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When we struggle as adults, it’s often because the skills that helped us survive the difficulties of childhood aren’t actually helping us anymore.
Some days I’m not okay and I’m not trying to fix that. No I don’t need advice on how to not feel this way. I just need time to feel it.
Disagreeing with someone you love doesn’t mean you’re wrong. It just means that you’re separate people. Which is okay.
Feelings are just your body talking to you about how you’re doing in the moment.
I often think we’re really seeking one main thing: people whose eyes, when they see us, light up with delight.
When I tell someone who is hurting to think positive, feel better, be grateful, etc. it’s not them who can’t handle feeling sad, it’s me.
Choosing to take care of yourself first enables you to do all the things you want to in life, without resentment. Taking good care of yourself is the foundation on which all the other things must rest.
Taking good care of yourself includes: knowing yourself, your feelings, and your values listening to your body for when you need rest, solitude, play, or connection having good boundaries with your feelings, relationships, time, and energy being honest about who you are, your values, and what you want in life letting yourself need others and ask for help
