Hope Over Fear
Hope Over Fear
- 29 October, 2021
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When I came across these wonderful bracelets, I knew I had to have them. Life has handed me lemons basically since the day I was born. I’ve managed to “get by," but I feel like I’ve never really LIVED. I’m just getting by. I’ve been taught many coping skills and strategies, but I’ll admit, in my chaotic environment, it is extremely hard to access those when I really need to. So when I saw these, I was thinking that maybe I could add these to my “bag of tricks.” I’ve always been a visual learner, so wearing these allows me to just touch the bracelet as a reminder and/or turn it over to read it. It stops me in my tracks from going down the rabbit hole of mental health hell. No, they aren’t a magical cure, but the more I access them in my time of need, the more my brain will remember to cut the crap and learn to value myself and to take care of myself. I’ll also admit that I bought MANY of these because there wasn’t just one or two that touched home. Most of them sadly, I relate to on the most personal level. At first, I was hesitant on writing anything here because mental health has such a bad stigma, but my thought was if I can help even one person in their time of need, and possibly give them a suggestion for another tool to put in their “tool box,” then any embarrassment I may feel for exposing myself here is definitely worth it. Thank you ZOX family xoxoxo