10 Years of Therapy in 10 Sentences

1.) Nobody is coming to save you. Even the people that love you will never want your life more than you do.

2.) Not all of your problems are supposed to be fixed. You just learn to live despite some of them. Problems never really go away in life, they just get upgraded for a slightly better problems.

3.) You are not affraid of failure, you’re just affraid of being seen failing.

4.) Your mind lies to you all the time, so you have to learn to question it.

5.) No matter what you do, not everybody will like you. And this is a good thing.

6.) Feelings are not facts, but they are still worth listening to.

7.) Sometimes the best thing you can do is letting a dream die. Holding on to a wrong dream may in itself not make you miserable, but it will definitely prevent you from finding happiness. Avoid the sunk cost fallacy with your dreams, or it will eat your life.

8.) Your limitations are actually good for you. Infinte options create infinte paralysis, not freedom. The person with 10 000 choices and the person with zero choices end up in the same place. Not doing anything. Constraints however force creativity. Saying no to 95% of things in your life is what gives the remaining 5% significance. A live without limits is ultimately a life without depth. Your mortality is a limitation, your energy is a limitation, your time is a limitation, your lack of talent is a limitation, your upbringing is a limitation. These are not faults, they are the entire reason anything you do matters.

9.) Your parents did their best and still fucked it up. They tried, and trying matters. Forgiving your parents isn’t about letting them off the hook, it’s about letting you off the hook.

10:) Only a few people in your life will matter in the long run. When you find those people, you really have to prioritize them.