Ep. 49: The Importance Of + Beauty In Taking Responsibility For Yourself

Triumph After Trauma

Believe it or not, there is a version of me that was not the most kind or responsible.
There is a time I lashed out when I was angry, cut people off the second I felt betrayed
in any way, isolated myself a lot, didn't prioritize my mental health, sabotaged myself,
self harmed, and didn't make an effort to be healthy/responsible/self-compassionate.
None of that was good for me or people around me, but I was drowning in my anxiety and depression (diagnosed officially in early 2012), and I had no freaking clue where to start in looking for help to try and work through any of my traumas and was terrified of looking internally to do work on myself.
I was a mess and struggled severely with my mental health until 2019, after I finally ran from an unhealthy relationship and got that ex to stop contacting me. What I put up with in that relationship was the last straw for me - it made me realize all the ways not being a responsible person who could take accountability and set boundaries to keep me (and my mental health) safe was hurting me and affecting how I lived.
Since then, I have done a lot of work to be a more mature person and now, in October 2023, I'm proud to be a 31 year old woman who is responsible for her words/actions and can hold herself accountable. Since I have and still do so much work on myself, I thought this would be a good conversation for us to have, friends!
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