Healing is Hard Work — But It’s Worth It

Hello Medium!

I’m Chichi, and I’m a writer, a wellness enthusiast, and someone who’s spent the last few years doing the deeply uncomfortable work of healing.

Personal development isn’t just a process for me. It’s a lifeline.

I’ve had so many dark moments and lived through trauma arising from mistreatment, dysfunction, toxic environments, and interpersonal relationships that drained the very soul out of me. There are entire chapters of my life that feel like they were stolen from me, time I’ll never get back.

The hardest part was when, even as I tried to heal, I found myself being retraumatised over and over again. Just when I’d begin to put the pieces back together, something would rip them open again. Healing felt like tending to a wound that never got the chance to scab over. I was in a cycle of hurting and hoping, breaking and rebuilding.

But still I rise — undefeated

I refuse to let pain define me. I refuse to stay stuck in suffering. I believe, wholeheartedly, that I deserve joy and peace. I deserve a beautiful, fulfilling life — and I’m willing to fight for it.

That fight hasn’t been easy. Healing has meant showing up for therapy and having tough…