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I Am Not OK, But That Is OK

Posted on 2012/07/06 by Hellosailor

SailorI’ve been wondering recently (as always) why I am the way I am.

I’ve been trying to come up with an explanation.

It feels like I can’t help these ways.  I think the way I think because of all that I am, and all that has happened.  I feel like I use it as an excuse, but am I allowed to feel that way? Continue reading

Posted in Anxiety (NOS - not otherwise specified), Awareness, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Coping Strategies, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Eating Disorders, Education, Emotions, Friends, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Medications, Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder (PD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Recovery, Self-Injurious Behavior, Social Anxiety Disorder, Therapy/Therapists, Triggers | Tagged acceptance, adolesent mental health, anorexia, anxiety, Borderline, BPD, coping, depression, DID, dissociation, eating disorders, ED, emotional dysregulation, hospital, institutionalisation, life, major depressive disorder, mental health, mental health in children, mental illness, positive, post traumatic stress, psychiatric, psychiatry, psychology, PTSD, questions, recovery, self love, triggers | 16 Comments
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