Insults

Insults.

How does it feel?

Do you dodge it or accept it?

Whenever people insult me in the past I would take it to heart and allow that to define me. It caused me more damage than I would have wanted it to.

Nowadays, I still accept it but it either goes straight through me or around me like it's nothing. People say I'm unaffected because of my thick skin and I can see where they're coming from because it is my thick skin that got me over my troubled past.

Then, I get asked how I stand unaffected and truth be told it took me a long time to get to where I am today: 16 years of mental health issues, an honest few trial years of overcoming and 4 full years of nonstop self healing work and continuing.

One of the things that has helped me greatly and is also one of my clients favorite foundational elements to work on is remembering who I am and knowing who I am not.

As you embark on your healing journey or continue yours may you never forget you who you are. The words of others do not define you, it is a reflection of them.