Self-Love

“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.”

“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.”

“You are not a burden. You have a burden, which by definition is too heavy to carry on your own.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine.”

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

“You are allowed to measure today in breaths instead of milestones. Being unseen right now does not mean you are without value.”

“Getting through the next ten minutes is still getting through. Care can still be true before you fully feel it.”

“The part of you that kept going this morning deserves credit. You were never meant to prove your right to be loved.”

“Not every hard day needs a lesson before it can end. The need for closeness is human, not embarrassing.”