When I walked into the room, I looked down to the floor and saw that each and every garment I owned had been pulled from its rightful place and had been meticulously sliced into countless pieces. One thing was painfully obvious to me: these clothes were symbolic of me; they represented my body. What you really wanted was to slice me into countless pieces. Rasmenia Massoud
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I was at my mother’s house, and she had invited her estranged sister over for dinner. I was in the process of putting my shoes on when I noticed that my mom was upset. When I asked her what was wrong, she said that her sister was angry with her because she had apparently called her aunt “fat.” When I looked down at my clothes, they were in tatters. I couldn't believe what I saw.

This couldn't be happening to me again. My clothes were symbolic of my body.My body was how I defined myself in the world, so when my mother's sister said that she thought I wasn't attractive, everything in me about myself began to disintegrate. It didn't matter what I thought about myself; she wanted to slice me into tiny pieces. This experience taught me the perils of trying to define yourself by your possessions.

Instead of letting people tear you down, it's better to be true to who you are—even if that means standing up for yourself and saying yes when you want to say no.

Source: Human Detritus

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