I don’t read dark stories to blur lines.
I read them because the lines are clear.
Fiction gives me structure. A beginning and an end. A space where power, desire, and conflict are contained — not spilling into real life, not asking anything from my body or my choices.
Books let me explore complexity without consequence. I can notice what resonates and what doesn’t. I can stay curious without being pulled forward by momentum.
That boundary matters.
It’s one of the ways reading supports my healing instead of overwhelming it.
Reading Trauma Mama: Velvet & Taboo 