THE CHILD WHO LEARNED TO ADAPT🖤 You spent your childhood studying faces instead of mirrors - trying to predict storms before they came. You adjusted your tone, your laughter, your Silence, all to fit the version of you that felt safest in the room. You became skilled at shrinking when love felt heavy, at shining when approval was possible, at pretending you were fine when you were just surviving. And even now - grown, independent, capable - you still hold your breath around people, listening for cues, waiting to learn who you need to be before you're allowed to simply be.