bedroom head

Trauma, neglect, toxic relationships, anxiety, and a number of other factors can understandably lead to paranoia. While there will absolutely be times where your instincts are right and absolutely be right to provide self-validation, you will have to be honest with yourself as well. If you know that you have a tendency towards paranoia, if you have a history of jumping to conclusions about someone’s intentions and being wrong, it’s okay to take a step back. It is 100% okay to give yourself a moment to re-evaluate an issue. You can always sleep on something or give someone a raincheck. If you have friends, role models etc. who you’ve seen maneuver their relationships calmly and appropriately, maybe ask their opinions. You can also practice asking others “what did you mean by that”?. Also look at the facts when you can’t trust your emotions. What evidence is there that your friend doesn’t really like you? Is there evidence of the opposite? In the end, you might be right! But you also could be mistaken. Either is okay. You just don’t want to come from a place of horrible relationships and end up accidentally sabotaging the good ones. It’s not your fault that you were harmed and you’re now on high alert. But you can look out for yourself and still be aware that things might be different this time, that things could actually go well. That maybe you have a positive relationship that will last. That maybe you’re safe

this would be a great meme template tbh

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