Part three of Bạch Dương’s personal story is out. Dương’s three parts story tells us about her difficult journey of finding acceptance and love from within. In the third installment, Dương shared what she did to gain acceptance and belief in one’s self through personal anecdotes and advice.

content warning: mental illness (depression & eating disorder), drug use, suicide & self-harm
In the second part, Dương shared her story of slowly finding acceptance and love from within herself, all the goods and bads.

[content warning : mental disorders (depression & eating disorder), suicide & self-harm]

Duong shared her story and journey of slowly gaining acceptance and loving herself. In this first part, she shared details of her early years and the events that contributed to her struggles.

It’s lovely.

It feels like delicate butterflies fluttering in your stomach,

like swirling winds of insignificance,

and itching unsaid words,

March 2nd, 2020

Dear Nhím,

How do you always manage to creep into my life again no matter how hard I try to escape you?

Being in a homogeneous environment generally assures my sense of cultural identity, but one thing that got on my nerves for some time to come to embrace was my absurd curly, frizzy hair.

“You’re a girl and you play soccer?”. I dreaded this comment every time I entered the elevator, coming home late from a soccer game. The almost mocking tone, the eyes sizing me up in my uniform and cleats; I despised it all.