Hi there! I’m Michelle, and this is my first post.
I’ve been wanting to start this blog for a really long time, but because I didn’t know where to start, what to write, or whether I was even good enough to do it, I kept putting it off. So… here goes nothing.
The reason behind this blog is to give myself a space to dive into the intricacies of finding myself. For years, my body was in a state of fight or flight and when I started to get better—and with it, my mental health—my body has gotten a chance to finally relax. That’s when I realized that I had no idea who I was outside of my diagnosis, my struggle, my pain, and everyone’s expectations of me.
For the longest time, when I asked myself who I was, I couldn’t come up with an answer. I thought I was “depressed,” or “anxious,” or even “a repressed histrionic” (that’s a story for another time). But none of those things truly described me. I am so much more than my diagnoses. I am Michelle, and it’s time to find out who I really am behind all the walls I’ve built around myself.
I’ve put this off long enough. The time has come to rediscover who I am, to figure out whether I still like the things I used to enjoy before the hard times hit, and to see what new things I’ll find along the way.
I may not be very good at writing, but I’m excited to use this space to piece together what makes me… me. I hope you enjoy this ride with me as I find myself.
