“Taking up space is radical . . instead of trying to push your challenges aside to fit the spaces of others, say, ‘I am going to exist here’ . . . Because you have the same right as everybody else to do so.”
In my story, I explore my experience with belonging, and how my challenges—namely having OCD and a stutter—have impacted my sense of self-worth. I discuss the importance of “taking up space” through acceptance of hardship as a path to find belonging.
