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Tobin S.

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2. In the same vein as volunteering and helping others...
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 12:00 AM
Jun 2016

When I have felt bad in the past or bad about myself, it was sometimes hard to see anything positive in my life and that heavy depression would basically immobilize me and make it very hard just to take care of myself let alone help other people.

But I have found that when I start feeling worthless if I just focus on a time when I did help someone it will start to make me feel better and get me moving in the right direction again. For example, I've saved two peoples' lives in my time. Thinking back on those two events makes me realize that I truly am a good person no matter what the inner demons have been telling me.

Along with mental illness often comes the idea that we are bad people, but that idea is often just a product of a brain that's not working properly. Keep that in mind when the hurtful inner dialogue gets going. Those feelings of low self worth are not an accurate reflection of who you truly are.

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