Photo by: Alisha Light; Instagram: @alightp This sexy skin I am in. It's the skin that I feel has been taken away from me. It has been abused. It has been taken for granted. Even in the photo above, I was in excruciating pain. I can remember the times I would go and "be sexy".…
I know we weren't married. But that's what we were working for. And if you couldn't handle in sickness and in health as a boyfriend. How could you handle it as a husband? I was in sickness when we met. Although, at the time we didn't know what it was. It was a bunch of…
I am so sorry.. I hurt you I ignored the red flags I ignored the signs I didn't listen I allowed others to get in my head I allowed the thoughts and views of others including him to tell you on a continuous basis that I was living in my past and that my abuse…
I am feeling sorry for the woman who sat around and allowed a lot of behaviors into my life that I knew weren't right for me. I am feeling sorry for the woman who sat around and allowed the medical industry who took advantage of my ignorance for so very long. But I am no…
IF it wasn't dramatic, it DIDN'T happen.. How many times have we heard that? How many times in our lives have we heard someone say that to us? Having our feeling minimized because it is not a simple answer or because it/was something that another person isn't has never experienced. So we get called dramatic…
It doesn't matter what it is. Whether it is your sexuality. Your safety. Your health. Your relationships. Your love life. You have to be your biggest self advocate. No one is going to stand up for yourself better than you. Even if you have a living will and a medical power of attorney with specific…
July 7. July 7, 1993. That is the date I was supposed to be born. I was supposed to be born on July 7, 1993. But, instead I was born on April 25, 1993. At 0825 on a Sunday morning. I was in an incubator for 26 days post birth legitimately fighting to have a…
This is the hardest thing I think I've been dealing with for a very long time. I have been in EMDR therapy and it has changed my views on a lot of things. The biggest thing I'm currently learning is how to teach people how to love me the way I deserved to be loved.…
As I begin on my dating journey after years of different types of abusive relationships I have learned a lot. While being in therapy working on my PTSD or as I refer to it as PTSI, I have realized a lot. It's very important to set the boundaries and the expectations from the beginning. Whether…
I have spent most of my life going to get the love I never got from you. But instead I went and got the love I did get from you. The men I've chosen. The women I've loved. The people I've had see me for the vulnerable mess that I was. I sought out a…
