This is what an androgynous BIPOC queer person with PTSD and agoraphobia looks like

Title: This is what an androgynous BIPOC queer person with PTSD and agoraphobia looks like See all items with this value
Description: This is what healing and resilience means to me. After being sequestered in a foreign country by law enforcement, abused, beaten and I surviving chose to not give them the win of breaking me. I chose intensive therapy, for me. I chose to withdraw into my walls, for me. PTSD and agoraphobia took over in what I see as a means of self preservation. The trauma that dozed from me was more than I could barely to spread or share with those I loved. My brain worked in a radical manner, yet it was that isolation, support from my therapist that and love for myself that healed me in a way that has led me to the best version of myself today. See all items with this value; What you don't see in this photo are the closed curtains, 1000+ unread messages and loved ones sitting outside talking to me from the other side of the door. It was quiet day, cool and a day of getting past my point of discomfort. Accepting an invitation to be photographed for a lesbian add. I couldn't open the door once they arrived. I pretended to be the photographer, guided by their voice on the otherside of the front door. I used my phone, their backdrop, their belief in me. I saw myself. Through my own lens. chose to walk out the door, drive to the Lowe's garden center and touch plants.
Through my lens, with my own eye, I saw my strength, kindness and beauty. See all items with this value
Creator: Isabel
gender: She/Her
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