Growing up in chaos can train your nervous system for war. What people call “drama” is often hypervigilance learned in unsafe environments. This reflection explores how survival skills get misunderstood and what it takes to unlearn them.

I’m not God, a therapist, or a trash woman—I don’t recycle people who treated me like I was disposable.

Some of these men are hoping we’ve forgotten who they were. Or worse… hoping we’ve forgotten who we are. The truth is, they’re not sorry.

Midway through the morning, one of the Associate Producers and my child’s “work mom” immediately noticed something was off. Without hesitation, the AD scooped my kid up, got them swiftly to a medic, and sent for me ASAP. The care and attention my child received went beyond my expectations, and the follow-up care was top-notch.

I did for the plant what I had to do for myself: support, nourish, heal, restore. And just like me, it’s coming back stronger.

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