{"text":"It was hard to remember what I'd been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn't accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable in my own skin. I hoped I could do that moving forward.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["anxiety","by-your-side","contemporary","kasie-west","mental-health-awareness","self-acceptance","self-love"],"id":9457,"author_id":"Kasie+West"}