a woman's body is a haunted house
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a woman's body is a haunted house
Fear becomes anxiety when it makes its home in you. Its chief attachment is not memory or villain or situation or future; its chief attachment and subject is you. This strange and imprecise fear can torment the body and enshroud all other fear experiences.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Women often find themselves trapped in cycles of self-pity, martyrdom, victimhood, and defiance because, in the absence of a secure self, these identities become their “drugs.” They offer a temporary sense of identity but rob us of our true power.
The solution to this addiction is always agency. Each ghost is a passive state, and each jewel—a life... See more
The solution to this addiction is always agency. Each ghost is a passive state, and each jewel—a life... See more
The Ghosts That Haunt Women – And the Jewels That Transform Them - Nicole Daedone
They say they're glad I'm here
this is where I belong.
But I'm a ghost in this place.
They don't hear me talk or walk or breathe.
They forget I exist when I'm in the room.
Maybe this is my house and not theirs.
Maybe that's the truth.
Home isn't never going anywhere else—
it's coming back for your rest.
But I'm a ghost in this place.
I never left — I'm not