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Lessons I’ve Learnt This Year: Asking for Help and Not Getting It Doesn’t Mean I Wasn’t Worth Helping
There’s a particular kind of heartbreak in finally finding the courage to ask for help and then not receiving it. After struggling to access eating disorder…
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Lessons I’ve Learnt | I Don’t Have to Be Good at Something to Be Allowed to Enjoy It
I’ve spent years avoiding things I wasn’t immediately good at, convincing myself I simply didn’t enjoy them when perhaps I was actually terrified of failing. From…
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Lessons I’ve Learnt | Rest Isn’t Something I Have to Earn
I’ve always been good at pushing through. Through exhaustion, injuries, difficult days and the constant feeling that I should be doing more. But when your identity…
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Lessons I’ve Learnt This Year: Having Needs Doesn’t Make Me Needy.
I’ve spent so much of my life trying to be easy to love. Easygoing, understanding, accommodating, never asking for too much and constantly worrying that having…
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Lessons I’ve Learnt This Year: Maybe I’m Not Afraid of Being Alone. Maybe I’m Afraid of Being Alone With Myself.
In this post, I share my reflections on journaling and emotional struggles, particularly during quiet nights alone. It’s not that I hate being alone, it’s more…
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Lessons I’ve Learnt This Year: I Don’t Need to Predict the Pain to Survive It.
I’ve spent years rehearsing the pain I’d feel is something bad happened in my life; yet these things never come. I am constantly bracing myself for…
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