Somewhere along the way, we started ranking pain. “At least it wasn’t as bad as…” “That’s nothing compared to what I went through.” “Other people have it worse.” We started treating healing like a competition: Who has the most significant trauma? Who’s the most self-aware? Who cries the hardest in the group? But healing doesn’t work like that. It isn’t scored. It isn’t performative. It’s not something you can “win.” It’s yoga. It’s your mat. It’s your breath. Nobody else is i