defines you? no.
shapes you? moulds you? becomes you? yes.
our identity is malleable as fuck. our experiences warp it day in and out. the good and the bad.
and this is not to invalidate you: your traumas are real, stifling, and the consequences echo.
but never forget they’re not what’s written under “you” in the dictionary.
they’re just littered throughout your wiki.
“your trauma doesn’t define you” no actually it does. it dictates every aspect of my shitty life.