"Sometimes the trauma is invisible due to beauty"

We all have heard or said the statement "Thank God I don't look like what I been through"!

We as humans cover trauma so flawlessly and never tend to it! This is verrrrryyy unhealthy!

I find myself angry at the smallest things, like damn why is the sky blue! Knowing that it is always blue, knowing that blue was the color a person was wearing when the trauma was inflicted on me.

Things come to us so covertly that we don't even notice. We feel hella uneasy and start doubting who we are. This trauma complex start to fill the voids in our relationships, friendships, and self love. But for some reason, we still ignore it!

Trauma does not go away, especially once it is ignored. It comes back tri-fold as low sex drives, constant frowns, de-fleeked edges, dry skin, slowed energy, and who knows what else.

I have a habit of dragging myself from bed and looking my absolute BEST when I know the flu is eating me up! I would rather issue a half smile to keep from crying. I will tell jokes to mask how hurt I am! I am a self-proclaimed MUA( make-up artist) for trauma!

BUT of course I am working on being a realist to my issues! Here are some of my coping mechanisms.

Step1: DIARY - write what happened to you down! Once you read it, you can start internalizing it more clearly!

Step2: SPEAK - say it out loud! To yourself or a confidant.

Step3: SEEK - seek a solution rather it be professional help (this was my route) or confronting the very thing that cause you to be traumatized( took this route as well)

I'm no psychologist but I want you to think about it! Take these 3 steps towards flourishing loves!

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but trauma is not for the eyes only"-Ebony