Dear Anita,

What are the odds that I would meet someone who’d understand my background from her own experience 🙂
Tell me, how did you stop listening to what THEY had to say. Cause THEY seem to have a lot to say. I feel exhausted dear anita, and I’m already one to be less conforming than most of the girls who share our culture. And I’m still struggling. My father just recently started to open his eyes to the actual person that I am. Up until now I was “just a kid” or even worse, “just a girl”, a burden that needed to be PROTECTED (read: closed behind bars). I couldn’t do anything when growing up: music lessons, dance lessons, soccer practice you name it. This resulted into me rebelling against them during puberty and making the mistakes that forever changed my life. Even though I’m only 24, I feel old. I feel like my soul is much older than my peers and this makes it hard to connect with people my age. Axuda, I would like to thank you again and if there’s more you want to share with me, I’m happy to read and accept your advice. I love learning about growth cause it’s the only thing that keeps me sane. I know that other people would have resulted into abusing drugs or even suicide in my situation. I have thought about it, I’m not going to lie, but those dark days are over now. I’m having a harder time moving forward than accepting my past.