01/24/2023
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฒ (๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฒ)?โฃ
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๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ด!โฃโฃ
You know some basic self-care would help but try as you might, your emotions are too out of control to establish better self-care.โฃ
โฃWith persistent mental health concerns, lifestyle changes may help you cope but may not have a lasting impact.โฃ
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๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ.โฃโฃ
If youโve already tried seeking help from people within your social network, donโt feel safe to, or they're part of the problem, a professional may be needed.โฃโฃ
Depending on what kinds of thoughts, feelings or experiences are troubling you, the average person may not have the education or insight to guide you to the solutions you need.โฃ
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๐น๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ.โฃโฃ
If youโve been suffering for a long time, or have noticed a pattern, you may need the external insight of a professionalโฃโฃ.
If you feel stuck, you probably are! โฃ
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๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.โฃโฃ
This seems obvious if we think of immediate harm (violence, reckless behaviour, substance abuse, su***de, or other acts of self-harm).โฃโฃ
However, if youโre afraid of long-term pain, sadness, ongoing isolation, conflict, or emotional damage to yourself or others, this also counts.โฃ
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๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โฃโฃ
If youโve already read three self-help books and the problem continues, you might be better off speaking to someone who already did a master's degree on the subject.โฃโฃโฃ
Don't try to become a therapist, call a therapist.โฃ
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โก๏ธ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐
๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ญ๐ซ๐๐.โฃ