This is the most important and the hardest step.
You have to acknowledge that you have
an extreme emotional
dependency. Accept that you have to move
on without the person you are dependent on. Accept that you may need professional help.
The rest of these steps are meaningless unless you succeed in acknowledging what you are facing.
Face the fear head-on without denying it.
Take responsibility for your well-being, and stop living according to what others think
is
right for you.
It's your life, so make your own decisions.
A harsh truth that many won't like to hear: Stop being a people pleaser unless you plan to be
everyone's doormat your whole life. Don't just listen to what others want.
Toughen up and stand up for yourself because no one else in the world will.
I know it's hard, but you have to start somewhere. You can't run away from your problems forever
and expect them to solve themselves.
Always have time for self-reflection. Reflect on the events that happened to you once a week
and
reflect on how you can improve so that similar events are less likely to happen again in the
future.
Go to mental health seminars, get professional help, listen to podcasts, anything that can help
you
improve your situation.
seek happiness in what you already have. This practice has a much greater power to change your
life
than
all the material things put together.
Gratitude makes you stop taking life itself and those around you for granted and lets you see
all
the
good things you already have in your life. you learn to enjoy the things you have, instead of
complaining about what you don’t have.
Gratitude reminds us that happiness and satisfaction are within our control. All we need to do
is
learn
to enjoy and be satisfied (for now) with the life we have, instead of constantly searching for
fulfilment in situations and material possessions that are not (yet) within our grasp.
To practice this, one of the methods you can try is to keep a gratitude jar where you write what
you are grateful for once a day or once a week.