I saw something on TikTok that hit harder than expected: don’t break your heart trying to protect others. This is about overgiving, expecting yourself from other people, and learning that not everyone is built with the same level of care you are.

A reflective deep dive into a vivid dream where I experienced my own symbolic “death.” Exploring the mattress, decomposition, and strange calm that followed, this post unpacks what endings, transformation, and subconscious shifts can really mean.

She realized loving someone who didn’t value her only drained her. Now, she’s choosing herself, thriving with zero regrets—finally free.