Tag: panic attacks
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Rewriting My Own Narrative and Becoming an Agent of Change for Others
My name is Christina, born in Melbourne Australia from Vietnamese parents who immigrated to Australia by boat. Today I would describe myself as full of life, beautiful inside and out and resilient. In 2021, I was able to become a graduate of my degree in youth work which led me to become a disability support…
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I’m Learning that Not Everybody is an Enemy
My name is Laura Copeland and just under a year ago my life started to change for the better. It changed when I found Muay Thai. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which stemmed from a number of traumatic events, including rape and witnessing my best friend’s suicide. I spent…
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I Hear the Demons but I Can Carry On
I started out boxing in 2015 in graduate school and I really got into it. I didn’t realize over the next three years how much it would dictate my life as I would become more restrictive with my eating. I could never be satisfied with my figure. I wasn’t happy, so in 2018 I stopped…
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We Broke Through the Chains Holding Us Back
Aloha, My name is Hazel-Rose Kamaka’ona’onaokamalani Nāhi‘ena‘ena and I am a survivor of Domestic Abuse / Sexual Abuse for 17yrs, & Rape my Highschool senior year. I have fought all my life as a Boxer / MMA fighter, but my hardest battles were mental, spiritual, & emotional. I have suffered from PTSD, Anxiety, & Depression,…
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Again and Again, I Rebuild, Restart and Reprogram
When I first picked up combat sport. I practiced it with the intention of strengthening my mind, willpower and unwavering desire, so that no matter what emotions I would feel, my mind could overcome it.Especially a mind that is constantly tempted by some of the 7 deadly sin.I was bullied, constantly, when i was a…
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I Felt like I was Still Breathing but Not Alive Anymore
My story begins in 2020. Although I had an upbringing that included its fair share of abuse, abandonment and molestation, and panic attacks, it wasn’t until the pandemic year that I started to realize how it all really affected me. When I began seeing video after video of people who were the same color as…
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1% Better Every Day
Hello Everyone! This is my Fight Story. My name is Johnny from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My story begins in 2019 where I was involved in a very serious car crash. I was sideswiped by a driver who was speeding and intoxicated. Luckily I was able to walk away with minor injuries and a concussion which…
