You Brainwashed Me To Hate Myself (16x20 original) even if they're different than

even if they're different than we are

it reminds me to shine- meaning to be who I am and not embarrassed of it

I spent years not liking myself

so I wouldn't get in trouble

You Brainwashed Me To Hate Myself (16x20 original) even if they're different thanGrowing up, I always felt like the church taught me to despise myself because I was guilty & bad for merely existing. There was never anything I could do right and everything wrong with me was my fault. They told me if I prayed & believed enough that God would heal me from the pain of my sexual trauma, but when that healing never came during countless church services, they always turned it back around and blamed me for my lack of healing telling me