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When the soul wakes in the dark

This is for the ones who didn’t break — but woke up.

By Diana ShPublished about 6 hours ago 2 min read
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This is for the ones who didn’t break but woke up.

For those who lost themselves in the dark and discovered that it was an initiation, not an ending.

When everything falls apart, something new begins. A whisper from the soul. A new way of seeing.

There is a moment in life where everything shuts down.

You are in your body but you are not really there.

The world feels unfamiliar. Even stepping outside can feel frightening.

And questions start to surface. Who am I, really? What happened to my strength?

Why does everything that once felt easy now feel impossible?

My awakening was called burnout.

But I know now it was a wake-up call from the universe.

A whisper that turned into a scream. A soul that could no longer look away.

Awakening is not gentle. It strips you. It asks you to stop pretending.

To stop abandoning yourself. And awakening is not for everyone.

It is for those who have walked through darkness

and still found a way to rise again and again.

It is for the sensitive ones. The spiritual souls. Those who feel deeply.

Those who sense guidance not through logic,

but through the body, the breath, the quiet knowing.

When everything collapsed, something else began to wake.

New layers. A new way of seeing people. A deeper compassion. A sharper intuition. A truth that could no longer be ignored.

Dark days come for everyone.

But crashing so hard you barely recognize yourself,

being afraid of your own reflection,

losing your sense of identity

That requires immense strength to survive.

To stay.

To keep choosing healing. Day after day. Even when progress is invisible.

And that is what I am doing.

I am still here. In the middle of healing. In the middle of remembering who I am.

The path is long. But every setback is a whisper.

Every breakdown an invitation. An opening to meet yourself for real.

So if you are reading this and something inside you whispers, I understand…

Then maybe our souls have already met. Maybe you, too, have risen

despite the storm. And maybe this is not just a text.

But the beginning of something truer.

Something deeper. Something new.

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About the Creator

Diana Sh

I write for those who feel deeply — moving through burnout, healing, grief, intuition, and becoming themselves again.

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