Sorry for the lack of blogging here recently! I have been attempting to survive my A level exams, (just about made it through) and have been on two much needed holidays! Am back now so getting this in full swing again!
Please let us know of your stories or messages of struggles, pain, hope! Just pop it in my ask box, it can be anon if you wish, lets get the convosations going. It may seem scary but trust me, there are so many people out there going through the exact same thing as you, by sharing are stories, we can find hope and strength!
Our scars are socially unacceptable so we cover them up. The way the world sees and perceives our scars makes us ashamed and embarassed, and as a reaction we cover them up. When I’m alone I bear my scars and they serve as a reminder of where I have come from and what I have survived. They unite us…
Meet Jade. She killed herself three days after making this video…
this hit. hard.
ohmygod.
Crying… will there ever be a world where parents don’t teach their children to bully? I hope so.
This is so sad, she was so beautiful! Her message is so important.
It gets better. It gets better. I promise. I don’t blame you if you find it hard to believe this, but it does. There was a point not that long ago when I really thought there was no way I was going to make it, it was never going to end, the pain and fear, it was never going to get better. But sitting here today, I promise you, it does, it really does. When you are going through hell, it’s so hard to find any motivation to do anything, I understand, I know what that feels like. You feel like you’re in a pitch black, cold, never ending tunnel, all alone. You lose the hope and belief there is a light at the end of the tunnel, you start to forget why you keep on fighting your way through it, more than anything, you just want to give up. I promise you, the light does exist, there is an end to your pain, and its closer than you think, don’t give up. Your tunnel isn’t a straight one, the light is hidden just around the corner, and the best thing? That corner is wherever you decide it’s going to be. I found that corner, I was tired of struggling and found my corner in the tunnel and found the light. You can find your corner to turn. Maybe you’ll find it in a moment where you suddenly become awash with hope, in a conversation with an old friend, a conversation with a new friend, a photo, a song. Your corner is anything you want it to be. You just have to believe that it exists, and it will be closer than you think. When I was at the darkest time, I found it hard to look past each day, I couldn’t see the future. For me I couldn’t see myself celebrating my 18th birthday, finishing school, ever feeling good about myself. In a matter of months after finding the corner in my tunnel, I got all the things I couldn’t see myself having. I turned 18 in January this year, celebrating it with all my friends; I am a few months away from finishing school and recently got an A in my English exam giving me a huge confidence boost. Those goals you long to achieve but feel so hopeless about? You will get them, you just have to keep fighting, just a little more. It gets so much better. I know how it feels to have your strength, hope and confidence taken away from you, feeling so hopeless. But it gets better. You will get your strength and confidence back, you will find that hope again, you just have to believe. Just by fighting through each day, you are getting stronger, you may not feel it, but you are, you are so strong. Cherish the good days, the good company, and the good moments. You may feel like they don’t exist, but I promise, they do, you just have to overlook the bad stuff and you will see the good stuff. When you are struggling, it feels like your life is full of horrible, hopeless moments, you just have to be strong and ignore these moments trying to pull you down, and you will notice the moments that are encouraging you to keep fighting, the moments that you are living for. Make a list. Things going right, things going wrong. You will be surprised. I am confident that if you really believe and are true to yourself, you positive side with be longer than the negative side. You have just gotten used to only seeing the bad stuff. It there, you just have to believe. Make a positive book. Take a note book or something similar, and fill it will all the things that keeps you going, all the things that give you that little bit of hope to carry on. Fill it with letters from friends, things that have made you smile, things that have restored a little bit of confidence in you, wise words of people past and present who give you strength and hope, photos of when you were at your happiest, ones that remind you want you are working to get back, fill it will doodles, with ramblings of the times when your had a little faith restored. When you have a bad day, or week, take yourself off somewhere that is peaceful, look in this book, and remember why you are fighting, remember the reasons for living, remember what it is that made you strong before, remind you of yourself, because all the positive, hopeful things you fill the book with, is who you are, it is you, you are strong, brave and beautiful. Don’t give up. It gets better. It will be ok. You are not alone. Find your corner. Find your hope. Find your happiness. Believe and you will achieve.
