#trustyourtruth

[connectedmindssocial]

#Gaslighting is a subtle form of #manipulation that can leave you doubting your #reality. But remember, your truth is valid, and your voice matters. You can break free from its grip by recognizing the signs, resisting the gaslighting tactics, and reclaiming your power. Trust in yourself and your instincts. Let's shine a light on gaslighting and empower each other to stand strong.

[drew365]

Are you striving to be the Man | Woman you really are?⁠ #trustyourtruth #spiritualawekening #youhavevalue #Mosdef (at The Bay Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY4C5CrlLTt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mikasintuitions]

You ever notice that people ask you what you do for a living? This is so they can assess just how much respect they can show you...#theirapprovalisnotneeded, #beauthentic #trustyourtruth #assertiveintuitions #empath #lightworkers (at Assertive Intuitions)

[moonleaflove]

"The body has its own way of knowing, a knowing that has little to do with logic, and much to do with truth, little to do with control, and much to do with acceptance, little to do with division and analysis, and much to do with union." ~ Marilyn Sewell #thebodykeepsscore #bodyknowledge #listentoyourbody #trustyourtruth #bodytruth #marilynsewell 🍃☀️🍃

[thestoryabouteverything]

I found a piece of myself in the middle of sex last night.

Nobody ever tells you how fucking hard it will be to quit your job. 

We are bombarded with platitudes referencing “hard work”, “commitment” and “dedication”. But who ever tells you to stand up and drop the job you hate like  a hot potato? The answers is not very many people, but there should be more. 

Drop the job you hate before it drops you. Because it will, and you won’t even notice it till you are so far down at the bottom of a pit you think there is no use wasting any more time trying to get out, you may as well make the most of what you’ve got down there.

WRONG.

Get the hell out.

Think about how you feel when you’re having sex. Aspire to have a career that makes you THAT happy. You’ll never be quite there, but you’ll be a damn lot closer than you are now. 

Imagine we all put as much effort into generating a fruitful and exciting career as we do into getting sex. Imagine how much happier we would be.

I found a piece of myself in the middle of sex last night.

It was a piece I forgot existed, I think I left it at the bottom of the well at work. Now i’m going to turn that little piece into a career. 

Drop the job you hate before it drops you. 

[thestoryabouteverything]

Anxiety Shakes it’s Truth out

Anxiety is a by-product of depression. 

It’s also a by-product of sublimated Truths. 

In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior - Cit. 

What this means is, while your Truth is screaming to come out, you sublimate this into something else, something more socially acceptable, something less True. 

I sublimated a lot of things. For a long time. Once I had a grip on the depression ( here I have to credit my Varsity psychologist for taking the brunt of my breakdowns for a solid year, and myself for having the courage to go back after my first psychologist experience), I developed a new form of expression. 

I was constantly anxious. Everything which might happen, was a burden on my back, I literally felt weights in my chest, panic attacks were more common than still moments, and I must have immunized myself to OTC anti-anxiety drugs before I was eventually forced to see a doctor. (Varisty doctors are great, and free, and I would definitely recommend using one if you are feeling like you’re standing on the edge.)

I was put onto a series of anti-depressive/ anti-anxiety medication. The funny thing is, the process of correctly medicating a mental illness is more anxiety evoking than the sickness itself! It’s a guessing game, playing tetris with chemicals and your body, hoping something fits into place and you can finally win. 

I did, eventually, though I think I won because I found a better game to play.. but that’s a Truth for later on. 

It was awful, the sleepless nights, the constant effort to breathe. I remember one particularly bad week, my roomate and best friend had gone home to see her boyfriend (whom I particularly didn’t like) and in her absence I managed to work myself into such a state I hadn’t slept in two days and I could not stop crying. 

She had to come back with a stolen sleeping pill from her moms cabinet, she wasn’t very happy. Neither was I. 

I realized, only long after this, how co-dependant i’d become, how instead of trusting my Truth to get me through, I was crutching on other people, and every time they moved i’d fall down and break something. 

It’s an awful cycle to be in. 

It took years to be able to face my Truth, and step out of the cycle. 

Yes, now  I am totally medication free and I very rarely suffer with severe anxiety.

Truths can change, anxiety shook the Truth out of me. 

[thestoryabouteverything]

Trust Your Truth

I think it takes an enormous amount of courage to spill your Truth online to a collection of strangers.I also think there is a lack of genuine space for people to share their Truths (always use a capital T, your Truth is important) and be recognized. 

Everyone needs to be recognized. 

Not recognized as in commended, or awarded, or outwardly noticed even. Recognized in the sense that you realize there is someone out there who feels exactly the way you do, and you aren’t alone in this, and that’s all that matters.

I am going to start telling my story, piece by piece, for anyone or no one to read. I hope it inspires you to share yours with me, whatever it may be. 

We owe it to ourselves.

No Truth is too honest, we are probably far, far more similar than you think.

Let’s begin.