Today I feel as if I’ve woken up from a long sleep. My actions are now familiar to me. For so long I have been in a daze, walking blindly, moving unwillingly. I hid myself from the world, from the people closest to me. I was an imposter, and each day I wore whatever mask it took to pretend to fit in. It was the only way I knew, I thought that nobody wanted to meet the real me. I was at war with myself, I hated what I had let myself become. I spent my days being tormented by my biggest enemy…my reflection in the mirror.

I have now made peace with myself, forgiven myself, learned to love myself. With each day that passes I see my true self more and more. I am finally free from the shackles that once held me down. My mind still torments me but I know that bad habits take time to break. I know that I still need time to heal. I have become more gentle with myself, I listen to my needs, my fears and most of all I have learnt to make healthy choices for myself. I feel like I have been given back the keys to unlocking all the parts of me that had been shut away for so long. It’s wonderful and scary at the same time. There’s so much of me ready to be unleashed that I have to be careful. I am finally as I am…me.