Little things I’ll tell my younger self
First post!! I’m not one to post online but only IG. HOWEVER, I just wanted to get out my comfort zone.
🖤As a kid, I was bullied and was a big pushover. I would always keep to myself especially with my trauma that I don’t know if I’ll share but it involves SA.
🖤I would always hold in my emotions. You know that saying parents always say, “I’ll give you something to cry about.” Yeahhhh that saying is super harmful and I don’t know why parents even say that. But, I wouldn’t cry in front of anyone or even speak up about my feelings. That actually made me into a super emotional person that can’t regulate my feelings when having tough conversations with my partner.
🖤I always wore baggy clothes to hide myself. I barely took pictures. I have grown from that and sometimes wish that I had started when I was younger so that maybe I would have had confidence to put on that pink tank top from Justice✨
🖤WATTPAD WAS MY DOWNFALL!! Don’t get me wrong, I loved my little fanfics to the point I was staying up on school days to get that fresh Sebastian (black butler) dose to dream about him. It warped my way of thinking when it came to boys and I just thought they were all romantic but I learned about that the hard way😭
Thanks for reading🖤🖤 I might do a part 2???
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