Remember:
🌼You are not a burden
🌼It’s going to get better
🌼You deserve to be happy
🌼You’re doing really well
🌼Your mental health does not define you
🌼Your mistakes do not define you
🌼You are so important
🌼I am proud of you
🌼You’re going to be okay
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For anyone who needs to hear this right now, you’re doing really well, I’m so proud of you. I care about you and I love you.
Keep going.
Sometimes the best thing you can do is take a step back and give yourself a chance to breathe
Things I Have Learnt:
🌼Sometimes doctors will refuse to diagnose you until you’re a certain age. That doesn’t mean your condition doesn’t exist
🌼Medication works differently for everyone and for some mental illnesses, it’s not a permanent cure (considering it’s about me, it’s not a cure)
🌼Counsellors/therapists/doctors know a lot but they aren’t the experts on your feelings
🌼Sadly, some counsellors just want to go through the steps and be able to say they cured you
🌼Not everyone is going to try and understand how you feel
🌼Progress takes time and is often painfully slow
🌼You have to find small ways to make yourself feel better
🌼Your social life is not the most important thing in your life
🌼No matter how many times you say you don’t want to do CBT, some therapists will still push it
🌼Schools aren’t always equipped to handle mental issues
🌼And most people go by ‘if you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist’ and so your mental illness might not be taken seriously
🌼People only started to truly listen when I was officially diagnosed and put on antidepressants, despite having been going to therapy for 5+ years
🌼No matter how hard you try, there will always be someone who doesn’t like what you’re doing
🌼Your education is not more important than your health, despite how much your elders insist it is
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gentle reminder
if you feel overwhelmed with work or things you need to do, take a step back, breathe - you’ll finish what you need to do, just take some time to focus on yourself please
i accidentally punched myself in the face while trying to pull my blanket up and if that doesn’t accurately describe my life i don’t know what does