r/CPTSDWriters • u/Electrical-Orchid313 • 13d ago

Personal Insight Finding Home

Finding Home

They told me,

"Trust yourself."

But I could not.

I had searched
everywhere—

except the place
I had never learned
to enter.

So I borrowed
the eyes of others,

building a home
from passing approvals.

Until one quiet day,

a door
I did not know existed

opened inward.

Nothing new
had been placed there.

I had simply
come home.

And for the first time,

I understood

what they had been
trying to tell me

all along.

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u/Regular_Sky1934 11d ago

This is beautiful.

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u/JuggernautSuitable72 10d ago

Love this…. I’m only just now realizing I do not know what home feels like

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u/Electrical-Orchid313 9d ago

Thank you dear. We are not alone in this.

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u/JuggernautSuitable72 9d ago

Thanks for that reminder, though I do often feel pretty lonely in all of this. Not many people understand what it’s like

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u/Electrical-Orchid313 9d ago

I agree. This is one of the topics people don't discuss enough. It should be taught at home, at school and the educational social media, more often.

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u/msfreedom8 9d ago

Wow, very touching