Maybe you experienced situation of having your child at home sick, there is no one around to help, you go days without talking to another adult, you barely express anyone that you juggle emotional, mental, and financial side of your life...all on your own.
You remain silent, and you start building even resentment towards those who have ongoing family support.
You feel isolated and you feel you do not belong anywhere. You feel exhausted and craving for support.
That is how belonging is defined, you feel accepted and included, you feel a part of a community....
If you went through experiences like these, I can hear you. I experienced all of these myself too.
Some of the most precious gifts I have learned through motherhood is the importance of expressing myself, and sharing those gifts with my child too.
It is not possible to make ourselves visible as long as we are deciding to remain in vicious circle of self-silencing, and not giving ourselves permission to express our needs loudly not internally or through resentment.
And this can be as small step as telling our narrative through fabrics, images, letting our body to express what is internalized...and than we can extent that into social plane again with sound, fabrics, images, words, papers, textures...
Because the more we share our stories , the more we invite others into the dialogue, and the more we invite others into the dialogue the more we have a chance to create communities with those who walk on similar paths as we do, and the more we create communities the more we open space to facilitate our individual and collective healing and well-being while moving beyond stigma, prejudices, shame and fear.
Photo by: Anna Fabricius
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