I appreciate this post and I think it’s really something to be said. We wouldn’t be who we were without our experiences, both bad and good. If we didn’t have these, we would be boring automatons. Our experiences are important to know and remember and grow from.
First, I am not a believer that trauma and hardships make anyone stronger. I think people throwing out that phrase are just using some flowery shit in the futile hope to believe that trauma doesn’t permanently affect us in a negative way. Fact of the matter is that it does. But that’s what makes each of us unique and that’s ok. It’s ok that we are all different and it’s ok that we have struggles.
What has helped me in life when I’m in a hard spot is knowing that change always occurs. It’s an inevitability in life. Sometimes it’s a change for the better and sometimes it’s a change for the worse, but it will change. And remembering that it has the chance change into something good like it has before is what helps me stay here in dark times.
I appreciate this post and I think it’s really something to be said. We wouldn’t be who we were without our experiences, both bad and good. If we didn’t have these, we would be boring automatons. Our experiences are important to know and remember and grow from.
First, I am not a believer that trauma and hardships make anyone stronger. I think people throwing out that phrase are just using some flowery shit in the futile hope to believe that trauma doesn’t permanently affect us in a negative way. Fact of the matter is that it does. But that’s what makes each of us unique and that’s ok. It’s ok that we are all different and it’s ok that we have struggles.
What has helped me in life when I’m in a hard spot is knowing that change always occurs. It’s an inevitability in life. Sometimes it’s a change for the better and sometimes it’s a change for the worse, but it will change. And remembering that it has the chance change into something good like it has before is what helps me stay here in dark times.