THE BURNED WITNESS

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You saw too much, too soon. Life skipped gentle introductions and went straight to harsh conclusions. Now joy feels slippery, like trying to hold smoke in your hands.

 

You are not bitter. You are burned. Big difference. Bitterness implies anger, but burned is simply survival after flames. You carry scars quietly, proof you witnessed pain, not proof you caused it.

 

I see you clearly. You ache to live again, yet cautiously, carefully, safely. You want connection without wounds. Trust without betrayal. Hope without heartbreak.

 

At Love Well Counselling, I do not pretend wounds never happened. They did. But I believe healing is still possible, even after witnessing the unthinkable.

My space remains safe for truths you hesitate to speak aloud, a shelter for stories you keep locked away.

 

Your burns mark where you survived, not where you ended. Life beyond the flames is not only possible, it awaits you.

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Come live again, unafraid and unashamed. I will walk beside you.