Personal work
There's this song by blue stahli called metamorphosis (especially the life theory remix is so so good) that's been my go to for tough situations when I was a teenager and I recently rediscovered it. It's about renewing yourself in a painful manner, but making it happen because it needs to be. I think the idea of having to cut off or disolve old parts of yourself seems so violent and brutal, but ultimately needs to be done to grow, or to move on from hurtful memories. For me, healing has never been gentle, it's always felt like I was a walking corpse, likeI had to dismember myself before I can finally put myself back together again, becomming something entirely new.
This started out as a random late night sketch but was so close to my heart (haha get it? Cuz it's cut out lol) that I really felt motivated to finish it.