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Stop attacking yourself for how you feel.

Most people don’t just struggle with emotions; they struggle with judging themselves for having them.

Sad? You shame yourself.

Anxious? You call yourself weak.

Numb? You think you’re broken.

But healing starts when you stop fighting your inner world.

You are not your feelings, you’re the space they move through.

Let thoughts rise and fall.

Let emotions come and go.

No judgment. Just noticing.

That’s how you teach your mind safety again.

That’s how you begin to heal.

Can you give one emotion today five seconds of space without judging it? Tell me which one you will try.

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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Stop trying to ‘be happy.’ Do this instead.

No more vague goals. Choose one thing depression is taking from you and work backward into daily steps.

Comment your specific goal and the first tiny step on your ladder. I’ll help you refine it.

If you want to learn more about this, check out my video by clicking on one of the links below.

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

www.tiktok.com/@thomas_of_copenhagen

~ 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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Your pain didn’t make you weak; it made you deeper, kinder, and more real.

Pain changes you.

Not in the way people think, not by breaking you, but by deepening you.

If you hadn’t gone through what you went through, you wouldn’t feel as deeply.

You wouldn’t understand struggle the way you do.

You wouldn’t have the empathy, the humility, or the compassion you carry now.

Yes, suffering hurts.

But it also shapes the parts of you that are wise, gentle, and real.

Most people move through life untouched, never questioning, never growing.

Not you.

You were cracked open and that crack is where your strength and humanity entered.

You didn’t come out of your pain empty.

You came out with depth.

And that is something only survivors have.

What is one thing your struggle has taught you about life or about yourself?

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. ~

#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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Tip Tuesday - Setting Boundaries

Setting Boundaries can be hard, but sometimes setting boundaries with ourselves is even harder. What's a boundary you can set with yourself today?
#Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #MentalHealth #Agoraphobia #Anxiety #Autism #ADHD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDepression #PTSD #Schizophrenia #Lupus #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Suicide #ChildLoss #Grief #Cancers

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