Enough is Enough

I will not live in a world where this continues! Over 23,000 messages (Myths) by age 15 about how our sad/mad/any unpleasant emotions are bad, wrong, weak, shameful…. I won’t anymore! I will live my life revolutionizing these toxic messages so NOT one more child is told that their natural emotions make them weak/odd/ wrong/ a failure/too sensitive, or unworthy of love. I will live my life with this purpose so that NOT one more child thinks they have to abandon their emotions, their humanity, and who they are to fit in and be safe in their family, friend group, and to fit into a world’s toxic view of what is ‘right/good/normal/strong’. I will NOT let one more child sacrifice who they are in order to earn the unconditional love that’s their birthright to enjoy.

I am taking a stand against children (or inner children in adult bodies) believing it’s their responsibility to ‘save’ or to parent, a parent or sibling. There is no blame to parents at all - we parents are these same children who gave up our humanity to earn the love that was always meant to be freely ours too. And now we unknowingly try to receive/ to earn / to negotiate that love we deserve from our children. None of this is ok. We adults were traumatized as children by these Myths, just as our parents were. This trauma bleeds through generations, creating children who believe they owe their parents for their sacrifices, and who sacrifice themselves to uphold this toxic, insidious facade of worthiness. And the pain of the sacrifice is hidden under an illusion of nobility…. in a world waiting to celebrate their sacrifices as “putting family/ others first”. Parents sacrificing their needs and humanity for their children bleeds resentment into the next generation, creating children and adults who continue this sacrifice.

I WILL NOT live in a world where one more child or young person takes their own life to uphold these myths! I WILL NOT live in a world where one more adult who has sacrificed their humanity as a child takes their life so they can avoid “burdening others with their pain” or because they see their life as hopeless because they are stuck in emotions that make them feel like worthless humans. - THIS is the impact of these myths! And I won’t take it anymore. We numb, we medicate, we busy ourselves, we isolate, we control and manipulate, we make ourselves sick, we kill ourselves, and we kill each other to honour these myths of ‘don’t feel bad/don’t feel sad’, ‘feel and figure it out in your own / don’t burden others with it’, ‘distract yourself/keep busy’, ‘replace your pain’, ‘take care of others before yourself’ ….. and that we are not worthy of love, belonging, and safety if we feel or act otherwise.

ENOUGH is ENOUGH.

I will spend my life with the purpose of ending this sacrifice of our humanity.