Thread by @danmurrayserter

As part of my #selfcare routine I've started going to #therapy ❤️

It’s important to be vocal about #mentalhealth & normalise treatment 💬

If you’re considering starting, go for it—you deserve care.

Here are 4 things I’ve learned about myself from doing therapy 👇

I’m more anxious than I realise 😓

I only realise once I speak my thoughts out loud and get them out of my head 🤯

I’m always surprised by what I’ve actually been holding on to!

It feels good to acknowledge this....

I’m not as “fine” as I first thought!

Small things I pass off as ‘minor’ every day clearly build up to have an impact on my mental health 🧠

Making them more ‘known’ to myself has been helpful & enlightening 💡

Almost there...👇

I’m not spending enough time with my emotions.

Having a baby👶
Looking after my wife💍
Having to sell my flat🏠
Having a vulnerable mum living alone😞
Scaling a startup in a pandemic😱

Not that surprising, but it’s causing fears, that I would otherwise be ignoring.

I’m not ‘happy’ all the time, and that’s OK 👌

I think I’m happy pretty much all the time.

That’s because I’m deeply grateful for what I have. But gratitude and happiness aren’t the same😕

My aim is to be happy most of the time!

Good news: more work to be done❤️

This is what I’ve learnt from therapy.

Have you done therapy?

What have you learned?

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