What has my trauma done to me?
- caused me to feel resentment, hurt and anger towards all those who were in my life and didn't realise what was happening to me
+ made me work on my conflicting feelings with particular relationships, which then improved them
- left me unable to listen to particular songs
+ played songs over and over again until they became anthems of my recovery and not my trauma
- made me doubtful that I will ever have a baby
+ and consider all of the alternative ways I could have a child and know that I'd try anything because I want that in my future
- made me afraid to be in an educational environment
+ finding alternatives to classroom education and where my career dreams lay
- resulted in my veins being ABSOLUTE SHIT!
+ giving me motivation to avoid hospitalisation etc
- a lengthy medical record
+ which provided evidence that I needed to be hospitalised or I'd succeed with suicide
- two and half years of being 200miles away from home
+ giving me a greater appreciation for my Mum and a need to see her regularly
- made it difficult to trust men
+ so that I trust only those who deserve it
- given me unexplainable anger
+ I've learned how to harness the anger into something positive
- left me feeling suicidal at the thought of it
+ I discovered all of the reasons to be alive
- robbed me of my innocence
+ helping me to see both sides of the world
- made me afraid to be in an educational environment
+ finding alternatives to classroom education and where my career dreams lay
- resulted in my veins being ABSOLUTE SHIT!
+ giving me motivation to avoid hospitalisation etc
- given me scars on my arms
+ that make me take more care in looking after my body
- and scars on my heart
+ giving the opportunity for new people to come into my life and mend it
- given me nightmares
+ made my dreams bigger
- caused me to doubt my potentials
+taught me of potentials I never knew I had
- made me experience mental health stigma
+ so that I learnt what to fight against
