Surviving Life Challenges: The Life I Survived

My Life, My Perspective.

Hi, I'm Bea, it's a name I've coined for myself, with every hope that the life I've spent THIRTY years fighting for is actually beginning to start.

If you're not into people discussing their traumatic lives, then please feel free to scroll on and pass me by. I won't be listening to other perspectives on the life I lived up until the point I changed my name. I will, however, promise to be as unbiased as possible, obviously though that will become increasingly difficult when it comes to certain circumstances and situations in my past. Although, I do plan to be honest about the stupid and impulsive decisions I've made, as well as how I've acted and behaved throughout my past years. I'm not excusing the behaviour and I genuinely do regret how I acted in those instances.

Photography captured by artist Bea Lewis in rural NSW, Australia. This digital print is available in the online store.

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I want to preface this entire, series I guess, with several statements and a list of trigger warnings for those that need them. this is an honest recount of my life, up until I start and how those experiences and expectations affected me, both at the time, as well as now. Perhaps further, I'm not sure yet, we'll see how this goes anyway.

Firstly, this entire thing will in fact be from my perspective, and in first person because honestly, I'm done with all pretences about the entire thing.

Secondly, while I will change the names of those I discuss, I'm not altering the way in which I remember these situations since they've occurred just because people want to feel better about it all or because they remember it differently. Honestly, I don't fucking care, I don't have contact with those involved and I have absolutely no plans to resume that at any point. Whether that changes in the distant future, who the fuck knows.

Also, yes, there will be foul language, truly disgusting swearing and all over the fucking place. I'm not censoring anything, and honestly, I have earned the peace of finally just being able to talk it all out, even if it is to the internet.

Okay, on to the Trigger Warnings.

Although I may forget some, I'll update the Trigger Warnings Alert whenever I remember another while writing or filming a new post.

Frequently Mentioned Topics; (also, yes I'm being serious about their frequency)

• Child Abuse

• Extreme Neglect

• Physical Abuse

• Psychological Abuse

• Emotional Manipulation

• Mental health Abuse (using mental health conditions as a form of emotional manipulation)

• Bullying

• Harassment

• Sexual Assault

• Graphic Content

• Sexuality Discussions (LGBTI+ Positive)

• Gender Identity Discussions (Trauma Related Body Dysmorphia)

• Suicidal Ideation

• Suicide Attempts

• Clinical Depression Diagnosis's

• Dangerous Underage Behaviours

• illicit Drug Use

• Underage Drug and Alcohol Abuse

• Running Away from Home

• Eldest Daughter Syndrome

• Teenage Pregnancy

• Autism and ADHD

Be safe everyone -- Bea