Elena Radić
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I write about mental health, the emotions that shape us, and the relationships that teach us. If you're also trying to find yourself in this chaotic world – you're welcome in my words.
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On Losing Yourself and Finding Your Way Back
There are moments in life when you simply stop recognizing yourself. You look in the mirror and the face staring back at you seems familiar only on the surface. Beneath it, there’s an emptiness—as if everything that once made you you—your voice, your thoughts, your desires—has quietly disappeared. It doesn’t happen all at once. It’s a slow, quiet process. It begins when you start to shrink yourself to fit in, to be accepted, loved, or seen as “normal.”
By Elena Radić8 months ago in Humans
Why is it so Hard to Forgive Ourselves?
Sometimes, forgiveness is something we recognize in others but struggle to extend to ourselves. We are taught that forgiveness is a gesture of kindness, of selflessness. But what happens when that “forgiveness” doesn’t quite reach us? What happens when we release others from their mistakes, but remain chained to our own imperfections?
By Elena Radić8 months ago in Humans
Why We Are Loved by Those Who Don’t Know How to Love – And Why We Settle for It
The satisfaction in love is not something we learn in schools, but life teaches us—sometimes the hard way. Often, we find ourselves in relationships where we try to love and be loved, but the reality is that the love we receive is not the love we need. It’s curious how we sometimes fall for people who are incapable of reciprocating our love the way we deserve. And while their inability to love us may not come from bad intentions, we often settle for it, believing that something will change.
By Elena Radić9 months ago in Humans
How Ignoring Your Emotions Can Destroy Your Inner Peace — And How to Learn to Listen to Yourself
There comes a moment, maybe you’re feeling it now, when you find yourself on the edge of complete emotional overload. The silence in your mind feels heavier than the noise around you. You deserve inner peace, yet it seems unattainable because for years you’ve been ignoring your emotions, shoving them into a corner of your mind where it was easier not to feel.
By Elena Radić9 months ago in Humans
