i don’t know who needs to hear this, but here:
you are enough. you are worthy. you do not need to work hard your whole life to be worthy. you as you, as yourself, being yourself, is enough, and you never need to be anything more than that. it’s okay to be “just” enough. it’s okay to be yourself. you never have to put on a mask to be someone else, because you are enough.
your feelings are real. your feelings are valid. your feelings are your own and unique from everyone else’s. your feelings are important, no matter how good or bad you feel or how good or bad someone else may feel, your feelings are important. it’s okay to be sad, it’s okay to be angry, it’s okay to be excited, and it’s okay to express emotions and openly have emotions.
you are real, and you are here. you are valid, your choices are yours. you are inherently good, no matter how much you worry you aren’t, you are. your worry shows that you are good, because a bad person wouldn’t worry that they’re bad or good.
your labels are real and valid. your identity is real and valid. no matter if you’re the only one who knows it, it’s real and valid. your pronouns are real and valid, no matter how many people use them. it’s okay to be a lesser-known identity, and it’s okay to be a well-known identity.
your existence does not need apologising for. your existence does not need excusing or hiding or being ashamed of. you needn’t say sorry for simply being. it’s okay to take up space, it’s okay to ask for things, for attention, for comfort, for distractions, for help. you don’t need to apologise for asking for something.
it’s okay to not be okay. it’s okay to not always try your hardest or do your best. it’s okay if your best isn’t that great, or even that good. it’s okay if your best is simply living another day, even if you don’t do anything. and it’s okay to not do something. it’s okay if you don’t use every single day to your advantage. it’s okay if all you do is get up to go to the bathroom and then you get back in bed. it’s okay if all you do is read all day, or sleep for longer, or be on your phone or computer. it’s okay to not always be “useful”. you don’t need to be useful to have worth, because you inherently have worth. yes, you do, trust me. i know you’re shaking your head right now, but trust me, you inherently have worth and you never need to work for it or earn it or prove it.
it’s okay to love yourself and your body the way you are. it’s okay if you don’t quite yet, because i know you’ll get there someday. it’s okay if your recovery hasn’t been as straightforward as you hoped, if it’s two steps forward and one step back. you’re still making so much progress, and i’m proud of you no matter where you are in your recovery. you’ll get there eventually, and you’ll see just how far you’ve come, and you’ll be proud too. it’s okay to take little steps.
i’m so proud of you for getting to where you are today. i’m so proud of you for living, for waking up today and all of the days before, for getting up when you could, for being you. i’m so proud of your accomplishments, be them big or small. i’m so proud of you.
you’ll get to where you want to be someday, and when you do i’ll be so proud of you for getting there, but right now i’m proud of you for getting here.