Your Body Knows, and It’s Time to Listen
The Unfair Challenge and the message to spread
I ignored the signs. I didn’t listen to my body. I pushed on, told myself that it wasn’t worth it.
I would take on everything I could, to keep it at bay. To keep it so far away I forgot it was there. Until the day it kicked down the now fragile wall that I had built to keep it back. I was burning the candle at every end, the wick quickly disappearing.
Over 20 years ago, I was an awkward middle schooler confident they needed therapy, but too scared to speak up. 13 years ago, I tried to get help from the college counselor and never followed through. Today, I am in trauma therapy.
Forever I will wonder if 12-year-old me had listened if I would still be in this spot today. If I had had so many suicidal scares, or if I would be able to function normally.
Rather, my brain was programmed to make it by. At least until it couldn’t anymore.
I ignored all the signs. That gut feeling something was wrong. The feeling that I needed help.
Our bodies speak to us. They tell us when something is wrong. It’s pain, blood, or the agonizing feeling of needing help. We need to listen.
