i heard a therapist say, ‘your feelings are always valid, your behavior is not.’ she explained by saying feel what you feel but you need to be accountable for what you do as a result of those feelings.
Nobody really cares about your mental health until it starts showing up as anger. When you’re quietly overwhelmed, carrying the weight of everything by yourself, people tell you to “stay strong” and keep pushing like nothing is wrong. But the moment all that bottled-up pain comes to the surface and you stop handling it the way everyone expects, suddenly you’re the problem.