u/Songbird9125

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"I wanna start by saying I don't care how much you drink or how drunk you get, that's on you. I do care how you talk to me. It upsets me when you speak to me with a raised voice, especially if I've done nothing to deserve it. It's disrespectful and I am a person who has feelings and deserves your respect. You can do what you want, but if you don't treat me like someone you actually like you will lose me."

I know I can feel and express love for others. I've even got to a point where I believe others can love me. I believe some people *do* love me. I want to love myself, but... I just can't. I can't look at myself without seeing everything I hate about myself. I've recently come to understand that I'm living with a sense of shame deep in my core that I don't know how to shift. I'm starting trauma therapy in the next few months but I need something to keep me going til then

Thanks in advance for any insights

I'm going through a transformational period in my life ATM. After a decade of living like a person with no future (the assumption being either that I wouldn't survive, or that nothing would change) I left an intolerable living situation a year ago, and I have now decided that I want, deserve and will build a future for myself. That decision alone is one of the most powerful thought processes I've ever had, and I'm contemplating a tattoo to symbolise my status as Someone Who Has A Future, and to remind myself when I need it. I wonder if anyone might suggest some appropriate runes that I might use in a sigil or other design?

I know very little about runes if I'm honest, but I've never made a sigil with the Latin alphabet that I found aesthetically pleasing and thought I might have a better time with runes. I hope this post is okay for this sub, if not please let me know and feel free to suggest somewhere more appropriate

Thanks in advance :)