You overthink, people-please, and replay conversations. I put words to the things you can't explain.

Psychology
Joined March 2019
If you’ve ever wondered why you keep doing things you don’t even want to do, you’re in the right place. Everyday psychology.
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You can love someone and still know they’re not good for you. Both things can be true at the same time. That’s the annoying part.
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I stopped explaining myself to people who already decided who I am. The silence has been surprisingly peaceful.
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Some people don’t leave your life. They just slowly become strangers while still sitting across from you.
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Healing is not becoming who you were before. It’s learning to live with the person you became instead.
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A small part of me died this year. The psychological autopsy is still pending.
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Treat yourself with the same friendliness, kindness, and compassion that you would extend to others.
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Honest question: Does a visual of a naked man do for women what a naked woman does for men? Or do women need a whole backstory, emotional depth, and 3-5 business days?
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There is no need to deny your own sadness; The misfortune of others does not erase your own.
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Try not to concern yourself with your parents, your children, or your partner; Trust that they are capable of taking responsibility for their own lives.
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Sometimes you’re just like a little animal—startled, you wrap your arms tightly around yourself and remain completely motionless.
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What we give to others is precisely what we most desire to receive ourselves.
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Your relationship with others is like having seen a flower at its most beautiful—and also having seen it wither.
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The one who truly helps you is yourself. Just think back to those agonizing times in the past—didn’t you pull through them all by your own sheer strength? You are, in fact, much stronger than you imagine.
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Payday used to be a celebration. Now I’m just an unpaid middleman transferring money to everyone who kept me alive last month.
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You don’t have to force yourself to be happy. The world is vast, and no one person’s influence on another lasts forever. It’s perfectly okay to feel unhappy—you have every right to be sad.
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If someone overlooks your needs simply because you failed to express them, that is not their fault.
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Whenever you visit a public service office, the person in front of you always has an unprecedented problem—as if such a thing had never occurred in the entire course of history.
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Most of the time, my worries: 1. Overthink 2. Overtrust 3. Overlove 4. Overcare
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What is overthinking? See below.
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Lost a battle with the sidewalk today. My shoe didn’t survive.
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