Kindness to ourselves goes a long way

Sometimes, I look at all these threads and peruse quite a few of them and then feel overwhelmed. It’s very sad what a lot of us go through. But I just hope that many people on these forums can get the support that they need, whether that’s therapists, medication, family and friends, communication and self-help. It can be terrifying to trust yourself sometimes when it is all so frightening and we do need help a lot of the time but we can do some things on our own which we’d never even dared to hope to do. I mean, self-help: using the resources and strengths within to sit patiently through the storm and encourage ourselves, self-soothe and be kind and gentle to ourselves. There are times of crises, I’ve been through plenty, but there are also opportunities when you can slow down and love yourself. I think growing up, we all think we’ve had to be hard on ourselves to achieve and survive. But truly, kindness to ourselves can be the best of friends.