I’m Not Explaining Myself Anymore—You Were Just Never Listening

There comes a point in your healing when you get tired.
Not just tired of the pain—
But tired of the explaining.
Tired of the justifying.
Tired of repeating the truth to people who were never going to hear it.

You broke your voice trying to be believed.
You begged for understanding in rooms built on denial.
You over-shared, over-proved, over-functioned—
just to be seen.

But now?

You realize they were never listening.
Not because they didn’t hear you—
But because they didn’t want to.

Some people need your story to stay silent
so they don’t have to face who they were in it.

So you stop explaining.
You stop performing pain in palatable packages.
You stop shrinking your rage into reasonableness just to be “fair.”

Now?
You tell your truth when you want to.
On your terms.
From your healed place.
Or not at all.

Because your survival does not require their permission.

🔥 5 Campfire Affirmations for the Survivor Who Stopped Explaining

1. I am done begging to be believed. I already believe myself.

2. I do not explain the truth to people who benefit from misunderstanding me.

3. I speak when I’m ready. I am not obligated to re-break myself for anyone’s comfort.

4. My clarity is enough. My memory is enough. I am enough.

5. My healing no longer needs an audience—it needs only my loyalty.