A major part of the healing process involves learning how to acknowledge and work through trauma rather than repressing it or acting out.

 Trauma is like a sponge, and ignoring it is like sticking that sponge in a glass of water. It’s only going to get bigger.

When you choose to face your demons, you do so prepared to fight. But when your demons suddenly face you, it’s all too easy to be overcome.

Like trauma, we all have flaws in our thinking, and my favorite flaw is an overflowing heart. A person who feels so deeply for another that they’re willing to sacrifice their own safety, their own happiness, their own life, for the benefit of someone else. That’s what I found in Rowan. But the best of intentions aren’t always so, and in writing this book, I discovered that right alongside my characters. It was important for me to allow them to confront their own demons on their own terms because no matter how much it hurt, they came out far stronger on the other side. https://crimereads.com/on-healing-and-the-aftershocks-of-trauma/

August 24, 2023 By Brooke Beyfuss https://bookshop.org/p/books/before-you-found-me/18835105?ean=9781728248721