body positive

If you have a lot of unread messages and phone calls you have not returned in weeks from people who want your help and you just do not have the energy to respond to anyone , then I want you to know that you are not a bad person , my love . You are not a bad person for putting your own weilbeing first . You are not a bad person for trying to take care of yourself first . You are not a bad person for using your free time to recharge instead of being there for others . You cannot fix everyone . In the end , everyone is responsible for their own healing and their own happiness . If you feel down , exhausted , lonely or anything like that yourself , you do not need to pour the last bit of energy into healing someone else . You need to heal yourself first . You come first , darling . That does not make you a bad person . Always remember that . #ChronicDepression #ChronicIllness #ChronicFatigue #MentalHealth #BodyPositive

I’m seeing a lot of posts of people struggling like me. It’s easy to wallow in the constant fatigue and pain. I have my days that I’m in so much pain and fatigue that my depression sets in as well. On those days, I can’t do much other than being a couch potato or a blob and stay in bed.

I want to use this post today to help lift myself and hopefully someone else who reads this as well!

I like to do think of the positives in my life! I have a roof over my head. I feel the breath in my lungs. I enjoy hearing the birds chirp and the sunshine when it’s spring. Even now that I see solid clouds and bare trees, and snow on the ground……they are a beauty all there own. My dogs are a huge comfort for me!

Today, I’m able to get out of bed and do some sewing which is my passion and job.

Please share with me one or more positives in your life that helps you move through out the day. #BodyPositive #Fibromyalgia #MentalHealth

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So. For much of my life I struggled with insecurities surrounding my appearance. Even in my teen years, before health issues and diagnosis, before adulthood took its toll, I always wanted to be thinner, prettier, more “perfect”. But something about the loss of control during cancer treatment, and being completely bald and bare has made me love myself so much. Maybe it’s perspective? Maybe it’s from conquering most of my literal worst fears and nightmares. I loved myself bald. I love my body now, surgical scars, port, radiation scars, all of it. I think we are expected to hate these things or want to be who we were before, and I do miss a life before cancer for some things, but I am more confident in my skin now.

BDD festers in your brain,
Starts to make you go insane
Unrealistic beauty standards hard to maintain,
I begin to crumble

So fixated on my flaws
And the depression that is caused
I am obsessed

Forever picking at my spots,
Can’t bring myself to stop,
I crave a smooth complexion
In hopes of reaching my goal of perfection
So for once i can look in the mirror and be happy with my reflection.

I know there are many girls who feel the same
Who bare this pain
Who also have this illness that plagues their brain and I just want you to know that We are Beautiful, I hope one day you see that ❤️
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