Lesley Logic 3
You don’t need more coping strategies.
You’ve already learned how to function in chaos.
You’ve smiled through pain.
You’ve said “I’m fine” to change the subject.
You’ve carried on when your system wanted to shut down — just to get through the day.
Coping is something trauma survivors learn to do exceptionally well — often invisibly.
They carry on.
They say “I’m fine.”
They stay functional.
But coping is survival mode.
It’s holding it together without healing the reason you're holding so tight.
And while coping gets you through —
it also keeps you armoured, restricted, emotionally guarded…
and exhausted.
The real shift happens when your body begins to feel safe enough to stop scanning, stop bracing, and stop wearing the armour 24/7.
Healing isn’t about reliving the past or talking it all through —
It’s about letting the nervous system realise, slowly and quietly:
“This isn’t then. You’re safe now.”
That’s when the armour can come off — not in dramatic collapse,
but in small, sustainable ways that bring relief.
Not all at once.
Not loudly.
But enough for you to finally exhale.
And that’s not weakness.
That’s strength.
That’s healing.
That’s freedom.
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