We all have monsters in closets

Let's face it: humans are strange, complex creatures who like to pretend we have everything under control... right up until we hear a floorboard creak and suddenly remember that one decision in 2013.

- SONJA BROWN

Yes, we've all got monsters in our closets - and no, not the Pixar kind. These ones don’t do bedtime stories. They do awkward flashbacks, emotional hangovers and deep cringe at 2am.

You might call it “baggage”, “skeletons” or “that thing we don’t talk about at family braais”, but we all have that something stuffed behind emotional shoeboxes and unfinished journals.

Some people have exes with tattoo regrets in their closet. Others are still haunted by that interpretive dance phase in college. And a few keep entire WhatsApp voice notes they'll never re-listen to, but also never delete. Why?