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You Are Allowed to Stop
There is a point in many healing journeys where stopping feels wrong.
Not because something is unsafe—but because leaving feels like failure.
We are taught, often subtly, that healing requires endurance.
That staying longer is better.
That pushing through discomfort is progress.
That stopping means we didn’t try hard enough.
Trauma-informed sound challenges this belief.
You are allowed to stop.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 82 min read
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