The Anticipation of Something Beautiful
You don’t deserve to be alone, and you don’t deserve to feel the pain of isolation.
Topic: self-harm
You don’t deserve to be alone, and you don’t deserve to feel the pain of isolation.
I had to convince myself I was never a freak. I was 15 and did not know how to cope.
There never were any attempts to end my life, rather I wanted the emotional pain to end. And that desire was a catalyst to turn all the emotional pain into physical pain...
I needed to feel in control because my mind was always out of control.
I struggled heavily with my self-image and confidence and tried tirelessly to fit into a mold that I wasn't built for.
My shame will not survive.
I thought I was broken somehow and there was no fixing it.
The darkness we carry feeds off our secrets—which is why we have to bring them into the light.
When I reflect on my days of self-harm, I see how I struggled to tell the people I loved that I was hurting. So, I found a way to show it physically.
Making or breaking milestones doesn't have to be everything—it shouldn’t be everything.
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There is a lot of stigma and ignorance surrounding Dissociative Identity Disorder. Oftentimes, I feel shame when talking about it.
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