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“Being able to restrain my emotions isn’t a great victory—it’s the pitiful proof of lost love.”
― The Hundred Secret Senses
― The Hundred Secret Senses
“If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.”
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“Many so-called disorders of the mind are simply disorders of thought.”
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
― The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
“Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.”
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“It is not depression or anxiety that truly hurts us. It is our active resistance against these states of mind and body. If you wake up with low energy, hopeless thoughts, and a lack of motivation - that is a signal from you to you. That is a sure sign that something in your mind or in your life is making you sick, and you must attend to that signal. But what do most people do? They hate their depressed feelings. They think "Why me?" They push them down. They take a pill. And so, the feelings return again and again, knocking at your door with a message while you turn up all the noise in your cave, refusing to hear the knocks. Madness. Open the door. Invite in depression. Invite anxiety. Invite self-hatred. Invite shame. Hear their message. Give them a hug. Accept their tirades as exaggerated mistruths typical of any upset person. Love your darkness and you shall know your light.”
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