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1. "Symptoms, not identity."

People are not a problem - problems are what people are facing.

2. "Uncontrollable emotions does not mean bad people."

It just says that my heart was exhausted.

3. "Silence is a language."

Some people don't want to talk, but they're not safe enough to talk.

4. "Healing doesn't mean it never hurts."

But learning is to live with the scars without the same pain.

5. "Strength does not have a single face."

Some days are a battle.

Some days are to rest.

6. "Not everyone needs to understand us - just one person who understands is enough."

7. "Repeated blaming ourselves doesn't make us better."

But understanding yourself can.

8. "Negative emotions, not enemies, but signals."

It comes to say that something needs care.

9. "The past explains us, but does not necessarily define us."

10. "Getting help is skill, not weakness."

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