Forgiveness, Compassion, and Self-Injury
My shame will not survive.
Topic: self-injury
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 you said those words, I shattered into a million pieces.
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.
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The moments when I did give in do not define my progress.
Depression is not a bad part of my personality or a flaw in my character.
I haven’t wanted to injure in almost a decade. But due to the pandemic and the restrictions, so many of the other coping mechanisms I’ve learned to use haven’t been available.
I stiffened in anticipation of the tidal wave of judgment that was sure to wash over me, but it never came.
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