With Each Strike Came A Brighter Light: Struck 1 (Volume 1)

One of the most difficult challenges I have realized is seeking to be understood. As a child, you see the beauty in all things. You forgive easy and move forward without thinking about the prior offense. You desire for everyone to be okay and when they are not you hurt with and for them. Compassion comes easy and that feeling of fear chips away at its freedom. We only know what we are taught and see. This becomes the world as we know it until introduced to something outside of it. The environmental factors contribute to the way a person perceives and behaves. Every memory is a building block of a person's vision and decisions. Sometimes the memories are too much to comprehend and the brain goes into survival mode pushing the memory to the subconscious mind. Over time triggers occur that makes that memory surface to the conscious mind forcing you to face what you believed you got away from. I have learned first hand the power of autobiographical memories and how if not faced head on. Could conquer you forcing you into a downward spiral of confusion, illusion, and depression. No matter how many times you hear I understand you know they don't. Only those who have endured the same can say I understand in truth. I invite you to take this journey that I have endured with me. In hopes that you gain an understanding that will prevent that hurtful life-changing obstacle from happening again. I also open my experiences to help those who have been through or are going through the same get through them. I pour out to inspire and assist in the evolution of betterment.