135 LIFESTYLE X: THE RETURN

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How I stopped abandoning myself after a hard moment

By Emma Richards 🌻

Most people don’t lose themselves in the moment.
They lose themselves in what they do next.

It was 1:27 PM.

Not a crisis. Not a fight. Not a dramatic scene.

Just a small hit.

A tone that landed wrong.
A comment that felt sharper than it needed to be.
A look I couldn’t quite read.
A text that cooled the air.

Nothing catastrophic.

But my body reacted.

Jaw tight.
Heat in my chest.
Breath shallow.
An urge to respond quickly. Or disappear entirely.

And then something subtle happened.

The moment ended.

I didn’t.

The conversation moved on. The room shifted. The phone went quiet.