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Are you what happened to you

Or what you choose to become?

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ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F

i would be a very different person if i were not deeply traumatized, denying that is denying reality

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Trippy · F

@ginnyfromtheblock Nor did I ever choose to have a cold.

ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F

@Trippy right, i’m sick. i’m doing my best to not be but it’s still reality.

Trippy · F

@ginnyfromtheblock Then accept it as if you'd chosen it. Adapt. Live today.

MiserableAtBest · 22-25, F

I have always struggled answering this question. Often people expect the answer to be an automatic no, but it’s not.

I am what happened to me, it made me who I am today.

I have spent all my life trying to distance myself from my past, and believe me it does more harm than good.

Mind you, that does not mean that my past is all there is to me, not at all, I am more than that. But my struggles still form a huge part of me, I cannot be me without my past.

Trippy · F

@MiserableAtBest life.... Happens right now. Certainly we learned from our mistakes. But that thinker in your head... Just uses you otherwise.

summersong · F

What has happened to me has shaped me into the person I’m choosing to become but I’m so much more than my past.

Trippy · F

@summersong Nice. That past story we keep in our heads is just that. A story. Life happens right now. Live. It.

Lilymoon · F

No I got lost along the way. 🤷‍♀️

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

I'm not even sure anymore I just feel terribly alone.

Trippy · F

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether That thinker in our heads can be rough and times. 😔

Elevatorpitches · F

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether so do I. My aloneness is not "me" though.

GOD forbid!

Soossie

No....

I am my deepest desires...

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Elevatorpitches · F

@Soossie I love that remark Soo!

Trippy · F

@Soossie Blessed you are. May you continue with all of you heart ❤️

Soossie

@Elevatorpitches

Thank you...

littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

No it's what upsides down of life has made. Sometimes life gives hard lemons.

Dolimyte · 41-45, M

That's a false dichotomy.

Trippy · F

@Dolimyte Expound please?

Dolimyte · 41-45, M

@Trippy one does not exclude the other.

SW-User

a hybrid of both
Mostly just coping

kodiac · 22-25, M

I am what i had to become to survive no choice only instinct

Trippy · F

@kodiac We just...are. Right now. The past, just a story. The future our anticipation.

kodiac · 22-25, M

@Trippy Absolutely

Trippy · F

@kodiac Be today. Be...right now🙂

Turtlepower · 36-40, M

I am what I chose to be, based on a combination of my decisions, and circumstances.

Trippy · F

@Turtlepower Simply being. Nice.

SwampFlower · 31-35, F

Given that circumstances often constrain choice, I would say more the former.

SW-User

@SwampFlower What you don't see is what a powerful inspiration you are, in spite of what's happening to you. You have helped so many, including myself. You're true blue. 💙💙💙