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Continue reading →: I Detached Because I Loved YouMy mother told me the other day,“I just need to be like you.I need to detach, never feel,then I can never get hurt.” That comment hit me like a truck—not because I couldn’t detach,but because of the reason behind it. I felt everything deeply. What she couldn’t see in publicwas…
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Continue reading →: A Selfish Kind of Love
I’ve heard people talk about the love they deserve—about how they should be loved,about how they want to be chosen. I don’t disagree. But I think I deserve something more. I deserve to love. All my life, I’ve been “loved” by menwho thought I was beautiful, funny, carefree—and I let…
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Continue reading →: The only way forward is through
I used to numb myself in order to escape the pain—through alcohol, mindless scrolling, even stress eating—anything just to feel okay. Only it never made me feel okay.And my emotions kept knocking on a door—I refused to answer. I bottled up anger and resentment, ashamed,because I had always been told…
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Continue reading →: The Language of Harm
Sticks and stones may break my bones,but words do, in fact, hurt me. Language is complex—full of meaning, nuance, and interpretation.Even the phrases we dismiss as “just jokes” carry weight. What we call harmless isn’t always harmless.Words linger. They shape how we see ourselves—and how we’re seen. And sometimes, the…
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Continue reading →: The Women Who Walks Away
How I became the woman who walks away Something powerful begins to take shape inside of us when we finally find the courage to walk away from what hurts us. There’s a sense of liberation that takes over—as if your power slowly begins to return to your body. To reach…
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Continue reading →: How to Break Free from a Codependent Relationship
You don’t lose yourself all at once in a codependent relationship.It happens slowly—through over-giving, over-explaining, and over-staying.This is how you take yourself back. The first thing you have to come to terms with is this: You will be okay without them. That idea might feel uncomfortable at first—maybe even untrue.…
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Continue reading →: Trouble Swallowing? Why This Might Not Be What You Think.
Until recently, I experienced persistent difficulty with eating. I could swallow liquids without issueand eat normally in the morning—yet certain foods, what I came to recognize as “trigger foods,”felt nearly impossible to swallow. It would happen suddenly. My throat would tighten,and swallowing no longer felt natural. In its place came…
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Continue reading →: A Message to Teachers
I think I look healed. Put together. My parents smile at me now and say, “I’m so proud of you.”And they mean it. From the outside, my growth is visible. It shows. But internally, some days still feel like I’m breaking.Like I’m worth nothing. I’ve come so far. I am…
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Continue reading →: Emotional Labor Cheat Sheet
You are not responsible for managing other people’s emotions I wanted to create an outline because the patterns weren’t always obvious—and the ones that kept me stuck in emotional labor looked like this: When you’re constantly: Your brain and body stay in a low-level “on duty” state. This requires real…
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Continue reading →: P is for Perfect
P for the girl I tried to protect with all of me, never knowing that love sometimes asks you to let go. Because the version I let go ofwasn’t the girl I used to know. “You don’t need to be strong… I’ll be strong for you.” I had always thought…
Hello…
I’m Alex
I’m a writer.
The name Diaries of a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Girl comes from me saying,
“But… I’m just a twenty-six-year-old girl” when I don’t want to do something.
However, it’s genuinely gotten me through life’s struggles.
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Diaries of a Twenty-Six-Year Old Girl 