The important thing here isn’t whether you are being loved, it’s how you will accept the love that comes your way.
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hated myself for such a long time. But there have always been people who love me! And I don’t love myself, but I do love others.
Maria Araújoje citiraoпре 4 дана
Psychiatrist: I’m only saying you should enjoy the freedom of your own thoughts.
Maria Araújoje citiraoпре 4 дана
I must be a really comforting presence to her, which is why she’s telling me these things, it’s not because she looks down on me.
Maria Araújoje citiraoпре 7 дана
I also didn’t know how to not blame myself for weaknesses or faults.
Maria Araújoje citiraoпре 7 дана
Psychiatrist: Of course you did. You’ve revealed feelings you’ve kept hidden for decades, of course you’re going to feel embarrassed. Think of it as a transitional phase.
Maria Araújoje citiraoпре 7 дана
anxiety towards new situations and how I appear to others, and how this comes out as hostility towards others – these were all problems so entrenched that it seemed hopeless to try to solve them.
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Psychiatrist: Fear increases when it’s something that you keep to yourself. Instead of suffering alone, it can often be good to share it with someone else, like you’re doing now.
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People say I’m very honest. But I thought to myself: Am I really an honest person? And I realised the part of me that I hide from all others is this part.
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But the crux of the matter is that you keep believing you have to meet other people’s expectations—