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Jane Xu, PhD, MPH, MS's avatar

In honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month:

“Your Signature Strengths (that you are born with) do not change just because you are suffering mental health issues…. Your strengths are there, maybe buried down deep, inside you.

Find them out, and feel strong again!”

https://drjaneforhappiness.substack.com/p/you-have-an-internal-signature?r=31zx1q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Sandra Ann Miller's avatar

I think the saying goes, "Courage is knowing the dangers and doing it anyway." So, while you're in the midst of the completely rational anxiety you're experiencing, remember the courage that goes along with it, too, Jackie. ❤️ xo

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Jackie (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you my friend ❤️

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Jane Harrison's avatar

So important to raise this awareness of the links between disability and depression, in fact I just wrote that around half of people with MS will experience depression. I have been one of them! And as you say it really isn’t surprising given everything we have to deal with. 💕

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Jackie (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you Jane! Glad we can all come together here and share our stories and struggles. It really is so therapeutic.

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