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Hello all,

Are mentally strong? Or do you feel or think you’re mentally strong?

No wrong answers.

As for me I feel like I am. Even though I’m fairly new having anxiety and depression. I think I’m mentally strong. Not sure if there will be harder times ahead of me or if I have been fully tested by my brain. But so far I think I can handle myself.

I hope you’re all having a good mid-week.

❤️

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Sillysausage234 profile image
Sillysausage234

I thought I was untill I watched finding nemo

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Agora1 in reply to Sillysausage234

lol :) xx

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Sillysausage234 in reply to Agora1

😄x

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Agora1 in reply to Sillysausage234

I like your silly grin....Hope your day is going well :) xx

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Sillysausage234 in reply to Agora1

Yours too agora …been a good productive day whacking weeds I’m just gonna have an ice cream because I’ve earned it 😊

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alfreddy7 in reply to Sillysausage234

What about the lion king?

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Sillysausage234 in reply to alfreddy7

I managed to hold it together for that one

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alfreddy7 in reply to Sillysausage234

Yeah Disney movies can be tough sometimes. But love them

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Agora1

You know alfreddy7 I trained myself over the years to be both mentally and physically strong. However, that doesn't say that there aren't triggers/times when the blocks can come tumbling down. The only difference now is that I can rebuild them quicker. :) xx

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alfreddy7 in reply to Agora1

Same here Agora, same.Nothing is as strong as it was in the beginning.

And if it is. The recovery is much faster.

❤️

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hypercat54

I was mentally stronger when I was young and even into middle age. Now I have entered my old age I find life much more difficult in many ways and find it much harder to cope with problems. It's to do with worsening health and feeling much more vulnerable now.

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alfreddy7 in reply to hypercat54

Hi hypercat,

Even though I’m not too old per say. I do think about myself a lot when I get into the senior age.

I feel like I won’t be as strong and I don’t know what that will lead too.

All I hope is that I have my family by my side a lot more I know that will help me.

I don’t know how close you are to your family Hypercat but for me I feel like family can help a lot when being Vulnerable.

❤️

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Hb2003

Hmm 🤔 I think that I am in the middle I am working on it . I feel like I am mentally not strong enough. I am still very sensitive and I need to change that I need to learn to be stern and not let people take advantage over me

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alfreddy7 in reply to Hb2003

Hi hiba,I’m not as sensitive as I’m older I can tolerate some stuff. But there is some things one can’t avoid. I think we are both in the middle where we are gaining experience and building hopefully for the better.

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Hb2003 in reply to alfreddy7

Yep 👍 I think so too

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Perriex

It's funny you ask, because that's how I've been referring to myself lately: mentally strong. I'm still struggling with fear, insecurity, and a bit of self doubt... but I am not "worried about myself" like I used to be. I know I'll get through this. (Even though "this" is lasting forever.)

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alfreddy7 in reply to Perriex

That’s a good way to view it Perriex,I tell myself that this is my life now, and this is who I am.

Sooner or later my brain will get tired and bored of the fear and finally balance itself.

At least I hope.

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Rafiki11

I think I am resilient, strong, stubborn, and insightful. I can also fall to pieces over “one little thing.” But I get back up the next day and start anew.

(One little thing tends to be my sweet, filterless husband saying something that hurts my feelings when I am also having a tough day already. 🙃)

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alfreddy7 in reply to Rafiki11

Yeah I think resilient is the correct word. And it’s true you fall one day and you wake up the next day. Put the bad day behind you.

Yeah those little filterless comments from your loved one is just what the body needs lol

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Hope you’re doing good Rafiki11

Always good to hear from you.

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Rafiki11 in reply to alfreddy7

Yes! The people closest to you have the most powerful words…to build you up or to be “that last straw” on a tough day (even if you weren’t intentionally being hurtful). We all do it.

Today wasn’t great but I’m feeling better now than I was last night.

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Roxylox

I think positively usually despite often suffering put-downs. Maybe this makes makes me sort of mentally strong. Sometimes a setback will make me all the more determined to keep trying to make a better social life for myself, suiting my interests.

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detour13

I'm a mess.. I am not mentally strong as all.. This demon( panic attacks) have ruined my freaken life.. Hate it and everything that comes with it...

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