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My life is more than my anxiety

#Anxiety Yes I have anxiety and panic attacks. I am not proud of this fact.
It is who I am. I distinctly remember my first anxiety attack. I was 13 years old .I attended a spaghetti dinner at a Baptist church within walking distance of my home. I heard some bible teaching that somehow scared me at the dinner.
I literally ran all the way home . I could not breathe. I was so afraid that my parents would disapprove of my visit to the church.
I was trying to please my parents . I had no idea what was happening.
I also remember blowing into a paper bag to calm down.
I still have panic attacks . I went to the ER just the other day. Yes my chest was hurting and my BP was high. I knew it was an Anxiety attack. I wanted to please the nurse at the OBGYN where I was having my panic attack and I went to the ER.
Anxiety attacks are a fact of my life. I am 64 years old.
My goal is to find a way to handle these attacks.I know that God has forgiven me and he is always there for me.
#Anxiety is real #Reality #overcoming
#I believe
#I am more than enough
#fully rely on God

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Your So Worthy

#Healing #journey #Health #wellness #Love

So ok here’s the thing now that we have been putting in the work we are starting to see the results.

Work check list: DBT CBT ACT Mindfulness EMDR MSRT Chronic Pain Therapy soon more.

Yes IT is a journey from where you are to where you can be.

Just believe just begging 🙏 start self healing ❤️‍🩹 start with music crying laughing writing.

Listen to meditation 🧘‍♀️ sleep hypnosis or anything at night. Work through the resting embrace the resting the recovery ❤️‍🩹 Journey.

IT is so difficult we know the pain is so hard we know the fatigue is brutal we know the depression we know the anxiety we know the isolation we know the doubt we know.

We really know cause we have Lived Experience.

We know cause #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder cptsd

We know cause #chronicstress

We know cause
#ChronicPain

We know cause
#chronicfatiguesyndrome

We know cause
#Fibromyalgia

We know cause
#CovidLong

#Weknow

#WeInWe can beat this !

#YouCan beat this !

#yeswecan

We are all survivors we have all been through and or are going through.

Thank you God we are still here to cheer others on and to help inspire to carry them through.

We hope you knew we were close to death. We are alive and we are starting to thrive.

We would love to thank and congratulate #TheMighty Team you have blessed so many through this platform of healing support and love.

We have many reasons to be grateful and many more blessings to come.

We pray you yes you are ready cause you are reading this right now and you know we are #beatingthis we are #overcoming and #YesYouCan too.

Make the choice to choose your present 💝

We can only point to our walk our #livedexperience take the time to heal. You can heal.

We are all here you are not alone. You are worthy. You are important. You matter. You are valued.

Please be safe be well be loved 🥰 your worthy!

Don’t forget IT

#jw

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I’m in the process of moving on from an abusive relationship, and the person who’s helping me on that has shown me that it is possible to feel truly and completely comfortable and loved wh#en you are with someone.
The person I used to be with used to get angry at me every time I didn’t check Whatsapp because of depression, he would rant about it whenever we met. The blame would always be on me, and if I said something bothered me, he would say that it was an effect of my attitude. He even hacked my phone because I wasn’t answering his texts, and showed up at my house three times in the same day.
I met someone when I was on holiday, my ex had gone to the same place and texted me everyday to see me. I spent a week with some friends and this new person. I found myself wanting to stay him instead of meeting my ex. I only saw him a couple hours before leaving, and he was mad at me.
Me and this new guy started talking til the point that we would talk everyday. He was comprehensive, and would ask for my mental health every time he would perceive that I was a bit off. One day we met to have a coffee and I can’t explain how comfortable I felt. He made me feel that he cared about me, even if it wasn’t romantic.
One day we had planned to meet and my grandmother died. He immediately told me that it was okay if I cancelled, and that if I wanted to meet he would be there for me. My ex hadn’t texted me in a week so I didn’t told him.
By the next time we met with this person, my ex and I hadn’t spoken for a month, I had tried to contact him but he wouldn’t answer.
With time, the way me and the guy wrote to each other started to get more romantic, until the point where one day we ended up kissing, and then going out and acting like a couple.
In the middle of all this, my ex decided to text me and told me to meet. At that point I had decided that I wanted to end thing for good. He started to blame everything on me, dismissed the fact that my grandma had died and that I had entered to the hospital after having a really bad episode. He admitted to having hacked my phone again and got mad when he saw I was talking to the other guy. He made me feel terrible, as if I had to forgive him for everything and I was the bad guy of the story. Before we left he told me he would text me that same night. It’s been about a month and I haven’t known anything about him.
I am talking to the guy I met on my holidays, and the relationship is quite serious now.
I deleted all the chats with my ex, and everything that had to do with him.
To all of those who find themselves in an abusive and toxic relation, I hope this can help you at least a tiny bit to escape that. There is someone out there that will find you and take you just the way you are. Healthy people exist. Healthy relationships exist. Feeling loved and cared exists. And you deserve that and much more. #AbusiveRelationship #Depression #Bipolar2Disorder #loveyourself #Love #overcoming #toxicrelationship #Boyfriend

