{"quotes":[{"text":"When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["accident","adversity","calm","challenges","courage","death","depression","despair","determination","disappointment","dont-worry","dying","emotional-pain","fears","fighting-spirit","healing","healthy-habits","healthy-lifestyle","hope","inner-strength","inspirational","keep-calm","life-and-living","negative-thought","never-give-up","obstacles","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","persistent-actions","positive-outlook","positive-thinking","psychological","quotes","self-help","self-motivation","situation","strength-and-courage","strength-of-will","stress","therapy","uplifting","wise-words"],"id":2636,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The world laughed at any attempts we made to exist in it without pain.","author":"Cherie M. Hudson","tags":["emotional-pain","pain"],"id":7390,"author_id":"Cherie+M.+Hudson"},{"text":"You really need stitches,' she tells me.'Or you're going to have a scar.' I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix skin, cuts, wounds, heal stuff on the outside. Everything broken with me is on the inside. 'I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["emotional-pain","help","kayden","pain","sad","scars","stitches"],"id":8253,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"Let go of all your worries, embrace hope.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","courage","emotional-pain","faith","forget-the-past","gods-grace","healing","health","healthy-lifestyle","healthy-living","hope","inspiration","inspiring","pray","self-help","self-love","uplifting","worry"],"id":9765,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD? I found myself fiercely guarding and limiting my emotional reactions, chastising myself for possible distortions and motivations. People who had known me years ago would barely recognize me now. I had become quiet and withdrawn in social settings, no longer the life of the party. After all, how could I know if my boisterous humor were spontaneous or just a borderline desire to be the center of attention? I could no longer trust any of my heart felt beliefs and opinions on politics, religion, or life. The debate queen had withered. I found myself looking at every single side of an issue unable to come to any conclusions for fear they might be tainted. My lifelong ability to be assertive had turned into a constant state of passivity.","author":"Rachel Reiland","tags":["borderline","borderline-personality-disorder","bpd","diagnosis","emotional-pain","mental-disorder","mental-illness","self-blame","self-doubt"],"id":11583,"author_id":"Rachel+Reiland"},{"text":"There was another problem with Emma's father, difficult for a small child who already thought of herself as greedy - his way of trying to keep her attention, to bribe her, with gifts. On each vof her visits, he would appear with you presents, beautifully wrapped\u003e And her confusion that she liked - and wanted - the presents, but not the man, was painful. He used 'sparkly Sellotape' and cut things into nice shapes and she wistfully w.","author":"Carol Lee","tags":["bad-parenting-skills","confusion","emotional-neglect","emotional-pain","mixed-messages"],"id":14332,"author_id":"Carol+Lee"},{"text":"...Spiritual or emotional pain doesn't become a memory so much as a bruise ...","author":"John Geddes","tags":["emotional-pain","emotions","memories"],"id":16353,"author_id":"John+Geddes"},{"text":"You see, Dr. Sherrington,' the devil said, 'we are more alike than you think.' He got up again on all fours looking in the direction of the voice. It was time to face the devil.","author":"Lawren Leo","tags":["darkness","devil","emotional-pain","halloween","painful-memories"],"id":27908,"author_id":"Lawren+Leo"},{"text":"You'll never cross an emotional bridge, if you keep rushing back to the other side.","author":"T.F. Hodge","tags":["acceptance-of-oneself-and-others","awareness","controlling-your-emotions","emotional-pain","emotions","growth","growth","healing-the-past","move-on","moving-forward","past-and-future","to-live-by","self-help","self-improvement","strength-and-courage","strength-through-adversity","wisdom"],"id":35003,"author_id":"T.F.+Hodge"},{"text":"So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, the twisted. She could go on living her life happy, just like she deserved.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["dirty","emotional-pain","guilt","rape","raped","shame","silence","trauma"],"id":36301,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":120,"pages":12,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}