Dear Diary… I want to welcome you all my diary. Where I will share all of my personal thoughts and things that I struggle. Self Advocacy is personal skillset that I struggle with all of my life. I can only remember a handful of times that I actually stood up for myself. Most of the time I avoid confrontation and anything causing me to feel uncomfortable. Anyway I was reintroduce to the topic of self advocacy in therapy. For the past few months my mental wellness journey has uncover a lot of things. One being that I rarely ever stand up for myself… In other words, why do I struggle with self advocacy/ standing up for myself In today’s diary post, I am going to share my thoughts of self advocacy and why at times it was hard for me. Self advocacy is the act of standing up for oneself, or views or interest. I like to think of it as standing up for your wants and needs. LifeTime Struggle With Self Advocacy As far as I can remember standing up for myself was always a hard thing for me to do. I am people pleaser so I always wanted …
