I had spent so many years trying to make myself feel a particular way that I had no idea what I was actually feeling right now. 

There is always a strand of joy wrapped up in the fear, and a strand of pain wrapped up in the pleasure.

I didn’t know myself at all, because knowing myself would mean acknowledging the parts of myself that I had learned to fear and despise. 

All great stories make us feel something

Embodiment saved me, and taught me that I never needed saving.