When your brother became Enforcement, your body learned one thing: “My safety doesn’t matter.”
And when safety disappears, the self disappears.
Your reactions now aren’t weakness – they’re memory. Naming this truth is the first step back to yourself.
“I wasn’t struggling with depression – I was struggling with life. Depression was the effect, not the cause.”
In this reflection, Lya invites us to see depression not as the enemy but as the body and soul’s cry for alignment – a message to slow down, listen, and release what’s too heavy to carry.
Trauma doesn’t only live in the mind—it takes root in the body. “The issues are in the tissues” reminds us that true healing requires not just thinking differently, but helping the body feel safe enough to let go.
Balance isn’t a destination we “arrive at” and hold forever. It’s a living rhythm – one of swaying, falling, and returning. The swing out of balance isn’t failure; it’s part of the dance.
Sometimes a meltdown isn’t weakness – it’s medicine. The body’s way of saying “enough,” stripping us back to truth and giving us space to heal.
We don’t need to pity those who’ve endured trauma—we need to witness them with reverence. There is nothing “poor” about someone who survived; there is power in them that deserves to be seen.