“Being the one who always saves others is often just a way to avoid saving yourself.”
You’ve likely been the one who understood, who stayed, who tried harder.
But real love doesn’t need a fixer. It needs a witness — someone who shows up whole, not someone who loses themselves in the name of healing.
You don’t need to prove your goodness by tolerating chaos. You don’t need to justify your love by how much pain you endure.
It is not your job to be anyone’s redemption arc.
It’s your job to be true — and let those who are ready meet you in the light of that truth.
Close your eyes. Say: 'I release the need to heal others to feel whole.'
Write one way you've abandoned yourself trying to fix someone. Forgive that version of you.
Reese A. “I always tried to be the one who could help him change. When I stopped playing healer, I started playing whole — and everything shifted.”
Your love is not a cure — it’s a mirror.