When you numb your pain, you cannot feel it.

When you cannot feel it, you allow the pain to grow.

When you allow the pain to grow, you allow it to take over.

When you allow it to take over, you believe the pain will never go away.

When you believe the pain will never go away, you end up living your whole life silently suffocating.

All because you numb your pain.

Numbing will never heal your wounds.

It will only hide them until they are too big to be hidden.

To heal your wounds, you must feel the pain.

You must feel the pain cut deep into your soul.

You must feel the pain tear your heart into 10,000 little pieces.

You must sit alone with the pain.

You must befriend the pain.

You must love the pain.

You must love the pain because the pain is you.

To hide from it is to spend your whole life hiding from yourself.

To hide from it is to spend your whole life trembling in fear.

To hide from it is to spend your whole life curled up in a dark room.

The attempt to escape pain is what creates more pain.

It’s time to open the curtains and feel the warmth of the sunlight on your pale skin.