I've noticed that many of the most persistent childhood traumas related to being made to feel unwanted, a burden, the "bad" one. I think they may persist as "chronic mental illness" because being sick doesn't heal the wound of being a burden — being *the healer* does
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Counterintuitive as it is, next time someone around you is struggling with living in their own head, don't ask how you can help; ask them to help you. If they don't, or they flake, just keep asking for small things. Don't pressure or punish for lack of follow-through, just ask
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"You're not so broken that we don't need you" is something that has to be lived to be believed
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wholeheartedly concur with this thread (also "provided by hurting people" confused me for a sec until i realized that it means "people who are hurting" and not the act of hurting people)
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(also the terms in the literature for what you're referring to seems to be "thwarted belongingness" and "perceived burdensomeness")
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I think caring for pets can work like this too
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