FOR THE SELF-AWARE BUT STILL SELF-ABANDONING

I was raised to perform, not to feel. My needs were inconvenient, my voice unwelcome—so I became the problem. Three decades later, my body called the lie. I’m not broken. I was surviving. I’m Anastasia, and I share stories for those who were groomed for silence, shaped by emotional neglect, and still feel like too much. If that’s you, you’re not alone—and you’re not the problem.