Sometimes I keep my feelings to myself because it’s hard to find someone who understands.
Unknown
The relevant question in psychiatry shouldn’t be what’s wrong with you, but what happened to you.
Eleanor Longden
If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.
Angelina Jolie
Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.
Unknown
How to Cope with Change
1. See it as a process, not a one time event. When you make a change in your life, there are lots of small adaptations to be made. It takes time to process and adjust to those changes – so be patient with yourself.
2. Change the way you think about change. Try to see it in a positive light. Even although there are lots of negatives and challenges, you’re likely to benefit in the end.
3. Face your feelings, and especially the negative ones. If you don’t, they’ll simmer beneath the surface and make it harder for you to cope. Feelings are neither good nor bad. They just are. If you feel bad, you feel bad!
4. Notice any areas where you have control as that will help you to feel less trapped or boxed in.
5. Pay attention to your thoughts and attitudes – and choose to look for the positives, and to frame uncertainties in a hopeful way.
6. Stay in touch with people who care, and can act as a support in this time of change.
What if everything you’re going through is preparing you for everything you asked for?
Unknown
7 Tips for Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy
1. Remind yourself that you are not who other people think or say you are.
2. Remind yourself that everybody makes mistakes at times, has areas of weakness, and things they want to change.
3. Remind yourself of ways in which you’ve grown and changed with time. You’re not who you once were - so celebrate how far you’ve come.
4. Also, the ending isn’t written and the future isn’t fixed. You’re free to change your image, and an old identity.
5. Identify the lies you have believed about yourself – and work on changing those so they’re accurate and true. Also, don’t reinforce those lies by acting like you think they’re true.
6. Remember that your feelings are not the same as facts. Don’t live based on your feelings as that will keep you trapped.
7. Hang out with those who see, and who appreciate, your worth. And take their words to heart, and let them help to build you up.
Sometimes you just need to disconnect and enjoy your own company.
Unknown
When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Anais Nin
Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.
Mandy Hale
It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.
Nicholas Sparks
What memorable people do differently
1. They don’t just talk – they act
2. They force themselves to experiment with lots of different experiences
3. They do spontaneous, crazy, fun things
4. They care about others – and act to make a difference in their lives
5. They’re a person, not a resume
6. They try, make mistakes, then get up and try again.
Be brave enough to be bad at something new.
Unknown
7 Things to Quit
1. Getting your self esteem from others.
2. Constantly attacking and putting yourself down.
3. Thinking that others are better than you.
4. Expecting things not to turn out well.
5. Living in the past.
6. Fearing the future.
7. Being afraid of, and resisting, change.
I’m sensitive. I love deeply. I think deeply about life. I’m honest, loyal and true. I appreciate the simple things. I will not change or harden to this world. It is this sensitivity that makes me who I am.
Unknown
Find someone who isn’t afraid to admit that they miss you,
who knows you aren’t perfect but treats you as if you are,
who’s biggest fear is losing you,
who says ‘I love you’ and means it with all their heart,
someone who believes leaving and giving up isn’t an option.
Daily Quotes
Trauma shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your world - “Life is good,” “I’m safe,” “People are kind,” “I can trust others,” “The future is likely to be good” - and replaces them with feelings like “The world is dangerous,” “I can’t win,”“I can’t trust other people …”
Mark Goulston
Hope is being able to see there is light despite all the darkness.
Unknown
Things you needn’t apologize for …
1. Your feelings
2. Wanting something good for your life
3. Having your own point of view
4. Making your own choices and decisions
5. Walking away from damaging relationships
6. Protecting your heart
7. Setting and enforcing boundaries
8. Making mistakes
9. Taking time for yourself
10. Prioritizing taking care of yourself.
Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are YOU.
Mandy Hale