Cancer

Create a new post for topic
Join the Conversation on
Cancer
186K people
0 stories
10.4K posts
About Cancer Show topic details
Explore Our Newsletters
What's New in Cancer
All
Stories
Posts
Videos
Latest
Trending
Post
See full photo

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. ~

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

Most common user reactions 2 reactions
Post

When will this year end? F*ck 2026

I can't even begin to describe how horrible 2026 is. It's like a meteor imbued with a curse targeting specifically my family has hit earth

This is also my third attempt at sharing my story. First attempt, I got halfway through my story before reaching the character limit; second attempt, I simplified it, pressed post, and nothing happened. Here we are, attempt three, even further simplified

My physical health has been on a decline, I've had constant stomach aches every day since February 16th, the entire future of my education has been destroyed by one selfish man, and unaided by many others, leading us to try and pursue a lawsuit, but 2026 has been too hectic for us too, my sister had a pacemaker put in at age 14, not too surprising as my uncle had his put in at 16 for the same reason, and my nan has been diagnosed just yesterday (September 23rd) with a cancerous tumour in her intestine. Her prognosis is good, but the story is fucking insane and unexpected, and there are many situations in which she could've unexpectedly lost her life. Her story starts with her brother dying at age 60 unexpectedly from a heart attack, and now the family is rather strongly investigating our heart health. I swear cardiological investigations are related to the discovery of bowel cancer. There is now a concern I may have the same issue as my sister and uncle due to a rather severe syncope episode I had on Monday, different from any of the few fainting episodes I've had, but the same as many of my sister's; a syncope episode that could've been caused by bradycardia or even my heart briefly stopping. My mother also has a very large gallstone, which she will be having surgery for on the 30th, which may result in her losing her gallbladder, something both her mother (my aforementioned nan) and brother (not the one with the pacemaker) have had to have done themselves. And this does not even cover everything with my stepcousins, also having had physical health issues manifest this year, including asthma and epilepsy, and an ongoing domestic violence case which we have been working towards aiding since 2024, and it only got worse this year, and now the children's, toddlers by the way, mother has a restraining order against her, although she appealed it on the 21st, however, and so now they now have a contract with similar conditions to the VRO, slightly lesser, but should she break it, it will be back to the restraining order #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Cancer #HeartDisease #Epilepsy #Depression #FamilyAndFriends #fuck2026 #FuckCancer #bowelcancer #Legal #stomachissues #Fainting #Asthma #gallstone #Depression #Anxiety #Education #LivingWithPOTS #endthisyearalreadyplease

(edited)
Most common user reactionsMost common user reactions 3 reactions • 1 comment
Post

New to this

I’m a new found autistic at 44, when reality hit was after not only one job from a hospital didn’t let me have my medical leave because of health issues and the previous job before that being my father denied my unemployment when I was 6 months pregnant because he didn’t want it affecting his business. I am now realizing how much I suffered and struggled because I didn’t know. I realize it was because my father didn’t want a disabled child and beat me into talking and learning other things. I am struggling mentally because of these things and that I lost my husband from cancer a year ago and trying to start life over is so difficult because even my resume needs 17 years of employment cut because of how they discriminated against me and will probably not give a good reference on my behalf. I am struggling with who to relay on because my family doesn’t believe I need support and isn’t trying to understand. I’m very much feeling lost in a life I created to protect people like myself just to be slapped in the face that it was myself I should have been concentrating on. I’m so frustrated, disappointed, hurt, and that’s not even half of it. Please be kind to a hurt soul💯

Most common user reactions 1 reaction
Post
See full photo

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

Most common user reactions 23 reactions • 11 comments