The voice in your mind telling you that you’re a failure, that you don’t matter, that you are stupid or ugly, isn’t yours to carry around anymore.

10 years from now it will be June 16, 2031 (HOLY SH) and I will be 40 years old (ALSO HOLY SH) which is silly a thing to write since you already know what date and year it is, I should just get to the all the good stuff and questions and reminders I have for you. I know you’re gonna cry too, so I hope you grabbed tissues.

I honestly never would have thought I would write this piece because for so long, I held therapy as a panacea for mental health problems.

When you mess up in the public eye, the public now has the tools to correct you.

Most of the time, you can learn from how other people react to you and walk away a little bit better after being corrected. But there are always people who don’t mean well and ruin these positive learning experiences for everyone.

Research shows that repeating positive self-affirmations over time, along with other treatments, can help with developing a more positive attitude towards yourself and the world around you.

Here are the ones that I use daily for the conditions I live with: ADHD, Anxiety and Depression