Kiera Van Gelder
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“I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself.”
― The Buddha and the Borderline
― The Buddha and the Borderline
“Yet I also recognize this: Even if everyone in the world were to accept me and my illness and validate my pain, unless I can abide myself and be compassionate toward my own distress, I will probably always feel alone and neglected by others.”
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“But what if you simply don't have a solid self to return to—if the way you are is seen as basically broken? And what if you can't conceive of "normal" or "healthy" because pain and loneliness are all you remember?”
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