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20 Lies Your Character Believes
(These can shape their behavior, choices, and arcs... until they’re forced to confront them.)
✧ I’m hard to love.
✧ If I don’t succeed, I’m worthless.
✧ People only stick around if I earn them.
✧ If I show weakness, I’ll be left behind.
✧ Everyone eventually leaves.
✧ I’m just like my father/mother—and that’s a bad thing.
✧ I’m too broken to fix.
✧ Happiness isn’t meant for people like me.
✧ The worst thing I ever did defines me forever.
✧ If I’m not useful, I’m disposable.
✧ My anger is dangerous. I have to bury it.
✧ If people really knew me, they’d leave.
✧ I don’t deserve forgiveness.
✧ Love is weakness.
✧ Control is safety.
✧ I can fix everyone else but not myself.
✧ I owe it to them to suffer.
✧ If I rest, I’ll fall apart.
✧ Hope is a trap.
✧ This is the best version of me they’ll ever get.
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Be clingy with me. Always talk to me. Annoy me. Send me selfies. Tell me about your day. Come to me when you overthink. I really love those things.
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you take up space and that’s okay - more than okay. the are worthy of the space you take up. i’m happy you’re here.
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the way other people see you doesn’t change your value
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you deserve to heal from the small things, not just the big things. you deserve to have every little bit of hurt dissipate.
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if it increases your quality of life, it’s not a waste of time/money/energy
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you can envy where other people are in life and still understand it’s okay to be where you are at personally. remember comparisons are unfair. we’re all living different lives with different challenges.
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breathe. this will pass. breathe. you are okay. breathe.
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i’m proud of you for facing the days you really don’t want to face
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we're all dealing with something heavy. be gentle.
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Stop chasing closure and give it to yourself. Some chapters don't need a perfect ending, they need a whole damn rewrite.
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yeah ur cute but can u handle my overthinking?
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I hope you heal from that thing you didn’t think was a big deal but slowly impacted your life significantly.
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