SAGE & SASS

SAGE & SASS

PART THREE: YOUR FACE IS A SNITCH

Why You Look "Tired" and What Your Body Is ACTUALLY Trying to Tell You (Hint: Your Face Is Holding Your Entire Unprocessed Life and It's EXHAUSTED)

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Dea Devidas
Oct 17, 2025
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Okay. Deep breath. We’re going to talk about the thing that NOBODY wants to admit but EVERYONE experiences: You wake up. You look in the mirror. And your face looks like it just survived a NATURAL DISASTER. The bags. The pallor. The FLATNESS. The overall vibe of “please do not perceive me, I am barely SOLID.” And you think:

“This is it. This is AGING. This is what happens. It’s OVER. I’ve PEAKED. From here on out it’s just a slow decline into looking like a HAUNTED DOLL.” WRONG.

What if I told you that your face isn’t showing you AGING… It’s showing you a BACKLOG of unprocessed emotions, a nervous system in OVERDRIVE, and a body that’s been in SURVIVAL MODE so long it forgot what SAFETY feels like?

Let me explain. And prepare tissues because this is about to get REAL.

WHAT YOUR FACE IS ACTUALLY TELLING YOU (And Why It’s Not What You Think)

When you see “tired,” “dull,” or “aged” in the mirror, here’s what’s REALLY happening:

1. YOUR FASCIA IS HOLDING TENSION LIKE IT’S A FULL-TIME JOB 🕸️

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