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for people who have built their safety on silence, truth is violencefor people who mistake compliance for love, boundaries feel like betrayalfor those who have worn their masks so long they forgot it was armor, honesty feels like a threat
They like to call people kapal ng mukha but they don’t see how thick they made their faces themselves just to survive. This is the entire hypocrisy of shame culture. They ridicule others for being too bold, too loud, too shameless but when it comes to their own mask of survival… So thick, so polished, so curated they forgot it wasn’t their actual face. They’ve spent so long pretending […]
I’m not turning against anyoneI’m just not lying for the sake of a broken scriptI am modeling what truth looks likeeven when it’s uncomfortableeven when you misunderstand me You misunderstood me thenand only saw your own reflection at least now I have a say.
“Utang na loob.”“Walang hiya ka.”“They gave you everything, and this is how you repay them?”That BS runs deep. In Filipino culture, calling out your parents (even gently, even with truth) is treated like you’re burning the whole thing down. Like you’ve betrayed not just your family but your ancestors, your faith, your dignity, your soul. But why is it that they can hurt you in silence for years and […]
I learned how to survivewithout the people the world thinkswere supposed to catch me.I learned to build a life out of shit,with my own hands. I stay real even when the worldkeeps asking the wrong questions. They had so many chances to bewho they pretended to be for everyone else.They weren’t there for me.Not in the ways that mattered. On the outside, they look kind.They look like “good people.”They […]
I made hard decisions in my lifewith my kids always in mind. I wasn’t running toward pleasure.I was walking away from harm.From an environment full of tension, reactivity, and unspoken emotional bruises.From anger that spilled into the corners of my children’s nervous systems.From cycles I swore I wouldn’t pass down. And when I left, I didn’t even leave for myself. I left so they wouldn’t carry it. BUT I […]