This is not a self-help book.
This is part autobiography, part cathartic release, part attempt to empathise.
That's not to say this won't help you. I think it will. If I had read something like this twenty years ago then I really believe that I would have been able to shape some of my thinking earlier.
What can I do now that I couldn't do then?
- Put on more fake confidence (very useful)
- Understand that it's OK not to be OK
- Recognise faulty thinking
- See that I'm not the only one that thinks this way
- Know that the doctors are not going to laugh at me
- Accept some of my good parts (we all have them)
- and more
All of which would have changed my life and made it different. Looking at where I am, who I am and who I'm with today means that I'm glad that everything happened exactly as it did. I would not change my life today for anything (except the way my brain works). Nevertheless, for some of you, a little change could be a big thing.
If some of the chapters are too boring, not relevant, too triggering or not helpful, then feel free to skip them. I won't be offended. However, if you read some of these words, recognise yourself in them, and want to get a bit better, then I believe you'll take something away from it.
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