Lighten up especially when things get tough. That stress can be felt amongst all, it may not be easy to suppress the negative but you can do this. Sometimes the fight occurring behind closed doors is not worth sharing online. There is a such thing as confidentiality where you don’t have to share medical information or misdiagnosis online, that could put you in danger of negative judgment and you can be hurt by others. Make sure you take care of yourself first and not subject yourself to harm. It’s not okay for anyone to hurt you no matter the disorder or mental health issue anyone faces in life. If it’s not true about you don’t believe what others say about you not everyone thinks that, have faith. Be a good decision maker and protect your privacy.

When we lighten up our problems don’t feel as big. At the end of the day this is your life you get to choose how to live it either hard on yourself or with compassion for yourself. Set a good example, and never give up. You might be a big deal in your mind but your problems might not be a big deal to others. So lean on others for support when your problems get too big for you to manage someone else is bound to better assist you in dealing with your emotions and thoughts about life. Everyone has wisdom you just need to ask. When we lighten up “means to stop taking things too seriously, which helps reduce exhaustion caused by constant worry or over-stimulation.” [1]

One of the main reasons I seldom talk about my trauma is that is does me a disservice to share about and triggers a lot feelings of low self-worth and affects my self-esteem let alone what others think of me. So doing my best to move forward and leave the past behind. The past repeats itself if you don’t work hard to not repeat old patterns of whatever it was that got you to hurt yourself and in turn affect others supporting you who wouldn’t give up on you either. Don’t give up on yourself. Things do get better. You can still maintain your privacy and improve without hurting yourself in the process of sharing. Not everyone goes public with their lives you learn as you go, take it easy, you don’t have to get it right the first time around, there’s always something to learn from sharing out loud not keep things to ourselves.

Reference:

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/1390l5z/have_you_learned_to_lighten_up_when_life_gets/#:~:text=the%20life%20road%20in%20general,whim%20without%20ever%20looking%20back.