Trauma can feel a lot like a black hole. In real physics, a black hole is so dense that its gravity bends space and time around it. The closer you get, the more it shapes everything nearby. Trauma can do something similar in the mind. A painful event may be long over, but its gravity can keep pulling thoughts, emotions, and reactions back toward it. Memories that seem distant can suddenly feel present. Time can become distorted—years pass, yet part of you still feels stuck at the moment of impact. But black holes aren’t just places where things disappear. Scientists have discovered that black holes can create enormous jets of energy and even help shape entire galaxies. Healing doesn’t erase what happened. It changes your relationship to it. The wound may always be part of your story, but it no longer has to be the center of your universe. Sometimes the goal isn’t to destroy the black hole. It’s to build a galaxy around it. ✨🖤🪐