I Used to Hate Valentine’s Day

*Missy*
3 min readFeb 14, 2021

The reason had nothing to do with my love life

Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels

One cold February evening, I attempted to bid the world farewell from the comfort of my bed. I was 8 years old.

I’ve written about this experience in more detail — in fact, it was the first Medium article I ever published — but I’m not interested in rehashing my trauma today. I’m not here to cast negative energy into the universe on a day…

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*Missy*

Working through my trauma one story at a time. Thanks for joining me on my journey.