I got diagnosed with bipolar mood disorder when I was 16, and since then I have lost count on the many times I have been referred to as ‘crazy’. There were so many times I would refrain from telling anybody that I am bipolar and would rather say I am stressed because that would make much more sense to them.
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Do you still believe in change, standing up and fighting for what is right or do you believe that people in government positions are the ones responsible for the “CHANGE”?. I still remember as a child, reading a trending story about a woman being abused or treated differently at a workplace because of their gender and not given an opportunity to prove themselves because “women should stay at home and take care of the children and the house.”
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You will want to be a woman.
The wound is the place where light enters you, in other words – when you’re at your lowest, that’s your best place to strive. As they say, the good thing about hitting rock bottom is that you can only go up from there.
Recently, I asked God why was I a woman?
Society makes it feel like a curse so why am I a woman? All I know is only I and those who fall under the description of a woman, Have the greatest strength, Love the most,
Bring life into this world, Handle the monthly painful bleeding with grace,
Women all over the world have been underestimated, undervalued and unappreciated but all of this is beginning to change as they regain their agency, power and confidence. In South Africa there is a holiday which is aimed at women, to celebrate them. It is called National Women’s Day.
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“Black Is Beautiful” these words are said daily; these words are used for black society motivation. The question is, is it easy to act upon these words? Dark and ugly is how they view me. Dark and inferior, that’s what they think about me.
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Finally, I have decided to listen to the voice that has been whispering in wrath, demanding my presence to the world. The voice told me that it has gotten impatient with my hiding. Apparently, it has sent people to talk sense to me. All I can remember is my elders repeating the same words in different tones and styles.
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We have to understand that challenges will come, challenges that are way beyond our control but that doesn’t mean that we have to change routes whenever we encounter a problem. We just have to be able to make the necessary adjustments and be patient. In 2018, I got admitted to the University of Johannesburg (Apk),
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I remember crying on the day I had received my matric results, the unthinkable happened! I passed with only one distinction – very disappointing! Even more disappointing because it was a Life Orientation distinction (the importance of the subject content is debatable).
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Growing up I’ve always had an average body size, I was not skinny nor was I chubby, just average. That all changed when I went to primary and this change occurred around year 3 or 4 of primary school.
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