#buttheydontgiveup

[incurableoptimistest1994]

Sometimes it’s easy to forget I have OCD, PTSD, Anxiety and Depression. Other days, it’s not so easy. Today was one of those days. I really struggled all day today with what my family aptly calls That Yucky Feeling In My Tummy... although I’m proud to say I still made it to my guitar lessons! And I’m really glad I made it, because I ended my day on a wonderful positive note, feeling happy and full of love for music and friends and life once again ❤️. On days like today, I just try and remember that healing is a journey, that it takes time for wounds as deep as mine, wounds that are torn open again and again, to knit themselves back together. I’m proud of myself for remembering all the skills and using all the tools my three years of therapy gave me; it’s the mental equivalent of stitching my wounds back together, instead of engaging in my old harmful behaviours, which were the mental equivalent of putting salt in the wound. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. And with every day that passes, my wounds heal into scars, and my scars fade, until they’re barely visible, barely remembered. I’m extremely grateful to all the amazing people in my life who continue to help me heal, and to make my life so wonderfully happy, despite the bad days 💖 #mentalhealthwarrior #ocdwarrior #ptsdwarrior #anxietywarrior #depressionwarrior #bebrave #whatdoesntkillyoumakesyoustronger #timehealsallwounds #stitchupyourwounds #brokenisntthesameasunfixable #therearegooddaysandharddaysformeevennowdonettheharddayswin #herosarentalwaystheoneswhowin #sometimestheyretheoneswholoose #buttheydontgiveup #theykeepfighting #theykeepcomingback #thatswhatmakesthemheros #lifeistoughbutsoareyou