Why does healing feel like two steps forward and three steps back?

Because healing isn't a straight line — it's more like a spiral, where you revisit the same wounds at different depths, and what feels like going backward is actually you processing something you weren't ready to face the first time.

The hard days don't erase the progress you've made — they're part of it.

The fact that something still hurts doesn't mean you're broken or stuck — it means you're human, and some things just take longer than we think they should.