These days I had the pleasure of meeting two followers of the channel.
I was out of SP and had the opportunity to spend some time with them.
There were two different situations, on different days in fact.
The first date was with Evelyn, we arranged it in a cafe and I remember being super anxious before going. I don't know if it was like that for her, but for me it was like meeting the person behind the camera, who was really listening to me, identifying with what I was saying and the story I was sharing.
How crazy!
Despite writing about hives and recording videos on the topic for so long, I wasn't used to meeting my followers in person. And that was a totally significant thing.
WOW, the people I was talking to were real! They were there, behind the camera, identifying themselves and receiving every message I said. What can be better than that?
Evelyn was super excited, we greeted each other and started chatting. The funny thing is that she told her whole story naturally, without me needing to ask or having much time together. It was as if she knew me, and as if at some point I gave her this freedom to be natural like this, for her to share her strengths and weaknesses in life with hives.
It was then that I realized that it is a great responsibility to expose the story of who we are to people on the internet. Because you can create a connection with people and not even realize it, and suddenly they are there, entrusting many other experiences to you, as if naturally.
Great powers, great responsibilities!
The power of the message that 3000dias gave me is the size of the responsibility of these connections I built.
Another very similar day was when I met Ju in person, Ju is a super active follower of 3000dias and has even participated in one of our videos! She also treated me as if I were a person super close to her, and welcomed me with great affection.
In fact, we had already tried to see each other on another occasion and it was not possible, now it had worked!
We talked a lot, and she made me understand how important my work, which I thought was so simple, recording videos and talking about my life, was! Because I found her on the other side, behind the camera, and watching me, she found relief from life with hives.
What I'm about to say may seem simplistic, but as a chronic urticaria patient, I unintentionally created a space to talk about myself and find out if other people could have this complicated disease too. So, actually, I see myself in people. Not only do they see themselves in me. But I see myself in every desperate story, tears of those who want the peace of mind of controlling their symptoms and the joy of those who are managing to live better.
I'm so grateful to be able to meet those on the other side. Being able to know that empathy, that this power of showing who we are and finding someone through this will still change the world.
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