Not Flawed, Not Broken by Proud Megan

For anyone feeling shame for having mental health struggles:

This is a normal response to a messed up situation
Pain, it comes and goes in different places
Push it down and it shows in our thoughts, fears, our responses but not set in stone
Like the tree that grows in shade, its soil barely fertile
Its roots grown down, its branches grow to the light
This resourcefulness, adaptability – this represents you and me over the course of our lives

You’re not flawed, you’re not broken
It’s not your fault at all. These are the symptoms of the cause

Your pain in valid, your experience is valid and your voice is valid and beautiful
Your pain in valid, your experience is valid and your voice is valid and beautiful

You’re not flawed, you’re not broken
It’s not your fault at all. These are the symptoms of the cause

Nature holds me, nature holds you
And I hold you, and you hold me too

You’re not flawed, you’re not broken
It’s not your fault at all. These are the symptoms of the cause