I healed because I needed to forgive those who hurt me. I choose peace of mind in solitude over revenge. Keeping resentment and grudges is too bitter for me.

It took me some time to adjust.as I had more time to reflect as I lay in my bed. I had decided to do some research on my healing journey as I came to the point where I just want to move forward with my life.

I chose to forgive in order to forgive myself. I chose to bury the past locked and sealed. Reiki taught me that energy doesn’t disappear. It transfers. Rage becomes ulcers. Spite becomes insomnia.Resentment becomes

It wasn’t quiet. My phone buzzed with ghosts. Blocked calls. Blocked texts. I knew who it was. I felt the pull to answer. To check. To spiral.I didn’t.

To become whole. the old me had to die.So I ended him. Rebirth started with J.J. One Reiki session. No peace. Just tears. Hot. Silent. Years of them. It ran through my veins. My chest. J.J. felt it too.

My heart chakra was grieving. For the years lost. For the version of me that stayed. For the goodbye I never said. Energy doesn’t disappear. It moves. That night it moved out of my chest, down my face, into the tissue in my hand.

And for the first time, I breathed through both nostrils.That’s when I knew: The Exit After isn’t an event. It’s a practice. Every ignored call: exit. Every tear: exit. Every 4AM mug of cinnamon water: exit.