highly-sensitive person

It's Friday!
We did it mighties.
We got through another week.
I am proud of us.
We had ups and downs.
And wins. Big and "small" - I don't believe in small wins. They are ALL big in my book!
Wanna celebrate today and yourself by sharing a win?
I would love to hear.
Take time to pat yourself on the back.
I want to share this: I actually practiced saying how I truly feel to a friend. She is a safe space in my life. And in therapy I am working on expressing my emotions and thoughts (something I didn't learn as a child and never have done). And I did it! In other people's minds it is such a small thing. In my world it was MAJOR!
And I am proud of myself.
💐And I am proud of YOU💐
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The responses to my last post have inspired me so much! You guys are so brave! And you are doing so well under some truly hard circumstances.
Together we rise.
From the ashes of our old lives and how things used to be.
Like the phoenix.
We rise to something new, something different.
Sometimes it's two steps forward and one back.
That's part of the journey.
As long as we keep going.
Somedays that will look like staying under the covers for the day.
That's okay.
Healing is not linear.
Keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Now matter how that may look for you today.
You ARE doing great.
You are showing up for yourself.
And I am so proud of you.
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I get so utterly frustrated!
I have no energy to do the things I used too.
I have no energy to do the things I want to.
At least not all of them.
Like no exercise, no work, not much socializing...
I have to pause all the time to rest.
I burnt out in 2020 and I am still not better.
So I am working on what I can: my perspective and acceptance.
And then this hit my Pinterest feed. And it spoke to me. Taking care of myself IS productive. No I can't be productive like I used to. But I can be productive in new ways and I can work on building a new life.
Today I an working on accepting that most things (of those I still can do) take me much longer because I have to pace myself and take loads of breaks.
But at least I can still do them.
Maybe some of you could use this too?
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You are enough.
You have always been enough.
You will always be enough.
Even if it doesn't feel like it.
You were born enough.
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The Mad Hatter (from Alice in Wonderland:) said it well.
And a small adjustment: My life is under no obligation to make sense to you.
This is a lesson us with not "normal" lives need to remind ourselves and each other with love.
It's freeing really.
You do you!!
You're doing great and you are doing your best - even on the days it doesn't feel like it.
I wish you all a good week.
Let's keep hanging in there together.
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Love old journals and new journals.
Starting a new one.
And just look at the difference between the filled ones and the (almost) empty one.
I love journals.
My journals save me time and time again.
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It's friyay, y'all.
WE MADE IT THROUGH ONE MORE WEEK!
Yay us🎉
No matter how you got through the week, you got through.
Still standing (you might be laying down like me, but you know what I mean;)!
Here are som gentle reminders for us.
I am especially in need of:
You are not too much
&
You are so enough.
Thank you all for another week with shares, help, support, encouragement and so much more.
I am grateful💐
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As I have shared with you before, I have huge issues with my self-worth...
And the things I am trying to do to help myself really aren't working that well, I think.
Not helpful to have two PD's that undermine my work and depression plus anxiety that second my PD's undermining...
So I am rethinking where to start after this hit my feed on Pinterest.
Maybe this is the place to start?
Beginning to entertain THE NOTION that I am ACTUALLY worthy of kindness and care.
That seems a smaller step. And it seems more manageable to work with. And I am feeling less resistance from my diagnosis in this approach.
I am starting a new journal today.
This will be on one of the first pages to help me focus on it.
Wishing you all well💐
Ps: who else loves Pingu🐧?
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Old ways don't open new doors.
I am in therapy two times per week for the next 6 months. And it is quite intense. As I am thinking about my session yesterday, and what me and my therapist discussed I could focus on, this quote pops up in my Pinterest feed. And it hit me even though I've hard and used it before. This time I am really working on those old ways.
One of the first old ways, I am focusing on is not invalidating myself. I've grown up with invalidation and it resulted in two PD's and depression, anxiety and burnout. I wish to turn this around for myself. Choosing a new way of self validation to open a new door to self-esteem and worth.
What old way would you like to change for yourself in you everyday life?
And what new door do you hope it will open?
I would love to hear, if you feel like sharing💐
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Thinking about my last post and the comments I got. Especially one. About not measuring your worth based on your productivity. But having worth because you do. Because you are who you are. Because you are. Very revolutionary in my mind... And I am definitely not there yet in my mind. But I would like to be.
And I would like to share this with my fellow mighties: You are good enough *simply* because you exist. Maybe it doesn't feel like it. It doesn't for me. But maybe we can work on it together? One small step at a time.
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(Picture from Pinterest as always:)