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To all the people with mental illness who made it through the semester: Congratulations! We did it! Even when we felt that our worlds were crumbling we still managed to survive! The result doesn’t matter. What matters most is that we tried and didn’t give up ♥️ #proudofyou#mentalhealth#mentalhealthawareness #mentalillness#recovery#mentalhealthrecovery#student#studentlife#studentswithdisabilities

I am struggling with activity. I am in a slump of self hatred and body criticism. I am feeling disgusted by myself. I want to exercise. Not because it will make me feel good. Not because I am always rejuvenated after being outdoors. Not because I want the company. I want to exercise to feel like I have some control and say over my appearance. I want to exercise to have people tell me "how much better" I look. I want to exercise so I can consume negative calorie counts. I want to feel empty and lightheaded so the voices in my head will stop harassing me. So I will look as sick as I feel. So there will be a silver lining that my self-loathing mental illnesses are appeased by. It is at the point that exercise attempts elicit a pattern - I am constantly judging myself, making myself feel inadequate, and then getting frustrated at myself or those around me. Frustrated that I forgot my inhaler, that I don't have the right shoes, frustrated that this felt "easier" at a lower weight, frustrated that people are more fit than me, frustrated that I am slow, that I am short of breath. Hearing "pathetic, pathetic, pathetic" with each muddy trudging footstep. I am at a loss. Exercise helps me sleep better, being outside contributes hugely to feeling grounded, and I enjoy moving my body, using the strength and ability I am blessed/lucky to have. I would like to find a balance between my past harmful obsession with activity, and my desire to build strength and endurance. Silence is helpful. If I pause to review the angry thoughts, they do pass, most of the time. But I am left with feelings of self loathing and inadequacy - regarding activity. Recovery has been a mixture of defying my disordered thoughts, enduring them, or redirecting them. I am at a loss of how to find peace with exercise. Maybe dancing, but, me and room full of mirrors is enough to make a gal wanna barf (*irony intended, sorry but it's funny) #edfighter#osfedrecovery#edwarrior#recoverywarrior#recoverystruggles#ptsd#endthestigma#breakthestigma#mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth#dietmeansdie#sherecovers#sherecovers_yyj#yyj#victoriabccanada#victoriabc#vancouverisland

#anxiety#panicattack#phobias#fear#mentalhealth#mentalhealthawareness #panicdisorder#generalizedanxietydisorder#fightanxiety

Mental health updates on my story. ✨💕

Right. Okay. I've been in a proper state the past few days. Weeks. I can't really tell anymore. I can't remember when I was last sober. I can't remember much of anything anymore. 'cept I've been noticing there's a bit of a thing when I smoke my first few takes. I remember my life. History. Trauma. It's easier. I can speak about what's happened in an apathetic fashion, a factual fashion and not panic or melt down. It just is what it is, I guess. I can't change it. It's helping me learn a lot about my life. I figure it might be a good thought to put together a time line for my new therapist... Whenever I see them, that is. Things are dull otherwise. Boring and useless, lazy days on repeat. I've a new friend now. Did I mention that? It's a bit odd. Bit weird. Not used to having someone new in my life. Not used to having someone in my space. Guess I will adjust. She's nice. Friendly. I hope I don't destroy this friendship too. #mentalhealth#mentalhealthawareness #cptsd#cptsdawareness#mentalillness#stopthestigma#strength#anxiety#depression#psychosis#adhd#warrior#fighter#mdd#bpd#borderlinepersonalitydisorder#eupd#selfharmm

Flush out the past, build on the present and enjoy the future 💚💚💚 . . . . . . . . #letstalk#keepgoing #mentalhealthawareness #focus#stopthestigma

So yeah, I thought getting a #diagnosis would help, but it didn’t. I was stuck in a rut of #depression I did not want to #live I was scarred of #living I didn’t see the point. So as a way of therapy I went to my local tattoo shop with a #design not knowing the impact this tattoo would have on me. Post 4/9 #strong#church#blessed🙏 #blessed#mentalhealth#mentalhealthawareness #mentalillness#schizophrenia#schizoaffective#schizoaffectivedisorder#bipolar#anxiety#awareness

I’ve realized that I’m grieving and have decided to get the help I need through therapy I hope I can get through this. I also don’t want to continue to ruin any friendships so I’ll most likely will be ghost from texting and social media for my healing process there’s a lot of shit I have to figure out even from my dads death when I was 8 and that scares me but I can’t live like this so it has to be done I can’t keep acting like every thing is fine denial is not the answer. I have to do what it takes to be super. #illbefine#illfigureitout#thankyou#reading#mentalhealth#mentalhealthawareness #bpd#strong#emotions#feelings#superhero#excelsior#icandothis#life#thistooshallpass#keepgoing#spiderman#selfcare#comics#feelings#marvel#change#grief#itsokaynottobeokay#itsoktocry#itsoktoaskforhelp#listen#selflove#selfcompassion#trusttheprocess#acceptance