In 2007, I suffered a series of severe
panic attacks which led to the
diagnoses of post-traumatic stress
disorder, along with panic and
anxiety. This diagnosis led me on a
step by step quest to find answers to
the many questions I had regarding
my past, choices I made, and things
that had happened to me. I slowly
began to recognize patterns in my
life:
1. Always taking responsibility for
others’ choices, behaviors, and
feelings.
2. Putting things under the rug;
never confronting.
3. Ignoring red flags in
relationships.
It took time for me to sort through
the puzzle pieces of my life and begin
to see the patterns I was in and why.
This process wasn’t about blaming
anyone or becoming a victim.
In order to move forward in a
positive way I had to accept and
acknowledge certain things in my
life, whether they were about me or
someone else.
There were several areas in my past
that I had to confront. One of the
hardest was my past choice of
abortion. I have had three abortions.
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