Keep Moving.
If I could give one piece of advice to anyone who has a spinal fusion, has scoliosis, ADHD, grief, trauma or just anyone in the world right now who is hurting . Keep MOVING. Move in spite of the fear when you feel as if you can’t. It will not be easy and at times it can be painful as we journey towards healing in all these aspects I have stated above. To move is power. Give yourself your power back.
Whether that's learning safe movements in the gym for your spinal fusion/scoliosis , learning more about your ADHD and how it affects your day to day. Learning to live everyday in a word without some of your most favorite people because they've passed on or have been taken too soon. Movement is essential for all of these I have learned.
Over time not moving only causes us more pain. Pain in our spines from lack of self care. Pain and negative self-talk in our minds when we stay or get stuck in our negative loops,or quite literally just staying in bed when it all hurts too much , and that's okay to do but I need you to find ways to break free and move again. Find what's going to make you move! For me it was finding a space online where other people were like minded that helped me move to my healing journey, along with my own life experiences and traumas yelling at me for neglecting them for so long. I have learned on this journey of life so far that the biggest friend to me in my darkest moments is movement despite when I'm afraid or lacking motivation for life in general. It has been movement that saved me.
Movement and growth in my mind to start therapy. Working out again after years of self neglect to my titanium spine. Movement has been a common factor in every hardship I have faced in life, and to be honest I have faced my fair share but without it all I wouldn't be who I'm starting to understand i am today and for this I'm forever grateful.
Times are scary right now. Women's rights , Disabled rights, LGBTQIA+ rights are all being attacked and it makes me want to cry, scream and lay in bed and trust me I have done that but now it's time to keep MOVING. Keep advocating and keep speaking out. Keep building community because we need it now more than ever. If we continue to move even when we are angry , sad , grieving, afraid, and in pain we can find the beauty in motion and in life itself again even in the darkest moments. When I move I know who I'm moving for . For all the children coming up including our beautiful trans kids who need our protection, the next generation , and for those who have fought this fight before me. This is why I choose to MOVE and I hope you all move with me and join the twisted community and know you aren't alone and you're absolutely beautiful just the way you are and you have a friend and fellow advocate rooting for you . We are here , we’re queer , disabled , we’re women ,we’re men, we’re non binary, we’re trans, we’re gender fluid and we’re all human and were not going anywhere because we exist naturally like the earth , the sun , the moon and all the stars in the galaxy and although there are those who seek to destroy and burn us out we will continue to MOVE, take up space and to lift others up and enjoy and spread the beauty that comes from a community filled with similarities but so much diversity and that’s what makes these communities so fucking beautiful and truthfully that’s what we makes all of us beautiful, our differences. <3 As Dory would say “Just keep swimming” my friends. Keep moving and keep being authentically you because YOU is pretty fucking awesome. We will get through this together.
With Love,
The Twisted Wanderer.
