Addiction

Sometimes we stay in situations that hurt us because leaving feels selfish. We worry about disappointing someone, being misunderstood, or becoming the “bad person” in someone else’s story. So we keep giving chances, explaining ourselves, and tolerating things that slowly wear us down.

But there comes a point where protecting yourself isn’t cruel. It’s recognizing that your wellbeing matters too. You can care about someone and still need distance. You can understand why someone behaves the way they do without accepting how they treat you. And you can walk away from something that is hurting you without hating the person you’re leaving behind.

Not everyone needs to be removed from your life when things get difficult. But you are allowed to have boundaries around what you repeatedly accept.

Sometimes growth is learning that keeping the peace with everyone else should not require losing your own.

What boundary have you learned to stop feeling guilty about?

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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When you’re depressed, hopelessness can feel less like an emotion and more like a prediction. You feel like nothing will change, so your mind starts telling you that nothing can change. The feeling is real, but that doesn’t mean the future your mind is imagining is real too.

Your emotions deserve compassion, especially when you’re struggling. But you can acknowledge how you feel without allowing that feeling to decide what happens next. Instead of letting “I feel hopeless” become “my life is hopeless,” remind yourself of something you can do, something you have already survived, or one small way you can take care of yourself today.

You don’t need to suddenly feel hopeful about your entire future. Sometimes you just need to stop letting today’s pain write tomorrow’s story.

What’s one thing you’ve made it through that once felt impossible?

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

www.tiktok.com/@thomas_of_copenhagen

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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Here are some practical tips to help you develop a gratitude practice. Gratitude is such an underrated mental health hack- it really does work! #Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #Agoraphobia #Anxiety #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #BingeEatingDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Depression #Epilepsy #KidneyDisease #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Cancers #Grief #Lupus #Migraine #SensoryProcessingDisorder #SocialAnxiety #SleepApnea #Schizophrenia #ChildLoss #AutonomicDysfunction #POTS #PTSD #Trauma #Suicide #Selfharm #Selfcare #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #JointHypermobilitySyndrome #IrritableBowelSyndromeIBS #SensoryProcessingDisorder #InterstitialCystitis #Endometriosis #RestlessLegsSyndrome #BackPain

I’m new here, so this is a little scary for me. I’ve spent a lot of my life surviving. I grew up around trauma and addiction, lost my mom young, and eventually went through my own struggles with mental health, addiction, and some really dark chapters of my life.

But I’m still here. I’m a mom. I became a nurse. I found my way back to God. I’ve rebuilt parts of my life that at one point I genuinely didn’t know if I could rebuild.

And I’m still not going to pretend recovery is this beautiful straight line where one day you wake up healed and everything makes sense. 😂 Some days I feel incredibly proud of how far I’ve come. Other days I still struggle with things I thought I would’ve left behind by now.

I think one of my biggest worries with recovery has been wondering, "Who am I after everything I’ve been through?"

I’m starting this page because I’ve kept so much inside for so long, and I want to start healing out loud. Maybe telling my story can help me keep healing—and maybe someone else will recognize a little bit of themselves in it too.

So I’m curious… what has been the hardest part of recovery that you weren’t prepared for? ❤️🌱

This one is so good, I re share it every few months. This is, hands down, the best tip I have ever heard to get through a season of grieving.

What small joys can you find today?
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Some mental health tips for your Tuesday!
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I served four years in federal prison and came out managing a meth addiction that never actually goes away, it just gets more familiar. PTSD sits underneath most of it, with OCD and an old criminal mindset that still shows up when I let my guard down. I'm not writing this because I fixed any of it. I fight it every day, and the only thing that's ever worked is a simple loop: show up, struggle, suck less, repeat. Some days that's the whole plan. #PTSD #OCD #Addiction #MightyTogether