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What’s one boundary you’ve set (or are working on setting) to protect your mental health?

A long time ago, I reached a turning point in my mental health journey. It wasn’t easy, but it was one of the most empowering things I’ve ever done: I stopped letting other people’s opinions, judgments, or unsolicited advice define who I am or how I heal. Living with mental health challenges, ADHD, or being neurodivergent already comes with enough struggles—I realized I didn’t need to carry the added weight of voices that didn’t understand my path.

I made a choice to take back my story and refuse to let the stigma around mental health shape my identity or dictate what healing “should” look like. I’ve learned to set boundaries with people who make me feel small, misunderstood, or pressured to “move on” before I’m ready. I’ve come to recognize the difference between advice that uplifts me—things like “I’m here for you,” “Take your time,” or “I’m listening”—and advice that leaves me feeling dismissed, rushed, or unheard.

Every day, I remind myself: this is my journey, my pace, my life. No one else gets to rewrite that for me

#MentalHealth #Addiction #ADHD #AddictionRecovery #Neurodiversity #MightyTogether #Addiction #Autism #Depression #ADHDInGirls #Anxiety
Why Getting Support is Half The Battle

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Why Getting Support is Half The Battle

I can tell you both from personal experience in my own mental health journey and as someone who has worked in the mental health field there is a lot of advice that is helpful, but there is also a lot of advice that does more to overwhelm you, cause self-doubt, or lead you to question your progress.
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Gratitude

Gratitude is how we remind ourselves that life is already offering little gifts, even on the hard days. It’s not about giving up on growth — it’s about letting appreciation and ambition live side by side. You can dream big and still love where you are. Just take a moment, right now, to say ‘thank you’ for one ordinary thing. It softens everything.

What’s one thing you can be grateful for right now?

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether

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Motivation Monday ☀️

This quote really stood out to me recently - I used to be so kind and encouraging but sometimes my moods and anxiety really get in the way. I want to be more encouraging again and work on focusing on that.

What are your thoughts, Mighties?
#PTSD #Agoraphobia #AnorexiaNervosa #Anxiety #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #MentalHealth #Addiction #Schizophrenia #Depression #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Lupus

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Breaking Cycles: Why I Keep Choosing to Heal

I didn't choose to heal; it chose me.

I remember the moment I cut the cord from my parents, and it was scary and liberating. Not knowing how they would initially react, I was pleasantly surprised and heartbroken at their lack of outreach and misunderstanding. It's like they were waiting for this moment to happen. The longer I went without speaking to them, I began to realize the cold, hard truth that they didn't care at all.

Free from their grip, I began to spiral down a dark hole inside my mind of forgotten memories. I've lost count of how many times I've wanted to give up on that darkness. How many times I've told myself it's too hard, too painful, too much. But somehow I'm still here. Still trying to fulfill my purpose in this life.

I come from a lineage of people who survived by numbing, by silencing, by pretending nothing happened. So I came to this world to break all cycles, the ultimate generational curse breaker. It's literally in my birth chart. I felt a strong purpose since I was seven years old. I'm a firm believer that we choose our parents and the hardships we endure. I will clarify that we didn't sign up for exactly what happened; free will is truly a scary concept. I'm here to break the cycles of abuse, neglect, trauma, addiction, honestly, all of it.

All of the abuse I've been through, the neglect, the sexual abuse, emotional and verbal abuse has affected me in various ways. I'm emotionally intelligent, but my emotions explode because I was never taught how to regulate. I'm learning now. I stopped giving my body to random men well over ten years ago. Always searching for something that wasn't there or trying to fill the void of pain and loneliness. Teaching myself to be kind, not just to myself, but to others as well. Creating strong, healthy boundaries, learning to say no. The most challenging of them all: addiction.

