It begins with a loop — a closed circle. This is the cycle trauma creates: a place where we get stuck, repeating patterns, carrying pain, moving through the world in survival mode. I know that loop well. Many of us do.

Then, there’s a dot — small, but powerful. This is the break in the cycle. The decision to stop repeating. The moment something shifts.

It might be joining this community. It might be telling the truth out loud. It might be just choosing softness for the first time in a long time.

Whatever it is for you — that break is where healing begins.

From there, the loop doesn’t just end — it unravels.

It becomes a spiral: imperfect, uneven, evolving. That’s the journey.

The spiral represents what comes after the break — the becoming. It’s not linear. It circles, dips, blooms. And it doesn’t end. The outer edge of the spiral stretches on, always expanding, always growing — almost like it’s beginning to blossom.

This mark is a reminder that you are not broken — you are becoming.

That your healing doesn’t have to look perfect.

That stopping the cycle isn’t the end — it’s the start of something infinite.