Personal Narrative: How I Found Strength Through An Emotional Breakdown

How I Found Strength Through an Emotional Breakdown
Usually, unless it pertains to school or church, I am reluctant to recall most of my childhood and teenage experiences. This is because the vast majority of those experiences surround memories of both physical and sexual abuse that left me emotionally scarred. I learned to deal with this trauma by not actually working through it at all, but rather disregarding the emotions that onset. I channeled all of my energy and strength into focusing on school and church, two of the only positive notions in my life. I went on to attend college and made the honors list for many semesters, but suddenly I began to feel as if my life was in turmoil and I was losing control of it. I didn’t understand this,

I was at my lowest seeking strength and purpose. I accepted God back into my life,

EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN and decided to follow his word for the rest of my days. God showed me that I should always have
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faith in him and for every storm I have overcome in life his blessings have followed. I constantly remind myself of the scripture Matthew 19:26, “With men this is possible; but with God all things are possible.” I can testify to this more and more as my life continues in absence of the pain I once lived with and because I am growing more fulfilled through God every day. I know that my faith in God was not as strong as I had thought and now he reassures me through all my worries, pain, and anxieties; his words comfort my soul. This is the understanding that I will have throughout my coursework at Colorado Christian University, and this is the basis of the faith I hope to grow more on. Although experiencing an emotional breakdown, at what I felt was an important time in my life, forced me to drop everything I was working towards I ultimately reached a needed epiphany. I learned that life is full of ups and downs and doesn’t have to surround negative aspects, like pain; which gave me a stronger understanding of life. Furthermore, I can effectively deal