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As someone who was inpatient for mental healthcare in January for a week due to being in acute emergency, this is truth. I came out of it feeling dramatically better than I went in, but it's still hard. I'm still in crisis for a million reasons, but all of these techniques mirror the ones I deploy, myself.

I'm nowhere near your level of success (and hell yes, brother, you are doing great!), but these strategies have kept my head above water and still breathing when I was barely able to keep from drowning outright.

I hope people see this and give the content here a strong read. Treat these like preventative care. They won't always stop you from getting hit, but mitigating the damage is often the best we can hope for. And if we're still standing, we're still in the fight.

I'm proud of you, man. Proud of you for everything you've achieved despite the headwinds. While I don't know the details of your story and don't need to, I know another survivor when I see one. Cheers.

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Thanks :) I am glad you are doing better. We live in maddening times, and so it’s constant upkeep, right?

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EXCELLENT and timely post. Thank you....so many people are struggling mightily right now--and frameworks such as these can prove inordinately helpful...💙

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I am glad it can be helpful but also sad for the state of the world.

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As am I….

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