I
used to be hesitant about cutting people off. I made excuses for other people’s
actions towards me as if I was always the problem. I never wanted to be that person
who left a bad taste in someone’s mouth. You can also say that I was indeed a
people pleaser.
One year ago from today, I revealed on my blog my life with secondary lymphedema. It had taken me 10 years to embrace my lymphedema and my journey. There were many points during my lymphedema journey that I felt ashamed.
I was embarrassed. I would stuff my feet in the most uncomfortable shoes and suffer in silence trying to disguise my feet.
I was embarrassed. I would stuff my feet in the most uncomfortable shoes and suffer in silence trying to disguise my feet.
Yeah, I said it. It can be difficult to speak against anything or anyone that has been holding us down for so long. Fear can trigger our anxieties to not do whatever we know in our hearts that we were called to do.



