PUCKERMOB

PUCKER
MOB

  • WRITE FOR US
  • LOGIN
  • REGISTER
  • RECENT
  • TRENDING
  • POPULAR
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • THE MOB

    INFO

  • Publications
  • Privacy
  • Terms Of Service
  • Legal
  • Advertise
  • Contact

"When It Hurts So Much You Can't Breathe, That Is How You Survive"

By Ali Nicole

Pain can tear you apart. That’s probably why we hate it—we hate that there is one four letter word that can wreck us in all that we are.

We hate that for a certain point in time we aren’t in control. Things happen, things break us from the inside out.

And all we can do is let them happen.

I know I’ve never been able to make sense of why we have to feel this pain. What in my life did I do to deserve to hurt so much that the breath in my lungs can’t even escape?

On my most recent binge of Grey’s Anatomy, I heard this monumental quote from the lovely Isobel Stevens that answered the burning question: “When it hurts so much you can’t breath, that’s how you survive.”

And it made sense.

All this pain, all these trials, all this struggle—it made sense.

Because at least I am living. At least I am trying to breath. At least I am moving forward in some way. 

Yeah it all hurts. I’d prefer that my chest didn’t ache so much that I couldn’t catch my breath some days.

But I’m living.

I am living.

I am making it another step farther.

When we feel pain it means that we’re feeling life in the rawest form. We are experiencing it in a special way, a way that pushes us forward.

Without pain, we wouldn’t demand change in our lives, would we? We’d be content to stay in the same places, doing the same things we always do.

We’d be subject to fall away from this world because we’d begin to live only for ourselves and forget what’s around us.

The pain in our lives keeps us grounded. It reminds us that we’re human, that we’re meant to be broken, that not everything can always be perfect.

We become stronger from it, and that is how we survive.

As much as it monumentally sucks to hurt, we need it. Without pain we can’t grow, and without pain we won’t be able to take on the trials life has for us in the future.

Pain reminds us that we’re alive and that there is a future. 

It shows us that we can go where we never thought possible. It’s the only defense mechanism we need to get through this crazy thing called life.

Next time you’re hurting, remember that.

Remember that you are alive, and you are lucky. Remember that you are surviving.

You are only hurting so that one day you won’t hurt any more. That is how you survive. 

That is how you live on.

Want more of Ali? Or just want to gush about how much you love Grey's Anatomy with a fellow fanatic? Like her on Facebook for more great content and to connect with the writer behind this piece!


RELATED ARTICLES

  • To the Girls Who Feel Like They Could Be So Much More, Read This
  • I Can't Tell You How to Not Feel Broken, but I Can Tell You This
  • 11 Ways Your Life Forever Changed After Grey's Anatomy

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Comments More

We'd love to hear what you have to say!


Join the Mob!

MORE ARTICLES

My Heart's Torn Between Loving Him and Not Wanting to Have Kids
The Truth Is, I Love My Religious Family but Not Their God
You Should Choose to Follow Your Dreams over a Guy and Here's Why
Bestie, I Love You to Pieces but You're Suffocating Me
This Is the Bitter Truth of Cutting Ties with a Toxic Parent
I Didn't Mean to Betray Our Love, but Here I Am
This Is How You Know He's Not 'The One' According to Your Zodiac...
21 Tell-Tale Signs You're Dealing with a Fuckboy
Dear Parents, I'm Gay
To My Cousin, Being Family Doesn't Make Us Best Friends
This is How Being in a Narcissistic Relationship Caused My Anxiety Disorder
To My Bestie, You Deserve More Than An Unloyal Douche
X
PUCKERMOB

Follow this author

Please login to follow this and other puckermob writers

Login With E-mail:

Forgot Password?
OR

Login with social:

fb loggin button

NEW TO PUCKERMOB

REGISTER NOW!

PUCKERMOB

Follow this author

Please register to follow this and other puckermob writers

Register With E-mail:

OR

Register with social:

fb loggin button

Already registered?

Log In!

X
PUCKERMOB

Your are following this author!