To Those Who Were Wounded & Their Friends & Families

From the recent fire accident in the water park, translated…

This accident at Ba-Sien Amusement Park, the passage to recovery for the injured is unimaginable to those who aren’t experiencing it, seeing the news footages, it’d made me recall my own injuries in the past.

Seventeen years ago, when I was only in the fifth grade in elementary school, I’d had my first skin irritation conditions, this, is a progressive disorder caused by the irritation of my skin, causing my immune systems to act up, for the sake of treatment, my parents decided to shave my head, and, after the shave, my scalp showed not the smoothness, but instead, it looked like the dog took a bite from my scalp, covered with white flakes, the bloodied and inflamed skin patches.  My originally happy summer, now, I’d just, stayed at home, and did nothing.

And now, although my condition is managed, but I still don’t have normal skin, from hiding my condition to the world, to showing it, it took me a total of ten years, during this time, it was, as if, I lived, with a mask on.  In these last two years, I’d met other people with my conditions, and some still wouldn’t go outside, some are willing to step outside, but, are still unable to show the world their condition, they all have unspeakable pressures in their minds.

Because there is this unified definition of what beauty is, having abnormal skin is often looked upon as “ugly” or “weird”, and, because of this way we were perceived by the outside world, we’d hid ourselves, in the darkness.  Those close friends and families who at first felt the heartaches of what we were weathering, turn to unfeeling, and, our hopes and dreams became taken over by desperations.

I wanted to tell my friends and families, that it is, difficult, to accept those with a different skin other than what’s considered normal, and, it would be easy, for those to shut themselves in, some people wouldn’t even go outside when they have a pimple, let alone, having such huge surface area of skin trauma.  And so, when we start hiding, DO give up time and care, don’t blame us for not being brave enough; when we’re willing to take one step out of the darkness, DO give us, the much-needed applause.

And, as hurt as we once were, we also couldn’t allow those who love us wait too long, we must face our own lives with bravery, to make our lives count.

And so, this woman can empathize, because she’d faced similar situations, and so, she could know how those who were injured in the recent amusement park incident feels, and, those with injuries needed more of the world’s care and concern, tolerance, but, we’re often too unkind, because we associate having smooth skin with being beautiful.