#ShowYourSurvival
#ProudOfMyScars
Your scars tell a story — whether they can be seen or not.
#ShowYourSurvival is about recognising what you have lived through, what you have survived, and the strength it can take to keep moving forward.
For some people, survival leaves visible scars from surgery, stomas, procedures or treatment.
For others, the scars are invisible — pain, fatigue, fear, hospital stays, difficult recoveries, missed moments, mental battles and everything that happens behind the scenes.
Every survival story looks different. Every one matters.
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#ShowYourSurvival is a My2FeetandIBD awareness initiative created to recognise visible and invisible scars, lived experience, recovery and the strength it can take to keep moving forward.
Why I Started #ShowYourSurvival
For me, #ShowYourSurvival began with choosing not to hide the scars that came with surviving Crohn’s
disease, surgery, stomas and recovery. At first, showing my scar felt like a small personal decision.But it
became something bigger.It became a way of saying:I survived this.I’m still here.And I don’t need to be ashamed of what my body has been through. That’s where #ProudOfMyScars fits in.
Because scars can be visible or invisible, physical or emotional, recent or years old.What matters is what they represent.
Survival. Recovery. Adaptation. Strength.
My #ShowYourSurvival Story
Video coming soon.
What Are Your Scars?
Not every scar can be seen.Some are physical.Some are emotional.Some come from surgery, stomas, treatment or recovery.Others come from the days nobody else saw — the pain, fear, fatigue, setbacks, uncertainty and starting again.#ShowYourSurvival is your space to recognise what you’ve been through.You might want to share:- a visible scar- a stoma journey- a recovery milestone- a tough period you made it through- something you had to relearn- a moment you realised how far you had come- a story that might help someone else feel less aloneThen finish with:Your story does not have to look like anyone else’s to matter.
Visible or invisible — your survival counts.
Proud of My Scars
Being proud of your scars doesn’t mean being grateful for everything that caused them.
It doesn’t mean the pain was easy, the recovery was simple or that the difficult parts no longer matter.
It means recognising what those scars represent.
What you survived.
What you adapted to.
What you kept going through.
And how far you’ve come.
Whether your scars are visible or invisible, recent or years old, physical or emotional:
You don’t have to hide them here.
#ProudOfMyScars is about making space for all of it — the strength, the struggle, the rebuilding and the life that continues around it.
Show your survival. Be proud of your scars. Your story matters.