Trying to Recover

@possibilityofliving

"Hystérie Traumatique" Victim of rape. Trying to recover from PTSD, depression and everything else this world has gifted me. “This is my life. This is my precious life. This is how badly I want to live.” -Andrea Gibson Also I accept any survivor submissions and if you ever need to talk I'm here.

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I see an end, I pretend that I don't

Sayin' I'll stay, I'm afraid that I won't

-Tove Lo, Passion and Pain Taste the Same When I’m Weak

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You survived this. Even with clenched fists and gritted teeth and neverending wounds, you survived this. I hope you remember that on the mornings when you feel worthless and small. You were given an impossible mountain to climb, and you climbed it to get to the other side.

thehumbledtherapist

In therapy lingo, we call this *personalization* and it’s another irrational way of thinking.

Let that stuff go! You’re carrying enough already. No need to take on things don’t belong to you.

Much love 🙏🏼 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIV0UtLDQ-T/?igshid=95uc19027d47

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how to avoid guilt-tripping people accidentally (will be updated as i think of examples)

don’t insult yourself. it seems like you’re looking to make them feel bad for you. it also makes it look like you’re playing victim. (ex: “i’m a shitty person.” “i should just die.” “i’m just stupid.”)

say, for example, “i feel like you dislike me” instead of “you dislike me.” you don’t actually know how they feel and being accusatory like that is a huge turn off.

when apologizing, make it genuine. don’t bring up how you feel and instead apologize for how you made the other person feel. how you feel can be brought up later.

remind people that you genuinely want to get better and tell them to call you out when you exhibit problematic behavior.

it’s perfectly okay to be angry that your trauma left you with these symptoms, but that doesn’t make it okay to continue problematic behavior and make no effort to fix it. you can do it with some effort. i believe in you. and feel free to add on.

#bpd