Why The End of a Friendship Can Shatter You in Ways Romance Never Could
We know how to grieve when a romance ends. There are breakup playlists, comfort foods, and a cultural script for heartbreak. But when the loss is a friend who once felt like your soulmate, there’s usually silence. No rituals. No shared language. No space to hold the grief that follows.
      
      Why Are We Still Romanticizing Struggle?
For generations, Black communities have been taught to wear pain like armor. Struggle has been packaged as strength, exhaustion mistaken for ambition and survival celebrated as a success story.
      
      The Rise of Therapy and the Fall of Accountability
Gaslighting. Toxic situations. Boundaries. We have probably heard these words misused and run over.