Learning that being flawed is okay, it helps to better understand yourself and others
Leveling up or staying level?
Evolutionary Mind
EVOLUTIONARY-PROGRESSION NOT RECESSION Relating to the gradual development of something.-Evolutionary Finding our way through this complicated journey full of twists and turns and sometimes dead ends can be exhausting and draining physically, not to mention mentally. The problem with being mentally tired is that we don't even realize it. It doesn't hit us until we …
Readjusting and recalibrating
Readjusting-adjust or adapt to a changed environment or situation.Recalibrating- to adjust precisely for a particular function again Being a photographer, I understand the importance of keeping your equipment clean and ready to go on the day of your special event. I also know that from time to time, my cameras need to be realigned and recalibrated. …
Be aware and Beware
BEWARE-Be cautious and alert to the dangers ofBE AWARE-Having knowledge or perception of a situation or factIt's important to know the difference between both and how they both affect you in your everyday life. We go about our day as routinely as the previous day. Wash, rinse, repeat. Right? The cycle we all get caught …
Stripped Away
Life is so full of surprises. It's like the saying from Forrest Gump goes, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what your gonna get." Never has this saying rang true to me more than now. The last 2 years have been a whirlwind of self-discovery moments, emotional chaos, and heartbreak and …
Because I wasn’t good enough…for me!
I had always been good enough. With BPD, without BPD, I had always been good enough. I had been too blind to see it. One day something happened. God took the blinders off, and I realized that I had always been good enough...just not good enough for me. I had been holding myself to impossible …
Raw and exposed (BPD)
Raw and exposed Force field It makes me feel angry whenever these thoughts pop up in my mind. I think about all the unnecessary abuse and hurt that I put myself through for others. How vulnerable I became in hopes of happily ever after. Only to find myself making the same bad choices over and …
The Many Voices Of My Father
This blog is my personal story. Beginning with some of my trauma to embarking on my journey to finding my mental wellness. I hope my story will inspire others to never give up hope of finding themselves and allowing the right voices to speak into you.
Instant gratification generation
The world around us moves forward in leaps and bounds. We see technology developing quicker than we can keep up with. Days go by like a swift wind passing through. Long gone are the days of taking time to slow down and truly enjoy the good things. Living this way has affected people physically and, …
The Perception Prison
A way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impressionPerception No middle ground Perception is everything. Every trauma burns an imprint that in some way changes the way you perceive yourself and the world around you. So what impressions morphed your perceptions? For many of us living with BPD, the effects of our trauma …
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