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“There is a difference in being happy and being distracted from sadness.”

“I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.”

“Sometimes we are just the collateral damage in someone else's inner war against themselves.”

“It is so simple and effortless with you. Every moment sounds like, "Welcome home."”

“Toxic positivity is a cultural force that reinforces: "If you believe it you can achieve it!" "The only thing in your way is you!" "The key to success is a positive mindset!" "If you want to be healthy you must be positive!" "God will never give you more than you can handle!" …
Toxic Positivity leaves us feeling alone, and disconnected. It stops us from communicating. It stifles creativity and change. It silences people. It labels things as "happiness inducing" and “happiness preventing."”

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world… but you do have a say in who hurts you.”

“True love does not hurt, attachments do.”

“Recovering is a return. Healing is a rebirth.”

“When you're growing, you will also feel like you are dying. That is because part of you is. Nobody talks about this, but you have to grieve the loss of who you were before you can fully step into who you're going to be.”

“Listen carefully to the things she's not saying.”

“Sometimes we don't want to heal because the pain is the last link to what we've lost.”

“It is not always the traumatic experiences that teach us to doubt ourselves & feel dismissed. It's the people who suggest it was our fault. It's the environments telling us to move on. It's the messages that dismiss the difficulty of survival in a world that repeats these cycles.”

“The best apology is changed behavior.”

“Avoidance is just prolonged suffering disguised as safety.”

“Sometimes positivity is just denial.”

“You can never save someone by letting them destroy you.”

“Maybe that is my superpower - I can inhale pain and breathe out poetry.”

“Without a doubt, the weirdest people in my life have also been the most supportive and interesting people. Weird rules. Stay weird.”

“I think there's a point in your healing journey where you stop trying to convince other people to do the right thing, you just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you're going to allow in your life.”