healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Moments
I have spent the last two years wishing that things were different, that I was a different person. The moments that have defined me have been the moments when everything overwhelms me, the moments where my reality comes crashing down and threatens to crush me, the moments when I feel I can’t take it for another second.
Natalie ComerfordPublished 6 years ago in MotivationBeginning Life After Death
If you're like me and have survived a long, agonizing illness... well, let's face it, I'm not going to draw a large audience with that line.
Eden .Published 6 years ago in MotivationMy Other World
There is nothing like that feeling of first seeing those waves. The feeling of awe, that longing to stay forever. The sound that soothes your soul. No therapy session can touch what this place does to me. My most difficult days are washed away and left at shore.
Ashly ArbesPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Dust of Our Bones: Pt. 4
It was a frequent stop for me and although I hated it, I was familiar with the routine. How easy it was to stop in after a work errand and grab a drink for a coworker. The corner gas station was not a place of preference, but one of convenience. Every trip inside gave me anxiety but I had learn to push it aside, grab the Big Gulp, and leave as quickly as possible.
L M AndersonPublished 6 years ago in MotivationA Kind of Friendship
This is my story of a teenage friendship that only took place on the way to school. Unlikely really given it was thirty minutes a day at the most and it was between the beautiful girl and the plain Jane. Like fish and cake a weird concept to put together yet surprisingly it worked.
Lesley Anne ArmourPublished 6 years ago in MotivationBranded
“What do your tattoos mean to you?” He asked. They mean to remind me of how I’ve overcome. My first tattoo is across my forearm. I got this tattoo with a friend over my birthday. Each tattoo was a birthday gift, actually. After being shunned from a community that I spent two years with, I grieved so many people and things that I lost touch with my identity and purpose. I opened my Bible to read from Song of Solomon and I had this impression from God, “You are not a burden to me, you are the rose. Your weaknesses cannot intimidate me, I call you the lily.” This meant so much to me that each time I’d see it, I’d cry remembering that only an Invisible King could understand my state of pain and heal me. Not the Hallmark Card Pity or a pat on the back from a family member, but God and time and healing.
Vivia LeighPublished 6 years ago in MotivationFighting for Freedom
Today I woke up with this immense feeling of apathy. I felt a lot disconnected from my surrounding; a sense of longing in me for the dream world I woke up from. I sometimes feel as if that's the place I belong.
Christina Marie MartinPublished 6 years ago in MotivationHow Did I Get Here?
How did I get here? I ask myself this question too often. How did I get to this point in my life? What was the one decision that got me to this point?
MichPublished 6 years ago in MotivationOnce Upon a Time
Once upon a time, there was a lady that died from breaking her own heart. She was asleep for a long while in the after, dreaming about the very life she left behind her. She dreamt of her life, as if she was reliving every moment again. She relived all of her youth, and boy was it exciting. She smiled, and laughed. She ran, and played. She made friends and even had to fight once or twice. She had darker moments from her youth creep into her dream and threaten to turn it to a nightmare. But she held onto her child like consciousness in her death sleep. And was always able to forgive and move on with grace.
Christina Marie MartinPublished 6 years ago in MotivationLoving Yourself 101
I’ve had a very hard time coming to love myself. I’m an insecure person, I don’t have much confidence in me. No reason, I just do. I’m pretty sure a lot can relate, especially if you’re a teenager. I’ve realized this in the past few years 'til now, I was always a negative person. I would jump to conclusions, think of the worst and never be happy with the choices I made. I always thought "nothing good isgoing to happen for me" or "I’m alwaysgonna stay unhappy." I would fill my head with these thoughts and just lock myself into my own little world. Eventually I decided that I wanted to open up that lock. I stepped outside and I took it in—the more you learn to love yourself each day, it’s amazing how your life can get better in an instant. I felt better. I felt amazing. I learned to throw away all those negative thoughts in my head and replace them with positive and happy thoughts. I feel like in your mid to late teens especially, majority of us are going through this phase where we’re hiding from ourselves when in reality, we don’t even know who we are. We don’t know what we feel, we don't know what we want. Life, to me, is all about self discovery. Life gives you the chance to find yourself, who you are and what you’re meant to do. I love keeping the mindset that we have the ability to change for the better by loving ourselves and taking care of ourselves. It’s not selfish to love yourself. It’s important to love who you are, no matter who you think you are and who people say you are. No matter how many mistakes you’ve made in your life, you are perfect in your own way and no one can tell you otherwise. I certainly learned that the hard way. Loving yourself is having a deep appreciation for who you are, you accept every part of yourself; the imperfections, the embarrassments, the things you may sometimes fail at and all the great qualities along with that. For some people, they may not love themselves until they lose weight, 'til they get the job they want, or have the perfect boyfriend, etc. We tend to put conditions on our love but we don't realize that we don’t have to. We can love ourselves just the way we are. Who cares what people think?
H SPublished 6 years ago in MotivationTo Live Is to Suffer
To live is to suffer,to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.~ Friedrich Nietzsche Meaning. Purpose. Suffering. Wanting to end that suffering. Wanting to heal and be consistently happy.
Docyele LlenretepPublished 6 years ago in MotivationTurning Bad Days into Self-discovery Time
From psychologists to life coaches, there are many professionals doing their best to help people living with depression and anxiety. But how effective is their job if the individual doesn't do its part? Here’s a quick list of things I do to use the little energy I have during my bad days and make the most out of it.
Linda NegronPublished 6 years ago in Motivation