selfcare

Why do I always feel the need to ruin things before they even end? Why do I assume the worst?

These questions echo in my head every time my imagination runs wild—creating scenarios that never happened, outcomes that don’t exist. All based on… assumptions. Assumptions born from past experiences, heartbreak, disappointment.

And then what happens? I make myself angry. I start plotting, preparing for retaliation, planning ways to regain control. Acting as if the world is against me. But why?

The truth is, this often happens when you’ve spent most of your life in survival mode—fighting for crumbs of happiness, constantly on guard. You build walls to protect yourself. Even when you try to tear them down, they rise again in an instant, taller than before.

It’s exhausting. It feels like a never-ending cycle of healing → relapsing → healing again, until you finally defeat the “end boss” of your own game: your fears, your triggers, your old patterns.

I’m still in that fight. Some days I win. Other days I fall back into the trap. And if you’ve ever been here too, you know exactly what I mean.

If you’re walking the same path—trying to break free from self-sabotage—what helps you? How do you quiet the storm inside your head before it turns into a hurricane?

Let’s talk about it.

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Hi everyone! Excited to join the 52 Small Things community. I’m looking forward to taking small steps each week to boost my self-care and connect with others on the same journey. Here’s to progress, no matter how small! 💙

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My coping skills keep me grounded when life feels overwhelming. I rely on deep breathing, journaling my thoughts, and taking quiet walks to clear my mind. Coloring and listening to calming music also help me find peace in tough moments. What are your favorite ways to cope? 💙

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I’m struggling a lot these days with keeping a consistent routine and getting more activities into my days. I’ll plan my week and end up cancelling plans the day of a lot of the time. I have the intention to do one thing a day and I find it hard to keep up with that. I had to stop working last June and I thought I’d be working again by now, but it hasn’t happened. Today I just want to talk and not feel so alone. Yesterday I woke up with a bad headache that lasted all day and I didn’t do much, and it seems to have carried over into today and my energy and motivation are low and I’m having another day of not doing much of anything. It’s a cycle that is really hard to break out of, and it seems like when I start to make progress I’ll regress and not stick to a routine like I want to.

There’s an appointment scheduled tomorrow morning that I really hope I make it to.

Thanks for reading.

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There were no people, No applause,No one cheering me on. Just me,in the silence learning how to survive, how to breathe, how to keep going when everything in me wanted to shut down.

There were nights I held my own heart, whispering, “You’ll get through this,” even when I wasn’t sure I believed it. Days where I showed up with a smile, while my soul felt like it was dragging behind me, bruised and tired.

But I kept going.

Not because I always felt strong, but because something inside me refused to let the darkness win. I realized then, strength isn’t loud. It doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it’s a quiet decision to stand up one more time, even when no one sees it. Even when no one will ever know what it took.

That’s the kind of strength I found. Not in crowds. Not in praise. But in the lonely, unseen moments that shaped me.

So now, when people see the calm in my eyes or the smile on my face, they don’t always know where it came from. But I do. It came from every moment I chose to rise in silence.

And that’s more than enough for me.

Thank you#MentalHealth #selfcare