as a therapist i can confirm. establishing a routine, mastering time management skills & accepting that healing isn’t linear so you don’t shame yourself when you can’t do things perfectly everyday. giving yourself a strict time frame in which you let depression “win” for the day.
People say they want authentic and honest friendships and relationships until you have someone who holds you accountable, encourages you to elevate and grow, tells you the truth about yourself, and forces you to heal from your trauma instead of weaponize it against others.
i think 2023 is asking you to trust yourself, to spend a lot more time with yourself, to analyze the core beliefs you’ve held onto, to build that self belief and to determine what really matters to you.
“a child’s eyes go dead when what they’re seeing is too painful. and if you as an adult are suffering from depression, anxiety or addiction. go back to your childhood and find out how you were hurt, and heal that hurt. and then you can heal yourself.” — dr. gabor mate