Addiction

I am a recovering process addict from maladaptive behaviors, chronic depression, and self-abandonment. I have been in recovery for almost 9 years. Today, I feel empowered and have my addiction very much in control. I have much more clarity about my self-deception. However, I realize my healing a recovery will continue for the rest of my life. I also write on Substack and have a body of work published there.

When you’re struggling with depression or low self-worth, it’s easy to start looking outside yourself for proof that you matter. A compliment, a relationship, success, attention, or someone choosing you can make you feel better for a while. But when your sense of worth depends entirely on what comes back from other people, it can disappear just as quickly.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting love, connection, or reassurance. We all need those things. The goal isn’t to stop needing people. It’s to stop believing that other people get to decide your value.

You deserve to experience love from others without needing it as evidence that you are worthy of love in the first place.

What is one quality you value in yourself that has nothing to do with anyone else’s opinion?

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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When you’re struggling with depression, it can feel like you’re constantly measuring yourself against the person you think you should be. You should be happier by now. You should be stronger. You should have made more progress. And when you don’t meet those expectations, it becomes another reason to be hard on yourself.

But healing isn’t a test you pass by becoming perfect. Some days you’ll make progress, and some days getting through the day will be the progress. Learning to treat yourself with compassion on both kinds of days is part of recovery too.

You don’t have to hide the fact that you’re still figuring things out. You can be struggling and still be growing at the same time.

What’s something you wish you could be a little more compassionate with yourself 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:

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