Being willing to feel my pain isn't another strategy I can use to avoid my pain. It is genuinely accepting that sometimes stuff really sucks. Sometimes life can really hurt. Sometimes this world isn't what I signed up for. Sometimes I still feel like I would do anything not to have these feelings and these thoughts.. Willingness to allow suffering to be there is hard. Damn hard. And often frightening too. And the only thing harder is not being willing to allow suffering to be there. Ben Sedley
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Being willing to feel my pain isn't another strategy I can use to avoid my pain. It is genuinely accepting that sometimes stuff really sucks. Sometimes life can really hurt. Sometimes this world isn't what I signed up for.

Sometimes I still feel like I would do anything not to have these feelings and these thoughts. Willingness to allow suffering to be there is hard. Damn hard and often frightening too.

And the only thing harder is not being willing to allow suffering to be there.

Source: Stuff That Sucks: A Teens Guide To Accepting What You Cant Change And Committing To What You Can

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