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I am a Catholic school refugee. While I may have been a believer back in Jesuit high school, I am now agnostic, and part of the reason is because I have realized that the Catholic Church is so incredibly backward, slow-paced and even harmful to people like me who are different, gay or questioning of [...]

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How the Addiction Recovery World is Like the Catholic Church

Addiction, didn’t know it was a problem until I couldn’t stop. Addiction, relief entwined with pain that leaves my body in shock. Addiction, the reality I know must be faced, but feel too scared so ignore. Addiction, something I want to escape but the experience of which I enjoy. Addiction, bathes me in shame and guilt yet [...]

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The Voice Within the Mind of Someone With an Addiction

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Don’t underestimate what one more step can do.

One of the biggest misconceptions about healing is that you have to be strong all the time.

You don’t.

Some days, simply getting out of bed is strength.

Some days, making one phone call is strength.

Some days, choosing to stay is strength.

Recovery isn’t about making one giant leap.

It’s about showing up again and again, even when progress feels invisible.

The small steps you take today might not seem like much.

But over time, they become the person you’re becoming.

Don’t underestimate what one more step can do.

What’s one small step you’ve taken recently that you’re proud of?

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. ~

#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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Did you know that even butterflies have to stop and take a break sometimes?

Taking a break is necessary 🦋
What's one of your favorite ways to relax?
#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #Selfharm #Selfcare #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #Schizophrenia #AnorexiaNervosa #BulimiaNervosa #PTSD #Addiction

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Keeping promises to yourself is a game changer. What's one promise you can make and keep to yourself today? Share some ideas in the comments below 👇
#Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #Anxiety #Agoraphobia #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Depression #Epilepsy #KidneyDisease #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Cancers #Grief #Lupus #FamilialHemiplegicMigraine #AutonomicDysfunction #POTS #PTSD #Hemophilia #SjogrensSyndrome #Endometriosis #InterstitialCystitis #HearingLoss #Deafness #SuicidalThoughts #Schizophrenia #Selfharm #Selfcare #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #JointHypermobilitySyndrome #IrritableBowelSyndromeIBS

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This quote was so inspiring. I hope it encourages you today.
#Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #Agoraphobia #Autism #ADHD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Depression #Epilepsy #KidneyDisease #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Cancers #Grief #Lupus #HemiplegicMigraine #AutonomicDysfunction #PTSD #POTS #Hemophilia #SjogrensSyndrome #Endometriosis #InterstitialCystitis #HearingLoss #Selfharm #Selfcare #EhlersDanlosSociety #MightyTogether

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YOUR LIFE IS YOUR LIFE

One of the most freeing realizations I ever had was that I didn't have to live my life according to someone else's expectations.

For years, I worried about what people thought.

Whether they approved.

Whether they understood my choices.

Whether they agreed with the way I wanted to live my life.

But eventually I realized something:

No matter what you do, someone will have an opinion.

So you might as well build a life that feels right to you.

A life that gives you energy instead of draining it.

A life that reflects your values instead of someone else's expectations.

Sometimes growth isn't about adding more things to your life.

Sometimes it's about letting go.

Letting go of unhealthy relationships.

Letting go of old habits.

Letting go of the pressure to be who everyone else wants you to be.

Your life is your life.

Make it your own.

What's something you've let go of that made your life better?

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GRIEVING THE LIVING FATHER WHO CHOOSE TO WALK AWAY

i lost my mother to suicide. and now, i turned orphan by a living father

he is still alive FUCKKKKK, but he has walked away from us by choice. he cut all contact and no longer wants to know anything about my brother or me

i never imagined i would have to grieve someone who is still alive, and this person are my father, unbelievable

life has taken so much from me that sometimes i don’t even know how to process it anymore

i feel like i've had to grieve things most people never have to think about in their lifes

the hardest part is knowing that this wasn’t taken from us by fate, illness, or death, or well... a suicide

IT WAS A DECISION

sometimes i feel angry. sometimes i feel heartbroken. sometimes i feel nothing at all

i keep wondering if we deserve this, even though deep down i know children are not responsible for their parents choices

losing my mother was devastating.

losing my father while he is still alive is a different kind of pain—ONE THAT HAS NO FUNERAL, NO GOODBYE, AND NO CLOSURE

my brother and i are left trying to make sense of a loss that nobody seems to understand

we are learning how to survive without the people who were supposed to love us unconditionally

i don’t know what to feel anymore. i am grieving, confused, angry, hurt, and exhausted all at once

some days i feel abandoned. other days i feel forgotten

most days i just miss having a family..,,:.;;()))%)$

other thing that hurt most is realizing that someone can be alive, and still choose to become a stranger

my life is a fucking sadism of some god, thats it

#Loneliness #Father #Suicide #suicidelossurvivors #suicideloss #Depression #mother #passivesuicidalideation #SuicidalIdeation #personalitydisorder #Suicide #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #heartbreak #Depression #MentalHealth #Grief #Addiction #

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