survivors of abuse have limits that can change very frequently. sometimes we’re less sensitive to triggers, while other times we’re more sensitive. i want to remind all of you: just because you’re feeling more sensitive today or any other day doesn’t mean you’re weak. it doesn’t mean you’re no longer making progress. it means that today your limits are just a little bit lower than usual. if you panic about something that normally wouldn’t bother you at all, you’re not weak. there are ups and downs in recovery, good days and bad days. you aren’t weak. you’ve made it this far, and just for that, you are so strong. i’m proud of you.
I refuse to tell anyone how bad it really got again.
Because i know they can’t handle it to go through this again. - //04.09.2015//11.52// (via vermoeidetiener)
I felt as if I had completely failed. I failed my baby, the baby’s father and myself. I was the one person who was made to protect this life, and I had somehow lost it.
A piece of me died that day. A part of my heart went with that baby.
Shannon Anderson, Loved And Lost: My Story Of Miscarriage And The Road To Forgiveness (Elite Daily)
you were so busy grabbing arm fulls of yourself off the floor, you didn’t see the pieces you left behind
She was like a withered rose
with broken thorns.
but she was the prettiest one.
she was also the strongest one.
everyone went for the roses that looked alike,
but i wanted something different.
something that caught my eye,
and there she was.
outstanding and different.
(via brokenheartedpoems)
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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.
Robin Williams (via nitrogen)