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🐉 How Books (and Dragons) Became My Escape—and My Healing

 


I didn’t expect books about dragons to help me heal…


…but here we are.

✨ It Started as an Escape


At first, reading was just a way to unwind.


A way to shut off my brain after long days.

A way to step into a different world for a little while.


But somewhere along the way…


It became something more.

📚 Stories That Found Me at the Right Time


There’s something about getting lost in a story—

especially ones filled with magic, resilience, and characters who have to fight their way through everything.


They remind you of something.


Of strength.

Of becoming.

Of not giving up—even when everything feels impossible.


And without even realizing it…


I started seeing pieces of myself in those stories.

🐉 The Dragon Era (Yes, It’s a Thing Now 😂)


Then came the dragons.


And I was done for.


There’s just something about them—

powerful, misunderstood, a little wild… but also beautiful and resilient.


And suddenly it wasn’t just reading anymore.


It turned into:

  • saving way too many dragon things (no regrets 🫣)

  • 3D printing dragons and being completely obsessed

  • building this whole little world of magic inside my real life

🌿 Healing Doesn’t Always Look Like Work


This is the part I didn’t expect.


Healing didn’t just happen through routines or discipline.


It happened in quiet moments:

  • reading late at night with a cat curled up next to me 🐱

  • getting lost in a story that made me feel something again

  • allowing myself to enjoy things without guilt


Because sometimes…


Healing looks like rest.

Like joy.

Like remembering who you are outside of survival mode.

✝️ Finding Meaning in the Middle of It


Even in the fantasy, I found something deeper.


Themes of purpose.

Of identity.

Of becoming something more than what you’ve been through.


And it reminded me that my story isn’t finished yet either.

💛 This Is Your Sign


If you’ve been feeling stuck…

If life has felt heavy…


Find something that brings you back to yourself.


It doesn’t have to look “productive.”

It doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else.


It just has to bring you a little bit of light.

☀️ For Me, It Was Books + Dragons


And somehow…


That became part of my healing.

✨ A little messy. A little magical. Fully real.

What’s a book that changed something in you? 📚



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