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What lessons has life taught you?
I mean positive things? What have you learnt from your years of mental illness and suffering?
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Re: What lessons has life taught you?
- The mind and body are one. If you suffer from a mental illness, think of your body as a delicate, malfunctioning machine. Be very careful how you treat it, what you expose it to, and what you put in it. Eat healthy food, practice yoga, walk in the countryside, avoid noise and stress, stay away from anyone who makes you feel worse, and read and watch cheerful things.
- People are different. Some are extroverts, some introverts; some are upbeat, high energy people, and some aren't. Plus, they are all dealing with the effects of their childhood - their parents, their siblings, their school days, etc. You just have to accept this. People don't change what they fundamentally are. And neither will you. The key is to live your life in a way that suits your temperament. - Don't allow other people to define you. People try to label and box you, often in a way that suits them and makes them feel good about themselves. Resist this. |
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^ Some good advice there. One thing that caught my attention though:
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If you say, that's what you've been told by someone else, or that's what you've learned from other people, doesn't that then come under your later piece of advice? Quote:
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Being nice doesn't get you anywhere.
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Trust no bitch.
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^ The Chimp Paradox? It's a good book and very true
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Things will and do get better...
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Loyalty will be rewarded.
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Another biggie is to be careful who you allow into your life. The wrong people can wreak ****ing havoc on your mental health and self-esteem. Being married to the wrong person, or having kids with them, must be a living hell.
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If you suddenly come by/inherit a large amount of money dont be a people pleaser and p#ss it away on others.Hide it and just treat your nearest and dearest occassionally because it wont last long if you tell everyone and its back to being poor again.
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People who try to define innocent others as something negative are full of shit and actually feel that way about themselves.
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Sitting back waiting for life to happen probably isn't going to work.
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Nobody is going to come knocking on my door wanting to be my friend, and if they did I probably wouldn’t answer the door lol.
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20 years is too long . While it’s usually true that nobody is going to rescue anyone, there are some kind, intelligent and even altruistic individuals around, I’ve found a few. And also some cruel, manipulative aggressive people who like to push people further down...
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Not because I have many... But because I know exactly how it feels to have nothing†|
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I’m still learning |
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I was always “withdrawn and afraidâ€
The mother said I “didn’t smile at strangers like other babies do†Great to be labelled .. and a “disappointment†from birth.. Grrrrr |
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But who am I now? I’m not that abused child...
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Not many
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^ It sounds like you've been through some very hard things. It's normal for some small children to be more fearful of strangers than others but if you weren't in a good situation anyway no wonder you weren't the most smiley of babies.
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Try not to beat myself up each time I fail - it's proved the most effective way for me to learn. In fact I wish I had failed a lot more in my youth, but sadly I shied away from far too many opportunities.
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