If you struggle with mental health, then you know the cycle of ups and downs. Sometimes, you are doing great and everything is amazing in the world. Other times, you can barely convince yourself to get out of bed. For me, I had one of those rough weeks last week. If it is your rough day, week, month, or even year, here are few things to remember…
Quote 1:
“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.” ― Jonathan Harnisch
Quote 2:
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.”
— Demi Lovato
Quote 3:
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”
― John Green
Quote 4:
“It’s okay to feel unstable. It’s okay to disassociate. It’s okay to hide from the world. It’s okay to need help. It’s okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.”
—Unknown
Quote 5:
“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
— Joubert Botha
Quote 6:
“My dark days made me stronger. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.” — Emery Lord
Quote 7:
“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.”
— Selena Gomez
Quote 8:
“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human.” — Lori Deschene
Quote 9:
“Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.” — Ovid
Quote 10:
“No amount of therapy can or self care can make up for scarcity of food & drink, time, or financial resources.”
Quote 11:
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
— Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Quote 12:
“This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.” ― Cammie McGovern
Quote 13:
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ― Henry David Thoreau
Quote 14:
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen
Quote 15:
“Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Quote 16:
“Promise me you’ll always remember — you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh
Quote 17:
“What I love about therapy is that they’ll tell you what your blind spots are. Although that’s uncomfortable and painful, it gives you something to work with.” — Pink
Quote 18:
“If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel.”
— Keanu Reeves
Quote 19:
“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”
— Abraham Maslow
Quote 20:
“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.”
— Lisa Olivera
Quote 21:
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”
— Charles Spurgeon
Quote 22:
“Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether.”
– Stephanie Garber
Quote 23:
“Sometimes self care is exercise and eating right. Sometimes it’s spending time with loved ones or taking a nap. And sometimes it’s watching an entire season of TV in one weekend while you lounge around in your pajamas. Whatever soothes your soul.”
— Nanea Hoffman
Quote 24:
“Don’t believe everything you think.”
—Unknown
Quote 25:
“One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.”
–Linda Poindexter
Quote 26:
“It’s okay to not be okay – it means that your mind is trying to heal itself.”
― Abhijit Naskar
Quote 27:
“Often it’s the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self.”
-Karen Salmansohn
Quote 28:
“Do not just slay your demons; dissect them and find what they’ve been feeding on.”
-Anonymous
Quote 29:
“Stay strong, your story isn’t over yet.”
-Anonymous
Quote 30:
“You are blessed, you are amazing, you are wonderful, you are special, you are unique, you are talented, you are gifted, and you are loved.”
-Asad Meah
Do not let anything get in the way of chasing your dreams and desires including yourself. You deserve the world and everything it has to offer. Remember just breath… “you’re story isn’t over yet.” Thank you for checking out this post. I will see you soon with something new!