There are some sentences that are not said to you at any dinner with friends, not by your parents, not by your partner, but rather in a quiet room, in a soft armchair, and by a therapist who looks you straight in the eye.
Someone online asked: "What's that one sentence your therapist said that you can't get out of your head to this day?" and the responses were a mix of emotions. In this article, we've collected some of them. Read them carefully - maybe one of them is what you needed to read today.
Note: This article contains the personal opinions and experiences of people from social media and is not a substitute for professional help. If you feel emotionally overwhelmed, don't hesitate to seek help from a licensed therapist. Talking helps. Always.
"The people who need therapy the most don't come to us, their victims do."
"The person you miss every day is choosing not to contact you. That's all you need to know."
"To heal a wound, you have to stop touching it."
"You take care of others because it heals the part of you inside that needed someone to take care of you."
"Why aren't you the main character in your life?"
"It's not your fault that this happened to you, but it's your responsibility to heal."
"Healthy people don't have a problem with healthy boundaries."
"No answer is an answer."
"If you can imagine failure, you can imagine success."
"You can't break a generational curse as long as you're busy pleasing the generation that's cursed."
"You are not responsible for the feelings of others."
"If you were important to them, you wouldn't be here asking me if you're important to them."
"Behavior is a language!"
"Feelings are not facts."
"The more controlling someone is, the more insecure they are."
"Trauma explains behavior, but it does not justify it."
"When your reaction seems greater than the situation requires, that's trauma."
"You were the child, they were the adults."
"You'll never understand why they're like that, because you're not like them."
"A wound doesn't heal if you don't let it rest. And unfortunately, sometimes we have to be strong enough not to tease the wound."
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