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Ideas to celebrate Mental Health Milestones

It is my one year anniversary (to the week) of being hospitalized from a suicide attempt. I am struggling, but wanted to turn this energy into something positive. How can I celebrate how far I've come in a healthy way? What do you do, write, paint, draw, buy, eat, etc. to celebrate your mental health milestones?

#Depression #BipolarDisorder #Hospitalization #overcoming

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Control. I have my own desires, dreams and beliefs. I have a domineering person in my life that is a part of my Mental Illness support network.

Freedom and peace. Freedom and peace. I am 44 years young and have been controlled by a domineering person in my life. I am in need of freedom and peace. I unfortunately and fortunately got myself into financial/legal trouble. My only help was/is the domineering person. I recently was hospitalized for a psychotic break. I had made so much progress. The root cause was depression/suicidal feelings acted out by disrupting my Mental Illness self care regimen. I lied about my thoughts and behavior to family and community friends. Despite having a lot of love and support in my life, I struggle with self hate/fear and GUILT. Fear of being alone when this domineering person passes away and fear of the evil in the world. Paranoid thoughts centered around religion. I truly am HAPPY when I am creating. I'm a writer/indie published author and graphic designer (Novice but love it). I am overwhelmed by constantly stressing out about FIXING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE. I am learning that GOD has that job I am supposed to recovering from my recent hospitalization. All day everyday I obsess over fixing my life myself. I'm an ambitious, egotistical visionary. I am not going to give up. This is all a big test and resilience is in my DNA. If you feel like I do I welcome your thoughts
and experience. God bless you and keep on Winning by being yourself, enjoy your gifts/talents. Smile, laugh and focus on Light instead of darkness. You're here for a reason. Love Light Optimistic beliefs are tools to succeed/endure/ WIN😉 #mental Illness, #successful Life, #winning , #Gratitude ,#overcoming Fear, #overcoming Depression

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#Positivity #PositiveThinking #Happiness #overcoming #Pain

Well, I got off course just a few moments ago. Not gonna let "yesterday's " pain ruin today. Moving into the present moment......i hear some classic A7X playing from my YouTube "like" playlist .....now 5FDP is on....& I'm digging it. Hmmmm just looked outside & is sunny & bright. It's going to be a good day (if I can help it)!!!

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Wish

I've been chasing peace
to the ends of the earth
my mind has been bleak
broken and bare
I decided to seek
something so hard and rare
Healing
On the mend
The darkness receding
It's me that I'm seeing
rising up through the ashes
I'm finally free
and my wish for next year is to finally be me.

#MightyPoets #writingprompt #overcoming

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Results..

My dad has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My uncle has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

I captured this beautiful picture in a moment of serenity. I wish to bask in similiar serenity through this time of disruption.

Tears of hurt will not wash away the peace within my soul.

#ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #Sadness #CheckInWithMe #DistractMe #Love #Empathy #overcoming #Support #peace

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