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“Just because it's a thought doesn't mean it's the truth. These thoughts are not me—I am the observer of them.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?

“The experience of what we're feeling is real, but the thoughts surrounding those feelings aren't always true.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?

“Moving forward isn't synonymous with "getting over it" or shoving aside your emotions. It means allowing yourself to see and hold the pain in ways that you wish the other person could. It means moving forward while feeling the loss. It's not getting over the loss so that you can move forward; it's moving forward with the feeling of loss, soothing it whenever it arises.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?

“Multiple conflicting truths can exist at the same time. You can be grateful for what your parents could give you emotionally and feel grief for what they couldn't. You can have empathy for what your parents have gone through themselves, for the trauma they must have survived, and feel angry that you experienced what you did. You can acknowledge that your parents did their best with the awareness and resources they had at the time and acknowledge that their best still really hurt you.”
― Meg Josephson, Are You Mad at Me?