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It's Mental Awareness Day!

10/10/2019

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It's Mental Health Awareness Day and I want to take this opportunity to highlight what pretending is doing to yourself and your life.⁣
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You see, when you pretend to be something that you're not, your insides get confused.⁣
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Your mind, heart, gut, and head..⁣
Every bit of your energy is something else and you're putting up a mask or a facade to cover it.
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This isn't always tragic. ⁣
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I'm not saying that everyone is super sad and suffering and we're all trying to cover it up. (𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦.) ⁣
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I also believe that we are trying to mask cover and hide the most brilliant parts of us as well!⁣
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Our intuition, our faith, our knowing, our desire to trust....⁣
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We hide these things and pretend like they are not there or we don't have them. ⁣
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We hide feelings.⁣
We hide victories.⁣
We hide tragedy and triumph. ⁣
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𝗪𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. ⁣
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Fear of rejection.⁣
Fear of being forgotten.⁣
Fear of being ridiculed, judged, or misunderstood. ⁣
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𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! ⁣
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𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 explains that "when you become willing to hide nothing, you will not only be willing to enter into communion but will also understand peace and joy."⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. ⁣
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Hiding is pretending.⁣
Avoiding is pretending. ⁣
Numbing is pretending. ⁣
Withholding is pretending.⁣
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No matter what it is you're pretending, 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐈𝐓!⁣
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Stop it! ⁣
It's inauthentic.⁣
It's confusing and prevents trust both inward and outward! ⁣
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If you feel alone, conflicted, struggling, misunderstood, unseen, or unheard, the first thing you can do for yourself, your loved ones, and your future is to stop pretending! ⁣
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We want to know the real you.⁣
The whole real you!⁣
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I promise you, the more you know, accept, and share that authentic version of you confidently, the world will accept it!⁣
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I 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 know how easy it may be to just blend in or fit in as opposed to own every part of you. ⁣
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However, the internal conflict, the tug of war, the unrest, the paranoia, the dis-ease, the mental illness you feel is caused by your pretending. ⁣
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It's inflicted upon yourself by yourself.⁣
Only you can set yourself free from it! ⁣
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I personally 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 have done this for or by myself. ⁣
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It took therapy.⁣
It took life coaching.⁣
It took personal development.⁣
It took the support of professional structures to truly and safely look at myself in the mirror and learn to love myself. ⁣
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I personally have been on a 3 year journey to do this and my life is ever evolving and ever becoming more abundant!⁣
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So much so, that I chose to create my vocation in mental health and emotional intelligence because it has absolutely set me free to live my very best life. ⁣
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​In turn, I get to guide others through their own process. ⁣
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I can never say enough positive things to want to further influence you to explore your own mental health, emotional intelligence, and well being. ⁣
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However, I have accepted it as my entire life's purpose to create authentic connection which creates hilarious joy! ⁣
That is my unique contribution in my time on this beautiful planet and I am enjoying it fully. I eagerly anticipate its continued unfolding. ⁣
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I also know how much is available to you outside of the realm of mental illness. ⁣
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If you need support...⁣
If you don't know where to start...⁣
If you're scared and hiding behind your facade, reach out. ⁣
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I have still yet to find any magical words to pack the power behind this message! ⁣
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𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞! ⁣
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To anyone questioning that: know that you are not alone.⁣
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You are never alone.⁣
I am you.⁣
You are me.⁣
We are we. ⁣
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I love you. I am here for you. ⁣
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Reach out if you don't know where to start. ⁣
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If you feel afraid to open up still, start here ⁣
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http://www.heartsunleashed.com/…/emotional-intelligence-ser…
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Love you, ⁣
Abigail
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