Struggling with Depression Validation: How to Validate Yourself?

For the people who struggle with the validation side of depression, how did you learn to get through with validating yourself, and not through others?

Your answer

Malerie

2y ago

i just said fuck it, it doesn’t work all the time but really it’s just surrounding yourself with the right people that truly make a difference

wheezynwavy

2y ago

I like to ask myself "what would you say to a close friend in your situation?" My wellness coach taught me that. I'm great at validating others so when I frame it like that it helps me to validate myself as well. ❤️

KittyKatKuo

2y ago

I learned to validate myself by thinking of me as a separate person. As in if I was a different person with these sympotoms so I could have room for empathy for myself. I also did trauma work in therepy for my cptsd and it helped to validate myself and my feelings.

Gingeralamode

2y ago

Practicing self care. You can start small and then eventually you treat yourself like you would a close friend :)

Bek98

2y ago

I remind myself that my brain is just being mean and I am worth it

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