cptsdwillgraham:

your brain doesn’t hate you. your brain wants you to live and thrive and is trying its best with a crappy set of tools. when your brain says “you suck and should kill yourself” instead of replying “fuck off, i hate you” you can say “thanks for telling me that we’re hurt/struggling right now, but that’s not a helpful way to think about the situation. i have a lot of positive qualities, and i deserve to live. it sounds like we’re feeling really scared/ashamed/sad right now, and that’s a natural way to react when things are difficult, but i’m choosing a more constructive way of dealing with my feelings”. try it