Teach Us to Embrace the Unknown

    Life is a series of uncertainties, and perhaps one of the most profound uncertainties we face is the unpredictability of our relationships. Break-ups, though often painful and emotionally taxing, offer us a valuable lesson in navigating the uncharted waters of the unknown. They teach us to appreciate, or at the very least, accept the concept of not knowing and help…

  • Breaking Up - Heartbreak

    The Aftermath of a Breakup: When Is It Time to Move On?

    When my serious relationship ended, I didn’t realize how much time I’d spend replaying every moment, wondering where it all went wrong. There’s a certain weight that comes with breakups, a dull ache that makes it feel like the world is standing still while you’re still sifting through the ruins of what was once “us.” Moving on is never easy…