"The pressure I placed on myself only compounded my emotions. I was afraid to tell other people outwardly. I dropped hints to people in hopes someone would just ask because the humiliation of opening up felt too heavy a burden."
Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
"Because I wasn’t using solid evidence to understand my situation; I was just using my own thoughts and feelings, which were terribly limited. I mean, one person cannot possibly know all there is to know in order to make sense of themselves or the world. Life is simply too complex for that."
Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Suicidal
Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Self-care
"After I hung up, I couldn't help but cry like an 8-year-old. I'm talking about real sobbing, you know, the ugly kind. That's when my partner realized the full impact that this job was having on me."
Helped by:
Journaling
Reinventing yourself