Unlearning Chaos

Growing up my house was chaos. Parents fighting every night, doors slamming,

the whole thing. I learned to escape by putting on headphones and disappearing into music.

That became my safe space. When I moved out at eighteen I thought everything would

be different. Thought I'd finally have peace. But here's what nobody tells you.

You take those problems with you. I found myself creating the same chaos in my own apartment.

Picking fights with roommates. Slamming my own doors. Playing music way

too loud. One day my neighbor knocked and instead of yelling she just asked if I was okay.

That question broke something open. I realized I was recreating what I knew because it