Reba Miller
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Hey :) I write songs and poems and I love sending positive energy throughout the universe
I’m here to share my thoughts with you so come along on my journey
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I’m Forever Grateful
I was born on October 10th, 1994. Right after my mom got her tubes tied. My mom saids she’s glad she didn’t get them tied any sooner, because I wouldn’t have been here, I’m glad too for that. On December 16th 2013 I was diagnosed with lupus, one of the most hardest things I have ever gone through. My mom taught me not to give up, she taught me how to keep going despite change and hardship, most importantly she taught me how to trust in God. With this illness there’s been many times where I just wanted to give up on life! All this pain I’m in made me wanted to just throw in the towel but my mom helped me to see that life is precious and beautiful...even though people like me with chronic illnesses are suffering each day life still can be fulfilling and exciting. In 1998, my father decided to leave our family and left my mother with four children. My mom had to do it all on her own, so I’m sure there were many times where she wanted to give up but she kept going, working two jobs just to support us. I see that as being brave and strong.
By Reba Miller 5 years ago in Families
Trichotillomania
Let me tell you a little story about how I developed Trichotillomania. When I was a young girl in elementary school I was bullied and picked on for most of 4th grade through 6th grade. As a young kid I didn’t really know how to handle all that pressure and stress so one day I started pulling my eyebrows out. Of course that made the bullies pick on me even more, so my mom decided to take me out and home school me for middle school. I’m so glad she did! I really hated my life at that point because of those bullies. I hated myself too, no kid should hate themselves but I really did. Eventually though as I got older I began to fully love myself and all of myself, still though I struggle... even now I struggle with Trichotillomania. So you’re probably wondering... what is Trichotillomania? Well it is disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out body hair. The urges involve pulling out hair from the scalp, eyebrows, or other areas of the body. In my case I pull my eyebrows out, sometimes my eyelashes and sometimes my leg hair. I know that it may sound really weird but that’s just something I do to deal with stress.
By Reba Miller 5 years ago in Psyche
How I Became A Better Me
Every morning I wake up and I stretch my body and it feels amazing. I walk over to the my mirror and I hug myself. I embrace myself, I see all my imperfections and call them beautiful. I talk to myself in the mirror and tell myself that today is going to be a good day because why not? I started doing all this 4 months ago and it has changed me from within. It changed that negative view point I had towards myself and my day. I use to be so self conscious about my body because I was bullied in school and those words stuck with me all these years. I recently learned to let go of those thoughts. Fall of 2020, I started learning self-love and self-care. I never want to treat myself in a toxic way ever again. I had to really think “is that way of thinking healthy?”, I had to think; “how do I treat my friends? Do I talk to them in a toxic way?” Of course not! So why am I doing this to myself? It’s so easy to fall into a habit of mistreating ourselves and beat ourselves up but that isn’t the way of a positive life. I started buying books on self-love and self-care and it really has organized my mind.
By Reba Miller 5 years ago in Longevity
My dealings with Lupus
Hello world my name is Reba and I’ve had lupus for 7 years now. Lupus is an inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own tissues. Lupus (SLE) can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs. I was diagnosed at age 19 but before then it took about 6 months for the doctors to properly diagnose me. The first signs I had of lupus were stiffness. When I would sit down or stand up for long periods of time and move again I would get very stiff and it would be hard to move. I would get swollen knuckles and my wrists would swell up, it was so hard to open a bottle of water. At the time I had no idea what was going on with me, I thought maybe I was loosing my mind or something. I would often forget things and have Brain fog so if someone was talking to me and ask me a question on something that I clearly knew what it was I would pause for a few seconds and couldn’t remember anything it was very embarrassing. Then my hair started falling out in certain spots and I started getting rashes on my face and body. That made me feel very insecure and so I started wearing wigs and makeup, this all happened in one year before I turned 19.
By Reba Miller 5 years ago in Longevity
