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September 14, 2020

Childhood & Labels

I put my own little photo at the head cause I need to hear her and remember her pure truth.

How do i look in this photo? I asked my little brother. He looked at the photo and he said’ you look sweet’ . But i wasn’t satisfied with this answer and asked again : Was i overweight or thin in this photo ?. Then he looked again and said :’Immm, normal’ then he added ‘ overweight and thin words made me sad’ . Wow! I wasn’t expected ..I said :why?
‘Because overweight people are not so liked and thin people are also paired with thinness’.
He is 10 years old and it is interesting but also painful to see what he observed in his 10 years of life. The moment I see the place of the labels we normalized in our daily life in the world of children, I seemed to remember my essence.I remember i was 8 or 9 years old and my friends big sisters complain about their belly . I was shocked and told my grandma .Becase for me their belly were so normal and looked healty .In children world everything is much more normal, no comparison.
After all these years, now I have become someone who laments my appearance and tries to get approval. It’s sad but what do they say it’s better than late. I have to thank my brother for waking me up. I tear off all kinds of labels that I created myself and that do not feel good for me . And I don’t allow others to put new tags on me either. I’m changing I’m improving it’s enough . Labels have a very dangerous language and if you aren’t awake , you can easily get lost .

Don’t lost. Know yourself.
Create your own truths from scratch.

With love S.

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