Tag: mentalillness
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Feel What You Feel—Just Don’t “Swim in Those Feelings”
I’ve been struggling to face my emotions. When I feel depression creeping back into my life, my instinct is often to look for ways to hide from it—to distract myself, avoid it, or convince myself that if I don’t acknowledge the feeling, maybe it will eventually go away. But feelings don’t really work that way.…
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Battling the Mind
The mind. It’s the most beautiful, complicated, thing that we’re possessed with. The mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy. Our mind has the power to make or break us. It’s easy to think that we can stop our mind from breaking us, but it’s not that simple. Everyday, I fight a…
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A better day 🌈
Today is a better day…. I’ve been struggling to get out of bed these past couple of days but my day today is still better than yesterday. I’ve done things little by little, emailing professors to let them know what’s going on, getting my laundry done, and cleaning up a little bit, then hopping back…
