Uncomfortable emotions suck. Anger, shame, grief, fear… they hit hard and often show up uninvited. But pretending they’re not there? That only makes it worse. We weren’t meant to suppress our feelings or smile our way through suffering. We’re meant to feel deeply, honestly, fully. Sitting…
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What Does It Really Mean To Be Emotionally Available?
Emotional availability is being there. For yourself. For others. Without shutting down, without hiding behind sarcasm, distractions, or that little voice in your head that says, “Feelings make you weak.” So what does it actually look like to be emotionally available? And how do you…
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How To Help Someone With Low Self Esteem?
…and what I’ve learned from dealing with my own, too. Let me start with this: I’m not perfect. I’ve had moments – hell, entire chapters – where I doubted my worth, over-apologized for existing, and convinced myself that I wasn’t enough. So when someone close…
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How to Handle Emotionally Draining People Without Losing Yourself
Some People Drain You Without Saying a WordYou leave a conversation and feel heavy. Not because something big was said, but because it always feels like too much. They complain nonstop, overstep, trauma-dump, or just never check in to see if you’re even okay to…
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Stop Using Mental Illness as an Insult
This needs to be said more often than it is.Using mental illness as a way to insult someone is not edgy.It’s not clever.It’s harmful. Every time I see someone throw around words like “psycho,” “bipolar,” or “schizo” as an insult, my chest tightens. It’s not…