If you keep thinking about it… it’s because a part of you hasn’t finished processing it yet.
Something in you is still trying to make sense of what happened — or trying to protect you from ever feeling that way again.
If your mind keeps going back to something painful, it can feel exhausting. You might wonder why you can’t just let it go.
But what I see in therapy is that this isn’t weakness. It’s a part of you still trying to process, understand, or protect.
When something was overwhelming, confusing, or hurtful, your system doesn’t just file it away and move on. It keeps bringing it back, hoping that this time, it will be met differently.
With more awareness. More support. More capacity.
Instead of trying to shut it down, what would it be like to get curious? To gently ask, “What is this part still needing?”
This is often where healing begins.
Love, Jen 🪷
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