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A Mental Health Patient Recovering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

People always say “experience is the best teacher.” I never understood those words in the past, but now I do. I am now learning to live above the pains from the past. 

My past, the trauma I have carried, has haunted me for years. I have felt chained and weighted down by it. As it dragged me down, it shattered my sense of self. Though I often tried to smile the pain away, I could feel the well of my emotions break and pour out on the floor. The waters got so deep it covered the chains, until I could not even recall where the pain began. 

Dealing with repeated traumatic experiences can be a slow and ardous journey; like filling a bucket with a dustpan. I have learned that time and persistence does heal; the bucket gets filled, the well is put together again. 

It is slow, but I know one day, I will find the core.

One day, I will see the center and the chains.

One day, I will break free.

I know that one day, I will leave this place.