My Journey to Self-Help

In my previous entry, I talked a bit about why I have interest in the conversation part of this project. And now I want to describe my journey towards self-discovery and building.

When I was very young, I recall myself as being a secure, confident kid with a high, healthy self-esteem. When I got to middle school, that skyrocketed down. I self-sabotaged my sense of self by beating myself up internally. As time progressed, however, I was guided to realize, "Where did my real self go?" Sure I had grown and gotten incredibly more mentally disciplined through that time, but I had no identity, so engrossed in this idea of perfectionism, pushing so hard until you hallucinated. I had lost myself. I had zero self-worth, respect or love for myself.

Upon the wake of high school, I had finally heard enough, seen enough, and felt enough to want to change. That desire didn't come out of nowhere, didn't happen over a summer. It's taken me years, and is still happening. However, I had the resources, the knowledge--my loved ones and friends, a social media algorithm that gave me psychology tips and bits of life wisdom (shoutout to Instagram reels), the direction, knowledge on what to Google search and how to find those videos--to be able to hear enough, see enough, and feel enough to fuel change, which can only originate from the inside. I had the environment to escape the encaging box that is people-pleasing.

My third function, self-building, aims to address this. I realize that not everyone has access to these sort of resources, and might not be able to reach their full potential during such an important time of our lives--adolescence. To discover who it actually is under this veil of social pressures. To grow that person. To push past their mental limits, because all it is is in the mind.

To discover who it actually is under this veil of social pressures.

I provide a self-help corner, a compilation of resources to guide you in your journey to self-building. I provide ways for self-care while we teenagers digest the many problems in the world left to us. I provide safe spaces for people to unshed their self-harmful tendencies and to un-wire limiting beliefs, despite what life has given you. I provide spaces for people to talk through these and explore solutions together, such as journaling, neurologically and psychologically proven methods for better mental health. But above all, I provide the resources for awareness--becoming aware of our limiting beliefs, tendencies, current states (requires honesty), and human psychology.

Awareness is the diving board from which we can jump from--in the act of diving deeper or taking action. The first step.

I also hope to grow in understanding other people and different circumstances during this process we can hopefully share.

Best,

The Founder

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