Not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Acceptance is the only way out of hell.
Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.
Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it's choosing what's right over what's fun, fast, or easy; and it's practicing your values, not just professing them.
True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.
It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living – one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.
Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside you.
