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I don’t know if you guys will see this, but I wanted to say— thank you for being a source of support & a resource for a 13-year old who was lost, confused, and hurting; now I’m 21 years old, have done the work to bring new coping skills into my life and build a life worth living— I will never forget this blog as long as I live. Thank you ❤️

I just want to say I’m incredibly happy to hear this. This has made my entire holiday season.

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Patricia.

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Sorry to interrupt your scrolling Just wanted to remind you that you're beautiful & you're alive for a reason. So smile you little goof nugget, I love you

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you are so capable.

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you will find your home, you will find your place. you will find your people. give it a little bit of time but it will happen.

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YOUR 👏 SYMPTOMS 👏 ARE NOT 👏 YOUR FAULT

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If you struggle with anxiety, overwhelm, or just plain feeling like a failure, I have a mantra for you that’s been really helping me out lately:

Just show up.

I used to skip class because the whole thing was so overwhelming: I had to get dressed in something clean even though I never had the energy to do laundry, walk to school, sit in class for up to three hours, plus pay attention, take notes, and participate in discussion. In reality, I was being a perfectionist, and life would have been a lot easier for me if I had Just Shown Up. By staying home because of my depression and anxiety, I wasn’t giving myself the chance to do any of that. I was such a perfectionist that being a “bad” or average student was unthinkable, so I stopped being a student at all.

If you’re having trouble getting something done, Just Show Up. You don’t have to be employee of the month. You don’t have to be valedictorian. Just Show Up.

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ime it also helps to be like “you dont have to stay the whole time, you just have to go” bc most of the time once youre there it’s fine. a lot of things are like that, like… you dont have to finish the dishes, just start them. a lot of the time once you start a task it’s easier to finish than to stop, especially if you can trick yourself like “after five more minutes if i still feel bad i’ll go home” or “after washing two more dishes i can stop for today”

even if you don’t finish the task, you started it, and by completing part of it you lessened your future workload and ALSO taught your brain that things may not be as daunting as they seem