True that. You learn to live with it. Small but consistent steps pass you through rough and bumpy roads. - Aemen Farooq - Medium

Trauma, addiction, and other mental health issues don’t just go away. I could have the best clinician in the world and work my hardest, and still, there would be shadow…

I’m Not Healed, and I Never Will Be

Nikki Kay

Oct 6, 2021

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True that. You learn to live with it. Small but consistent steps pass you through rough and bumpy roads.

Aemen Farooq

Written by Aemen Farooq

I write about mental health, self-development, self-care, and life lessons as they happen. Editor of sapphirel.com/ https://aemenfarooq.medium.com/membership

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