Over the past weeks, I've been sharing pieces of my healing journey on a few of my social media platforms. I decided to be open about what I've made it through. Of course this is my side of my story, and everyone is entitled and welcomed to share their truth and role in my life story online, to others, and how ever they see fit.
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I have been sharing heartbreak, betrayals, the drama, and triggers that once controlled how I showed up in the world. I didn’t sugarcoat my side of the stories shown. I told the truth. My truth. I did it when it was uncomfortable.
I did it, meaning it will be opening myself up to judgment. There is a certain level of being carefree you must accomplish to have strangers judge and pick apart your character flaws in your own story. I won’t lie; as a writer I love it so much.
I start thinking, “Damn, I could
see how that can be true, but you’re wrong so carry on.”
And let me tell you, the judgment is growing rapidly.
Negative comments have flooded in under my posts and DMs. People questioned my
choices, minimized my experiences, and hell they also threw around opinions that
have nothing to do with who I am or who I once was. At first, I felt a little
played, but intrigued with the comments.
But then something beautiful happened.
I realized that healing does not just change your life, it changes your perspective
on life. I could choose to see the negativity and let it discourage me from
sharing my story or I could choose to see the power in being in control
of how I use my story to build my brand on social media.
Because despite the negativity, something even bigger was happening behind the scenes:
Over 2.2 million people found their way to my story.
Over 2.2 million were intrigued enough to view and look into who is this woman
and why is she sharing this on social media. It comes from a point that you
understand no matter what you have been through, you can choose how it shapes
you. You can let it destroy you mentally, emotionally, or you can let it mold
you into the most powerful version of yourself.
Healing from past trauma and triggers has made me a much
better woman. I am nowhere near a perfect woman. I mean, who the hell truly
is? I am woman who is softer, stronger, wiser, and more in control of her
emotions and actions.
My backstory has made me a woman who no longer reacts out of pain but responds with grace. My backstory has made me a woman who does not carry old wounds into new seasons. My backstory made me a woman who refuses to shrink just because my truth makes some people uncomfortable.
We all have some trauma we have endured. We all have stories. But we get to choose how we carry them forward.
There will be people who will try to weaponize your story against you. Some people
will project their own unhealed wounds onto you. But many others, maybe just a
few will be impacted by your courage and find for themselves.
If there's anything this journey has taught me, it would be that healing is not just personal, it is powerful and builds your preservation.
Then while you are healing, you do not simply change your life. You feel inspired and uplifted. With this I say embrace your healing.
Keep choosing you.
The woman you’re becoming will thank you and so will your future self and others if you chose to share what you have made it through.
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