(1/8) A very lovely and empathic answer from Hikaru Utada during her IG Live, to the question “I can’t seem to move beyond some of my past trauma. How can I begin to recover, or forgive people?” #HikaruUtada #宇多田ヒカル #StayHomewithHikaru #自宅隔離中のヒカルパイセンに聞け

(2/8) “What came to mind was, I think you need to forgive yourself first. Also, to speak with people I think is really important. Even writing, like a diary or letter. If it’s a situation where you’re not really able to speak to that person, writing them a letter...

(3/8) ...even if you don’t end up sending it. If you can get to a point where you’re able to speak about it, I think you’ll be ok, at least in my experience. I found that I when I spoke about it, I got better.

(4/8) And if it’s something really delicate and you can’t think of someone to talk to, seeing a professional who can listen is also good.

(5/8) Also, with regards to not being able to move beyond trauma, I’d say I hope you don’t blame yourself. It’s called trauma -because- you’re not able to move beyond it.

(6/8) It’s the same as a wound on your body. There are wounds that heal, there are those that don’t, there are wounds that take a long time to heal. There are also wounds that heal but leave behind a scar.

(7/8) When you find yourself with a physical wound that’s taking time to heal, you never think “Man I’m a piece of shit!” and blame yourself, right? You’d just think “Ah this is taking some time to heal."

(8/8) You’d put yourself in a situation that would make it easy to heal, and take care of yourself, right? I think that’s about all I can say, that it’s proof of you being alive. I think those periods of time are important, too. It just takes time."

Watch Hikaru Utada's original answer in Japanese on IGTV, from around 16:30-19:30 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAkdXEKpKnv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link #HikaruUtada #宇多田ヒカル #StayHomewithHikaru #自宅隔離中のヒカルパイセンに聞け