
There’s nothing more powerful
Than knowing you’re in it together.
That you’ve both experienced the same,
Walking a path that others have feared,
To come out at the end of it all,
Quiet and shaken, but whole.
You think you’re alone when someone reaches out
And calls in your ear, “me too.”
I think that the whole #metoo movement was so powerful because it brought something that was never talked about into the open. Women that had suffered at the hands of powerful men, came out of the darkness and finally stood together.
And there is nothing more invigorating than finding that other people have been through something that you have; something that was difficult and that you have kept under wraps.
Sometimes it’s really isolating to go through something difficult. You can think that you are the only person to have gone through it, and shame keeps you from sharing your experience with anyone else.
For me, the alcoholic years of my life were the most difficult and I genuinely did think that I was alone. So when I stepped into meetings where there were other people like me, the feeling was amazing. I wasn’t alone, at last.
The other day I was at work and one of my colleagues opened up to me that she was a recovering alcoholic. I’m new to the school and I don’t want to go shouting about all of my problems so I would never have dreamed of saying anything under normal circumstances.
But, hearing her say that she had the same problem as me struck a chord and I ended up almost shouting “me too”. And it felt like something bound us together in that one moment.
I really think that those two words are more powerful than “I love you”. Coming out of the dark and realizing that somebody else is there with you is just the weirdest feeling…..and the nicest.
I hope that you have a fabulous week and that you get to say “me too” at some point.
Much Love
Rachel xx
juliadeniro
You’re right. It’s so powerful to know that other people have the same problems as you have and you’re not alone.
patientandkindlove
We all think that everyone else’s lives are so perfect and it can eat us up. It’s so much more positive to show some vulnerability
crispina kemp
It does help, I know, to know others have gone through whatever the traumas too
patientandkindlove
It’s sooooo powerful. That’s why groups like AA work so well. People need to know that they’re not alone.
crispina kemp
Yea. Wish I’d known I wasn’t alone when I was going through shit. Which is probably why I’ll reachout to others now
theauthenticliz
I knew I wasn’t completely alone, but I felt alone in the system. The system didn’t believe or at least care about what I had to say.
patientandkindlove
It’s awful to feel alone. There are people out there that do care though x