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Lightly child, lightly
Anxiety Support / by ellamenopee
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 October 22nd, 2022
...See more This quote and image help me not to feel like I've done everything wrong. H [https://ravenousbutterflies.com/heartache-3/]IC [https://ravenousbutterflies.com/category/classic-literature/] DBLOC [https://ravenousbutterflies.com/category/woodblock/] “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…” Aldous Huxley – Island, 1962.
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Feels like I'm way more damaged than others
Anxiety Support / by ellamenopee
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 October 23rd, 2022
...See more When I read about others with anxiety or PTSD, I don't understand how they are healing and I'm not, after 24 years of therapy and meds (mediocre mostly). Bipolar 2 is new, but thoughts in my head are faster than I can keep up. I mainly feel alone and hopeless. Due to 40+ yrs of undiagnosed mental health issues, my brain is fried and foggy. I feel like I'm losing this battle to good mental health. I've pushed everyone out of my life, cuz no one understands my racing and worried thoughts. They say they do, but it's clear they don't. Even my therapists have said my issues are too complex and referred me to others! Why am I ok with being unwell as long as I'm not the craziest one?
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