Thank you, JD, for bringing up the very point that helped me start to heal.

Learning that trauma leaves physical changes inside my brain meant I wasn't a crybaby cause it still hurts. Just as a broken bone has to heal at its own pace, so too, the broken heart & the shattered soul cannot be forced to mend.

I gained strength when I gave myself permission to take the necessary time to heal those internal wounds.

Although some might call it weak, that's no more true than hanging horns on a horse & calling it a cow. It's still gonna give out road apples instead of milk! Thanks for starting this thread.