Depression arrived before I had words for it.
This is the real version
I did not become strong because life was easy.
I became strong because, more than once, I needed somewhere to put the pain.
Depression in 2016. An eating disorder in 2017. Cancer in 2023. Those are facts, but they are not the whole story. The whole story is also a barbell, a blank page, a plane ticket, a new identity, and the slow decision to stay.
Today, I use everything I learned to help people build strength that looks like them. Not punishment or perfection, but a life they can actually inhabit.

You are not behind. You are becoming in a language you are still learning.Random Bullets · Cristy Sim






