RealTalk

We are two friends both with chronic and mental illness, who decided we wanted to bring to the forefront, and open up real conversations about, how we are coping with our diagnosises. We use humor, personal experiences and scientific studies with what can potentially help; has helped; and what we are willing to try to stay sane in the midst of what we’ve been saddled with by life.
We’re also doing this to try to end stigma, raise awareness as well as discourage toxic positivity and ableism to take more root in society.

We would love your support and also your input on what coping skills you all use- join the conversation! Follow us on instagram @ creative.copes and on your favorite listening platform and comment away! The more we talk, the more mainstream it will become.
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This is a truth that took much spiritual travel, sleepless nights, and pockets full of anxiety to get to.

Living as a false self, lying to the world (and myself), pretending, putting on a brave face, being who the world expected me to be...was perhaps easier, softer, safer. At least on the outside.

But my insides (my secrets, my longings, my pain) were in airtight lockdown. I was too afraid to be real.

Inauthenticity is really self-denial at it's best and self-hatred at it's worst.

How can you love what you deny? Impossible.

I wanted more than anything to be heard. Seen. Known.

But I had wrapped myself up in too many layers of protection and stripped down my emotions until I was numb.

And in doing so, I couldn't truly get close to anyone. Not the way I yearned to.

But the journey I was on that had me in the valleys was the same path that would bring me to level ground again, and eventually, miraculously, to heights I never could've imagined.

I had to keep shedding things as I walked, crawled, and clawed my way along. I had to drop the baggage I was dragging in the dirt behind me, leaving a cloud of blackness. Boots of preservation meant to kept my feet dry and me surviving only ended up stomping my aliveness down.Feelings of unworthiness. Regrets of things I had said and done. Versions of myself that were not truly me. Coats of self-protection. Blankets of anxiety and panic.

I had to drop it all and stare unblinkingly at my naked soul. It was the only way to I knew of to finally be heard and seen and known......

to finally fully hear and see and know myself.

Once I got to that place deep inside, I could no longer not be true to myself.

And once you are true to yourself, you cannot be false to anyone else.

#RealTalk #authenticity #realself #Anxiety #Healing

This post originally appeared on my blog's FB page:
Faith in the Mess - Melissa Neeb, Writer.

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I have cheated on my husband twice.
AND HE IS STILL WITH ME!?!
BPD CAN WRECK LIVES .
I find myself often wanting validation, attention, affirmation...
I know that so many of the messages I get are FAKE ACCOUNTS...
I HATE THAT THEY MAKE ME FEEL GOOD FOR A SECOND, before I achieve them, then I'm OVERCOME BY #Guilt . and then feel so guilty for even being on the mighty... like im hiding something for my husband and then feel like im cheating.. :(
UGH!!!!! I dont know what to do. I am not on any social accounts because of my insecurities and lack of boundaries.... I dont want to go off here though.... so here I sit beating myself up #Low #BPD #Thoughts

Cut this foolishness.
Get:
Your head together
Your shit straight
Your wits about you

Whatever silly phrase indicates you want to put in the effort to live again.
Is this your life plan? Hospital after hospital after breakdown after breakdown?

Well, think again. That’s not the life you were destined for.
Destiny may be a dream, a foggy one at best, so foggy that you can’t see it...

But you will one day arrive at where you’re supposed to be.
Use your support resources - yeah those pills and that lady you talk to and your silly art and writing and

Get it, girl. Life is waiting for you.
I don’t know who else needs to hear this, but it’s waiting for you too.

#CheckInWithMe #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #PTSD #Postivity

Saying good vibes only in response to mental health matters discourages open and honest dialogue and minimizes the importance of #RealTalk in your relationships. #goodvibesonlyistoxic #youcanthealifyoudontdeal #Depression #Anxiety #heal