'I am more than the sum of all the terrible things that have happened to me. And you are too.' — imanitrishawn_ 💙
Imani McGee-Stafford is a poet, mental health advocate, WNBA player, future lawyer, and self-described unicorn.
I don't have many childhood memories without it: my depression, that is. Of course, at that time I didn't have a name or diagnosis for it. It was more like a feeling, a darkness that followed me, a constant sense of something being wrong. On the surface, you wouldn't have known. I was a smart, goofy kid with a smile that could light up a room but also a dark sense of humor. My jokes stung. I did enough to be noticed but never seen.
I grew up in an abusive household. Abuse comes in many forms and often we don't understand it if it isn't the most extreme form. You don't know what's wrong until you see what's right. I always thought we didn't have a lot of money and that's why I didn't get new clothes, but my other siblings did. I have a hammertoe on my left foot because I wore shoes that were too small for me.
I wouldn't receive the mental health services I needed until college. I wouldn't understand why this was my story until college. In college, Longhorn Network did a feature on me about my poetry. At the time, I was performing a piece confronting my abuser and they asked me to speak about it.
If you're reading this, I hope you know you matter. I love you and I see you and am so happy you are here. I decided a long time ago to be the woman I needed when I was younger. So in every arena I enter, my story enters with me, and my mission comes too. I am more than a survivor, I am more than the sum of all the terrible things that have happened to me. And you are too.has several resources and a 24/7 lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
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