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Open this thread if you feel like your mind is your worst enemy 
I donât know exactly what youâre going through. I donât know exactly how it feels. But I know that itâs really fucking hard. I know that every day feels like an uphill battle.
It feels like your mind is working against you. And thatâs not fair. Itâs not fair that your own brain, your own thoughts, your own emotions do everything they can to keep you from living the life you want to live.
Itâs so much. All the time. And you donât get any breaks. You donât get to pause your own thoughts. Thereâs no power button. Thereâs no âoff switch.â I know how exhausting it is. And I am so incredibly sorry.
I want you to know that itâs not your fault. It probably feels like it is. You probably blame yourself. Maybe you think it would all go away if only you âtried harder.â Then again, you probably hold yourself to plenty of unrealistic expectations. And I see how hard youâre trying.
Remember that your mind lies. Everyoneâs mind lies to them, but yours is a little more skilled at it. And since the two of you- you and your mind- live in such close quarters, itâs pretty damn hard to ignore all of those noisy lies.
And people just donât fucking get it. You know it sounds cliche, but itâs also just a fact. They tell you to just try harder, to âjust think positive,â to âjust stop worrying,â to eat healthier and exercise more. They suggest yoga or meditation or aromatherapy or self help books.
And maybe some of those things help, a little. Maybe they help more than a little. But none of them change the fact that this is the brain you were given. And this brain you have to learn to live with.
And sometimes what you want more than anything, more than words of wisdom or personal advice or stories of success or encouraging sentiments is just for someone to be there, for someone to make you feel a little less alone in this.
I want you to know that youâre not alone. Maybe the people you live with donât get it. Maybe the people youâre related to donât get it. Maybe the people you spend the most time with donât get it. And maybe no one in the world gets it, completely. But people care.
And youâre not the only one fighting your mind. Thatâs not to belittle your suffering. Thatâs not to say that you should suck it up or get over it. No, the fact that so many other people are out there every day fighting their minds is just proof that this is survivable.
Not only is it survivable, but it gets better. God, it gets so much better than you can imagine right now. Remember that just because you canât see a better life for yourself at this very moment in time doesnât mean that a better life doesnât exist.
Never give up on your mental health. Never give up on living the life you want to live. Donât let your mind convince you that what you want is somehow unachievable. Remember that thatâs what your mind does to you: it lies.
But over time, itâll get easier and easier to talk back to it. Over time, itâll be easier not to believe it. Over time, the uphill battle will start to feel less steep.
Iâll be thinking of you. 
