Shame Kept Me From Sharing My Truths

TW: abortion / miscarriage mentions ⁣
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"I didn’t realize what shame felt like, what shame smelt like, what shame moved like, until I started telling my truth. I remember being fearfully hesitant to share some of the things I went through based on what people would think about me. I was truly terrified, but why? For what? Because of the projection society placed on us to be ashamed if you had an abortion? To be ashamed if you had a miscarriage? I hid for years, telling lie after lie about what was going on with me. Some full truths, some partial truths, but constantly living in a place of fear, self doubt and with the monkey on my back telling me I should be ashamed, as if I did something wrong. But I didn’t.⁣
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I was so angry for so long, questioning, why me? If I could just go back in time, I would have done... what? ⁣
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But when I look back now, I look back with peace, I look back with a smile and I look back with pure faith. Faith that you are never defeated, faith that we do not have to suffer and faith that speaking your truth will set you free. At the time, I did the only thing I knew best and that was to keep on fighting. Fighting to change my mind, change the way I look and felt about myself and the way I perceived my own reality. I knew deep in my soul one day I would find refuge, I would be free from the guilt and the shame that I carried for so many years. ⁣
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Finding liberation within my own mind has set me free and although this is something I practice daily and will continue to, my intention on making this piece was for others to reach liberation and to know, they are simply not alone. This is for every single human, there is no more shame, no more suffering. Together, we can reach Radical SELF acceptance and radical LIBERATION." ⁣
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Via advocate &   / @therapart   founder,   / @a_rucker  . Produced with support from   / @alessandramitch   🖤

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