Self-Doubt

“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.”

“Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to, it's not for them.”

“Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage does.”

“You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective – it just means you're human.”

“Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but you are not the rain.”

“The only journey is the journey within.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“You are enough just as you are. Each emotion you feel, everything in your life, everything you do or do not do... where you are and who you are right now is enough.”

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.”

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.”

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.”

“Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”

“You don't have to be positive all the time. It's perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn't make you a negative person. It makes you human.”

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”

“You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.”

“One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn't fall apart.”

“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.”