Benevbooks’s Reviews > Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection > Status Update
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"While I have spent ample time shaming myself for my coping mechanisms, what I have learned about our survival strategies is that they have the capacity for adaptation and change. I am grateful for the ways that I have protected myself in the past, for that tells me that I want to live. It tells me, even if I do not know it, I cherish my miraculous life."
— Feb 03, 2026 03:32PM
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Benevbooks
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"I did not deserve the pain, but what I did in my survival was a testament to the love that endures in my spirit. It was messy, impure, and imperfect, and I did what I could with the tools that I had. I am devoted to relearning love without embodying shame."
— Feb 04, 2026 07:14AM
