#ifought

[coldasice33]

This is not to show a progression in weight loss. I'm doing pretty okay there. Gotta get my eating habits in check and I know I'll hit my goals. These pics are about this shirt specifically. I got this shirt back in 2017 for running a race and I absolutely hated how this shirt fit me. Before last year I was super top heavy. Part of the Mega Jugs Crew and all that. After my reconstructive surgery I was upset because I felt like I lost a big part of me and I did. Call it vanity I could give two shyts about your opinion in this matter. It's my body and I was not happy with what happened to me. I've hidden myself trying to work thru my issues with my new physical appearance. Very few people have seen me. I know how to hide my body pretty damn well. Today I put this shirt on for the first time in years and it actually fits me. While I have a way to go in my feelings today was the first time in a long time I didnt feel anger about the reconstruction. Baby steps right. I still cry when I think about everything I went thru but I'm happy I'm here and can cry about it. Also happy that im getting better with my new normal. They dont tell you how to feel after all the cancer is gone and your finally able to process what you went thru it's okay to not be okay and it's okay to feel what you're feeling. It's hard to ask for help sometimes when your village doesn't understand what you're going through. But I'm good and happy for the people that are around me. They helped in ways they could and that helped me heal physically, mentally and emotionally. #GodsGotMe #FuckCancer #WorkingonMe #IFought #ISurvived #NewGoalsCreated #SelfExaminationSavedMe #checkYourTatas #IAm1In8 https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tA4JGgejL/?igshid=3bbf5hrycbfd

[dswaney]

#imsoproud #myself #handled #thisyear #ifought #silentbattles #humblemyself #wipe #mytears #patmyselfontheback #imadeit #singlelesbian #lezbehonest #lesbian #lesbiansofmichigan #lesbiansofinstgram #lesbiansofig #singlelesbiansofinstagram #singlelesbiansofmichigan #girlswholikegirls #girlswhokissgirls https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Vf7blhWC9/?igshid=ceta4zan1m9s

[napptacular]

What did you do? Did you give up or fight? Me...I fought negativity and all nonsense today! 🙂🤗😀 #iwon #napptacular #ifought #todayismyday #blackgirlsrock #blackwomenrock #iamafighter #ismile #igotthis #yesitsme 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[dunamascenterministries-blog]

I fought the hardest that I could and I still couldn't get out.

Won’t Somebody Please Hear Me? by Dr. Pauline Dillard

[tits-n-glitz]

In my 17 years, I have learned things that have made me hope for a better life. I loved and I lost, I cheated and I lied, but I still hoped for a better life. I learned that even when you have no one left and you feel like you’re going fucking insane, you still have to hang in there. Why did I hang in there when I wanted to just give up? I can honestly tell you the stupidest shit has kept me going. I realized how much loss my family has been through, I realized my own personal losses, and that everybody has losses. Mine were no different than my parents. My dad came from an abusive home. I never met his parents. My dad is 78 and is suffering from dementia. Being a 17 year old kid and having such an ill father has been such a fucking ride. No one my age can understand because they don’t have such an old father. Then there is my mom. She is my ride or die. She keeps me going. My grandmother on my mother’s side died from suicide. Left my mom heartbroken. My mom is honestly miserable, and everyone knows that, But she sure knows how to shine the light in other people’s lives.

Why am I living today? I am strong. I am beautiful. I am a leader. I have come to terms with myself that after my trauma I do not need to hide in shame for the rest of my life. I have been molded into something I can’t explain. I have come between death and life to many times for comfort. And I cannot continue to be in denial about the things I cannot change. And I am totally okay with myself and how I perceive the world. I will live a beautiful life. I will have downfalls. I will relapse, I will shut down. I will do stupid shit that I regret. But fuck. I’ve come this far. And I wouldn’t change the life I have now for anything. I am capable of doing things I had no idea I could do. Recovery has been a long road for me, and I still have the rest of my life to go. But I can do it, and so can you.

[graciegoosetaylorsversion]

countless people have told me,

"I'd love to spend a day in your head!"

then I say to myself,

"why would i happily invite someone into the place i'm desperately trying to escape from?"

i wouldn't wish depression on my worst enemy.

but i know sunshine now.