Is it Five years of healing? Ten years? Longer?
However long it takes is exactly how long it needed to take.
You're not behind. You're uncovering protection mechanisms built over a lifetime.
Give yourself the grace you'd give anyone on this profound journey.
Some days you'll feel strong. Other days you'll discover a new wound you didn't know existed. Both are part of healing. The difference now? You're not fragile anymore. You're resilient enough to look at what you once had to bury to survive.