my story
INTERVIEW
I’m Briana. You’ve probably figured that out already. Almost everyone calls me Bri.
Slowly the nickname Bri became an identity. Partly of my own choosing and partly from being controlled and told who I had to be. I like to be Bri. The fun outgoing redhead who makes people feel cared about and encouraged. That is part of who I am. I was exploited when I was forced to work in sales. It was as if, all the other aspects of me disappeared. I could only be Bri.
Years went by without hearing my given name, Briana. Suddenly, I was left to be on my own. The daily controlling demands disappeared. I was relieved. I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the obese unhappy person looking back at me. I didn’t know who I was.
