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Oh, my God, I might get emotional.
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Okay.
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The biggest thing I wanna tell you is that it's okay to struggle.
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For anyone who is out there struggling, know that you're not alone.
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There's other people going through what you're going through, too.
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Being good to yourself⏤I think sometimes people don't give themselves permission to honor themselves and be good to themselves.
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What you feel is real and it matters.
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Right now, you might be feeling like there is no way out, and you might be feeling like your only way out is to end it all.
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But by doing that, you're robbing yourself from the opportunity to find happiness and to realize how beautiful this life really is.
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Give yourself a break.
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Um, take some time off, even if it's just, uh, just for, you know, a day on the weekend or something.
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Be patient with yourself⏤we all go through hard times.
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And don't let anyone tell you or discourage you from what you're going through.
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You know, when I went through what I was going through, I had such a difficult time with my parents.
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Because they didn't know how to communicate with me about it and I didn't know how to communicate with them about it.
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The world is so big now.
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The Internet is there; there... there are resources.
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You just have to know what the right questions are to ask and... and how⏤figure out how to find the people that are going through the same things as you.
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Get off the couch; just, like, get off the couch.
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I know it's so easy to sink into it when you're feeling crummy.
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Force yourself on a walk.
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Make sure you're moving your body, whatever that looks like.
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Dance, yoga, hiking, football⏤anything; just move your body.
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Whatever it takes, go get help.
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We live in a place where you can get help.
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If it takes five weeks, three weeks, a month⏤just wait patiently; don't give up.
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Don't give up on your life because you will eventually be the person you were before.
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Trust me on that.
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I just want you to remember that you can create something from the pain that you're feeling.
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You can help people, and in the midst of all of it, just love yourself, be patient with yourself.
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These are things that make you wonderful and unique and develop the personality and develop you into the person that you are meant to become.
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And know that you are loved and you're... and you're special and you're wonderful.
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Every day, I'll write down the things that I'm grateful for.
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And when I'm in those dark places, even if I don't believe it, I will just look at that list and say it out loud, and remind myself it's going to be okay and you have so much to live for.
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Be good to yourself, be⏤forgive yourself, be kind to yourself.
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You deserve it.
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It starts with you, and I promise, I promise it'll get better.
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Find people who care, and if there is no one who does care, stick up for yourself and advocate for yourself 'cause you're worth it.
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Things will start to happen, motion will start to happen.
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And it's never, ever, ever going to be cut-and-dry, easy, black-and-white⏤I'm... I'm anxious, I feel better⏤like, it's... it's never going to be that, but...
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At the end of the day, it feels so much better to move forward than to stay stuck.
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(What's the best advice you've ever received?)