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I grew up in a poor, turbulent and dysfunctional household surrounded by alcohol, violence, hospitalisations and police intervention.
I developed an OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, I self-harmed, drank, took drunks and was miserable, but I was able to turn it around.
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I developed an OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, I self-harmed, drank, took drunks and was miserable, but I was able to turn it around.
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It took me years to even realise I was fucked up but awareness of the problem is the first step you must take before anything else can begin.
You can’t dig yourself out of a hole until you know you’re in one. https://vocal.media/psyche/in-defence-of-therapy-and-becoming-vulnerable
You can’t dig yourself out of a hole until you know you’re in one. https://vocal.media/psyche/in-defence-of-therapy-and-becoming-vulnerable
I began as my marriage fell apart. I should never have married but I was looking for a stability I didn’t have.
I took the step of going to therapy.
The moment you walk through a therapist’s door is when healing can begin.
I took the step of going to therapy.
The moment you walk through a therapist’s door is when healing can begin.
My therapist recommended group therapy for those with alcoholic families.
I was hesitant but it was amazing to hear people tell my story and have identical experiences.
I was hesitant but it was amazing to hear people tell my story and have identical experiences.
Acceptance is the second stage of healing.
I never wanted to accept I was a victim so I couldn’t heal what I refused to admit.
Therapy told me it was ok to be traumatised. It also taught me how to move on.
I never wanted to accept I was a victim so I couldn’t heal what I refused to admit.
Therapy told me it was ok to be traumatised. It also taught me how to move on.
After this I got deep into personal development and self-help.
Speakers such as Tony Robbins, Eric Thomas, Les Brown and CT Fletcher showed your past doesn’t have to be your present. They all came from nothing but trauma.
Speakers such as Tony Robbins, Eric Thomas, Les Brown and CT Fletcher showed your past doesn’t have to be your present. They all came from nothing but trauma.
Action is the third tenant of healing.
Action changes your mindset more effectively than any book or speech can.
I bought a year of #tonyrobbins coaching that helped me find my calling. https://link.medium.com/RSzhoMTqr8
Action changes your mindset more effectively than any book or speech can.
I bought a year of #tonyrobbins coaching that helped me find my calling. https://link.medium.com/RSzhoMTqr8
I was still toiling in the corporate world, still choosing unhappiness over uncertainty but coaching gave me the strength to pursue art and creativity.
I began writing more, performing stand up, vlogging, doing all the things I wanted to do.
I still consumed self-help daily.
I began writing more, performing stand up, vlogging, doing all the things I wanted to do.
I still consumed self-help daily.
I began the Wim Hof method which improved my immunity.
It had always been weak. A specialist fatigue doctor said it had been weakened by being permanently over-adrenalised for years in my childhood. https://vocal.media/longevity/2-years-of-the-wim-hof-method
It had always been weak. A specialist fatigue doctor said it had been weakened by being permanently over-adrenalised for years in my childhood. https://vocal.media/longevity/2-years-of-the-wim-hof-method
After the Tony Robbins coaching I worked with a mindset coach for 12 weeks to deal with further resistance, labels and blockers.
By the time I turned 40 I felt like I’d undone so much damage from the first 20 or so years of my life.
By the time I turned 40 I felt like I’d undone so much damage from the first 20 or so years of my life.
I’ve just left my corporate job and I don’t know what will be next but I have faith in myself and the process.
Leaving my job was the final piece of the puzzle. The last hangover of my limited thinking. https://link.medium.com/1ZMroFTrr8
Leaving my job was the final piece of the puzzle. The last hangover of my limited thinking. https://link.medium.com/1ZMroFTrr8
I’ve began making some proper money online, I’ve got video editing work lined up, I’m creating every day, married to someone wonderful with a young family.
This isn’t a rags to riches story, I’m not rich or a hero but I came from nothing but mental rags.
This isn’t a rags to riches story, I’m not rich or a hero but I came from nothing but mental rags.
Work on yourself every day. Work on your mind like you work out your body.
Action will liberate you in ways just reading and researching cannot.
You’ve come so far and survived. You’re strong AF.
Action will liberate you in ways just reading and researching cannot.
You’ve come so far and survived. You’re strong AF.
Our dreams aren’t in some mystical place that’s unreachable, they’re simply down the road less travelled.
The road that takes inner-work and confronting demons.
But mental freedom is a simple walk from here.
I hope this thread gives some people hope.
Peace is out there
The road that takes inner-work and confronting demons.
But mental freedom is a simple walk from here.
I hope this thread gives some people hope.
Peace is out there