I didn't start smoking cigarettes until the day after my 18th birthday, being peer pressured into it. I continued to smoke cigarettes until I was 31 years old and quit cold turkey. I started drinking the summer after high school, under peer pressure, to fit in with my friends, and I found an outlet. A way to cope with things that I didn't remember. I felt lost but found. There was smoking of cannabis during this time. I preferred smoking over drinking, but this was before it was legal in my state to purchase cannabis. I drank heavily for the next 8 years, always searching for someone to connect with on a physical level, but nothing beyond that. When I said the healing journey chose me, this is what I mean; in September 2015, I was at a wedding with some friends, and I had been drinking. Later in the evening, I got a migraine. My first ever, and that was the turning point in my life.

It was a glamorous journey. I struggled to be sober. I struggled with staying home on the weekends, not being able to be at the bar with friends. Who were not friends, just people that happened to be drinking at the same watering hole. It honestly wasn't until after the New Year that I started to make real changes. I saw a doctor, I went on depression meds, and started practicing Yoga once per week. I spent the next few years physcially detoxing from all the crap I put in my body. I changed my diet, tried to sleep more, exercise, etc. I felt like I was walking up an icy mountain, not really making any progress but still trying. Mainly because I was still living with my parents at this time. Still under their abusive manipulation. I had no idea what I had just started.

I did quit drinking. My mom was an alcoholic, so that's an easy no for me. She killed herself three years ago. That's another story, for another time. I did, however, utilize the fact that at the beginning of 2020, marijuana became legal in my state. It was a godsend. Marijuana helped me cope and process over the next 5 years, and now here I am present moment, writing this out and struggling to let go of my edibles. My body is rejecting them, just like my body was rejecting alcohol. I crave the numbness, the release, but my heart says no. It's an internal battle that I keep to myself, wishing to be sober, but the bridge to get there is burning, itchy cravings that are the hardest part to get through.

I'm at the end of my numbing journey. I now know that I don't need it anymore. It's the in-between the old and the new, learning to cope with new techniques. I now choose healing not because it's easy, but because I'm tired of pain being the only legacy I carry forward. I refuse to be like either of my parents. I won't let my story end the same way. I also know deep in my soul that I am meant to help bring great change. It may feel like to end is all around, but I have hope that this is the downfall that we all need. Whether that's on your own personal journey or in the current state of our world. The old must be exposed before the new can be accepted.

Even if you're the first in your family to choose healing, even if no one claps for you, your choice matters. You matter. And you're not alone.

#MentalHealth #change #CPTSD #healingjourney #soberiety #choices #TraumaRecovery #AddictionRecovery

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Weekend Thoughts

Recently, I have been using this tip to help while I'm coping through some hard situations. Sitting on the porch (a back deck, a stoop, or even standing outside) somewhere where you can hear birdsong is so calming to the nervous system.

Would you be willing to try it this weekend? Tell us below 👇
#PTSD #Addiction #MentalHealth #ADHD #AnorexiaNervosa #Lupus #Anxiety #Schizophrenia #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Depression #Epilepsy #MajorDepressiveDisorder #PMDD

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What's Up Wednesday 😀- The trap of comparison

Comparison is a trap most of us fall into without realizing it & it's something we can work on; I love this quote. The ☀️ sun & the 🌙 are so vastly different that no one ever compares them, yet they serve equally important purposes.

Who you are is special just because you're you, and you shine in your own way. ✨
#PTSD #MentalHealth #BipolarDisorder #Autism #Anxiety #AnorexiaNervosa #Schizophrenia #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Lupus #ADHD #MajorDepressiveDisorder #PMDD

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Stop Calling Yourself a Failure — Here’s How to Break That Mental Trap

If you’ve ever failed at something and immediately thought, “I’m a failure” — you’re not alone. But here’s the truth: failing doesn’t mean you ARE a failure. It just means you tried…and that’s a step most people never take.

In this video, I’ll show you how to reframe failure so it fuels your growth instead of crushing your confidence.

Let this be the mindset shift that helps you get back up and try again. 💡

What's one failure that you've learned a lot from lately?

🎥 If you want to learn more about this, click on one of the links below to watch the full video:

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether

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