• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    5 days ago

    Doing the work is exploring and sitting with the uncomfortable feelings, going beyond the obvious stem to find the root. I don’t like it either, but it gets better, then worse, then better for a while. Sometimes therapy is necessary.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah. It mostly sucks at least for me. A cornerstone of a lot of my personal crap is lack of self worth which makes improvement pretty tough. I’ve been in therapy for over 5 years now, and understanding concepts is much easier than applying them. Of course that’s just my experience.

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        5 days ago

        That’s a lot more common than you would imagine. You’re worth it though. Sometimes you may not feel like it. Show up for yourself, anyway.

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          5 days ago

          You’re right. I know my experience isn’t uncommon and that’s unfortunate. Thank you fur the kind words.

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            You’re so welcome. I’ve been there, and in therapy off and on for a lot of years. We’re in it together.