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You were abandoned, neglected, or lived without boundaries.

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While there is an apparent stigma in the teaching world about mental health, there shouldn’t be.

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Emotional intelligence is an important way to keep the flow… flowing.

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“This sadness is not a welcome part of my life and it does not belong here next to me.”

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I don’t need to follow someone else’s plan or have a goal. I don’t have to steer the river.

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While connecting with other people who have experienced domestic abuse, it seemed that many of us have something in common. Victims of domestic abuse struggle with identifying themselves as real victims.

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If you are someone who wants to reclaim your power, then you are going to have to learn to respond to your triggers differently.

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At the end of the day, someone with anxiety overloves. They know what it is like to feel isolated, and so they want to give everything to another human being in order to ensure that they would never feel the same. Someone with anxiety has a mind that works to convince them lies surrounding their worth and their value. Therefore, being the person who holds their hand, who stands by their side while they fight to navigate their illness, who knows how to love them on the hard days — that reminds them that they deserve to be loved the way they love others. That reminds them that there are those out there who want to care for them correctly; that there are those who want to stay.

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I am proud of you. You made it. You rose above your environment and are an amazing person.

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We all grow, but not everyone grows up.