Modern death in rich societies is sometimes a kind of disease in that medicine instead of prolonging life prolongs death

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She explains in plain language the feelings of dying patients: “dying is different for everyone. There´s no textbook”; “pain seems to dissipate in the very last few hours, and, for most people, those hours are peaceful”; “in the last two weeks of her life, my mother was ready and eager to die”; “I´ve also tried to convey some sense of the beauty and joy that often surround dying -the sense of meaning it can give to the dying person and people around her.”

https://commissiononthevalueofdeath.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/we-all-need-an-internal-debate-about-death-and-dying-and-our-own-deaths

We’ve heard so many therapists and supporters saying we should see the positive and beautiful sides of our bodies and ourselves

Keywords: body image , anorexia , body acceptance , eating disorder , psychology , self compassion

But that was just impossible for us, when our life and our minds were fully captured by the power of anorexia. We couldn’t see it, let alone think about it. However, small steps towards this idea were more feasible. We both thought a lot about it and discussed how we felt about our body and self image with each other.

https://juliamaesblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/how-to-be-more-compassionate-to-yourself

WHY HAVING A GOOD SUPPORT NETWORK AIDS RECOVERY

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Dealing with a mental health problem is tougher than can be put into words; it’s even harder when you’re on your own. I firmly believe that having a good support network contributes hugely to recovery from mental illness, and it is heart breaking to know that some people suffer alone during such a dark and terrifying time.

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Mental illness has a way of twisting your perception of the world around you. You can be surrounded by a room full of people offering their help and still feel insignificant, disliked and lonely in a harsh, cruel world. The illnesses thrive off filling your entire existence with self-loathing and terror, telling you that you are different, nobody understands, nobody cares and therefore to turn to negative coping strategies. These thoughts are false, but that’s hard to understand when your entire outlook is being turned upside down, distorted and destroyed. This being said…

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