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Mental Health Support

hunter

(39,655 posts) Thu Nov 11, 2021, 09:24 PM Nov 2021

I'll always be a broken person. [View all]

All I have to do is figure out how to live with that.

These days I am.

And when I'm not, I hope there's always something in me looking forward to the days I can say "I am" again.

I hate this pop psychology shit. I've walked out of therapy for less.

But here I am.

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I'll always be a broken person. [View all] hunter Nov 2021 OP

i used 2 techniques originally Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #1

I have no idea how I created a social safety net around myself. hunter Nov 2021 #8

yep. its sounds like your 95 percent is better than mine Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #10

Nobody knows what a human being is. You are not "broken," whatever you may be. enough Nov 2021 #2

Been there and still there some days. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #3

A therapist once said Quakerfriend Nov 2021 #4

Accept it, fix it or let it go. sunflowerseed Nov 2021 #5

I'm a happier broken person because I meditate. sunflowerseed Nov 2021 #6

yup. mopinko Nov 2021 #7

Oh my dear... hunter Nov 2021 #9

on the plus side mopinko Nov 2021 #11

Oh no! You don't have your little farm anymore? BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #12

i've still got it, but it's a hot mess. mopinko Nov 2021 #13