03/07/2024
I give you permission to CRY and NOT feel shame about it! đâ¤ď¸
One of my biggest regrets is repressing my pain when I was going through my most severe acne...I thought it made me âless of manâ, I was afraid people would think less of me and I thought acne wasnât as bad as what some people in the world were going through, so I fought back tears.
The amount of pain I was holding onto was immense. It made the insults strike so much deeper because I was avoiding it and they were pointing out my biggest insecurity (and I was lying, pretending it didnât bother me).
The waterfalls of tears and emotions I let out when I finally learned that EVERY emotion you experience is HUMAN and valid...itâs crazy.
I no longer try to make logical sense of when Iâm âallowedâ to feel certain emotions and instead I respect them, let them flow and ultimately they process through me instead of STICKING deep inside due to me avoiding them.
Please donât hold back your tears and donât ever feel shame for the feelings that you have. Acne is hard, itâs ok to struggle and express the way it makes you feel.
Thank you for creating this piece of art that captures a very vulnerable moment of mine. It symbolizes the moment in my life that I stopped fighting my feelings and let them exist with me.
