Well done. Thank you. You did not struggle for nothing.
It’s been ages since I have opened this page and I’m kinda amazed knowing what kind of stuff I was going through back then.
They say if you persist enough, one day you will look back and be grateful to yourself for not giving up.
I have hit my rock bottom not a long time ago. And then I felt like it teaches me to notice when I feel good. Even though I was at my lowest, I felt like something good will happen to me soon enough. I was really disappointed and sad, but soon I understood that perhaps this will show me what I need to do about my life right now. A lot of good things happened to me since September, and then I felt miserable again in January, but it was much easier for me to get back, because I already knew that this is just another challenge life has prepared for me. Posts bellow were made 2-4 years ago. At that time I only tried to think positively, without acting upon it. It’s only now that my physical condition matches my mental health. Back then I only thought but it was hard to keep up. I kept breaking my promises and not achieving my goals, which only made me lose the last bit of confidence I had. One day I just felt that i have had enough. I don’t want to disappoint myself any further. I just started acting without overthinking. Sometimes it takes time for things to happen.
The day you plant the seed is not the day you see the fruit.
You don’t dig your plants everyday. Sometimes you can’t see the progress on the surface, but changes are already happening inside.
It is sad to read my records(in my notebook) and see how a perfectly fine me slowly becomes so unstable and loses confidence little by little. Back then I was brave and faced world openly, and then I started doubting myself to the point I thought everyone else knows me better than I do. Now I know that people don’t tell you who you are, you tell them.
Also no amount of positive thinking can bring you confidence. You build it by yourself by proving it to yourself. It’s okay if your mental health doesn’t allow you to act right now. Just keep thinking positively until you are ready to do it.
Also there were times when I thought I was fake. I felt like it’s not my thoughts it’s just that I repeat what I see. Now it’s too deeply embedded in me that I don’t even remember where I read, heard that. I just feel like it’s my genuine thoughts. It may be true that I was influenced, but it doesn’t mean I’m fake. So if you keep repeating enough one day it will become a part of you.