I told at least two of my friends this week the following line:
"Your feelings are valid. They are yours. You have a right to them. You don't control them and you don't need to apologize for them."
And by you don't control them I don't mean to let them control you... I mean that you don't control WHAT you feel. If something pisses you off, it does. It doesn't matter how much you attempt to talk yourself out of it.
If you feel bad, it just makes you feel worse if you spend time berating yourself for feeling bad in the first place. Embrace it, figure out what or why, figure out what can be done to fix it. If nothing can be done, take a deep breath and admit that it's out of your hands. The only control you have over it is your outward reaction.
It's easy advice and it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? So why, WHY, do I find it so hard to accept myself?
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