About: The "Judge Me Please" Journey

The "Judge Me Please" Journey

CONFRONT your deepest, darkest, most humiliating, discomforting, and shameful FEARS, WEAKNESSES, and INSECURITIES through practical exposure therapy to BREAK BARRIERS and BUILD CONFIDENCE.

DeShawn Truitt

The Inspiration

As a teenager, I did something insane in high school, which planted a seed that would later inspire a passion for personal growth and development. In the 10th grade, I decided to get a tattoo on my bicep that stated the word, "Confident". The desire to get this tattoo stemmed from reoccurring thoughts and a history of negative self-talk, low self-esteem, being bullied, picked on, and much more.

From then on this tattoo, this symbol serves as an oath and reminder to forever pursue new ways to become more confident. Now, every time I see my tattoo, hear, or see the word confident it serves as a reminder of my oath.

The Journey

Since then, I have done a variety of things to stay true to my oath of continued acquisition of confidence. During my junior and senior years of high school, I was the Platoon Sergeant for the competitive drill team in JROTC which unknowingly began the exercise to improve my public speaking. In basic training, I was the Platoon Guide for the majority of my basic training cycle which increased my confidence and sense of belonging in the presence of a diverse group of men from all over the world.

Throughout my career in the United State Army as an Infantryman, I have had fantastic leaders and numerous experiences that forced me to expand my comfort zone through living by example, empathy, tough love, and deliberate mentorship which increased my confidence in my personal and professional abilities. Also, I volunteered at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI for a couple of years.

I had a variety of life-changing, confidence-building experiences that made me realize my self-worth, innate potential, and most importantly the impact of showing genuine love and compassion. Finally, I have made plenty of friends that have become family. These friends all possess character strengths unique to them that I have adopted and exercised to aid me in improving in the areas I am weaker to build that confidence.

The Hope

I have created and conducted many exercises to build my confidence, and continue to do so, in an effort to fight and win the countless battles we fight in this psychological war of judgment between ourselves and society. In the beginning, I was losing a lot of battles, but these exercises changed the game and turned the tables.

As a result, I have become closer and closer to the person I dream of being, including but not limited to a confident, compassionate, patient, inquisitive, vulnerable, judgment-seeking, growth-oriented, social butterfly with a great deal of humility. I want to spread the love by exposing my experiences to the world with the hope of helping other people break barriers to become the person they dream of.

The "Judge Me Please" Journey

Benefits:

• You will gain perspective (inside and out).
• You will learn to beauty of letting thing go and letting things be.
• You will feel more in control of your life.
• You will decrease in natural cortizal and anxiety levels.
• You will gain more quality from many areas of life.
• You will discover or rediscover how self love and care looks and feel.
• You will become slower to judge and quick to help.
• You will discover the intrisic feeling (The holy Spirit).
• You will begin to prioritize yourself (Your wants and needs).
• You will become comfortable and secure in soliditude.
• You will find the fun in the challenge and victories of pursueing judgement
• You will welcome and gain a respect for vulnerability.
• and much, much more.

Disadvantages:

• At times the journey could become scary journey.
• In the beginnning, you won't ever feel like taking acting.
• It may be an uncomfortable journey.
• You could get triggered throughout the journey.
• It will require some honest, and extentive self evaluation.
• You have to dig deep and reopen some old scars and trauma.
• This journey may require you to talk to people you have cut off.
• Sometime, you may have to go at it alone.

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