“Grief hurts, sadness hurts, but it's not the feelings that destroy us. It's what we tell ourselves about the feelings.”Tagged: Mental Health, Feelings, emotions, Pain, Grief
“The answer to ‘I have no idea how I am going to get through this’ is: you allow yourself to sob, to heave, to feel as if your heart has a boulder crashing through it.””Tagged: The way forward, Pain, Suffering, Mental Health, Recovery
“The great thing about being Sisyphus is that you have your work cut out for you.”Tagged: Suffering, Pain, The way forward, eating disorders, humor
“When the suffering is fully allowed, it dissolves.”Tagged: Suffering, Pain, The way forward, eating disorders, Quote of the Moment
“Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds—our stories about loneliness, rejection, grief, worthlessness—that we don’t realize they are in the past. They can’t hurt us anymore. We are protecting ourselves from losses that have already happened. It’s possible to come back. To see…”Tagged: Pain, Grief, Stories, Perception, Worthlessness