When did you realise that only you can save yourself

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Sunflowers · Answer 1 · 2025-05-26T16:16:49+00:00

In my teens!! but i did learn to value my time and engage myself in self-care through past experiences.

Sunflowers · Answer 2 · 2025-05-26T16:22:38+00:00

A deep understanding within yourself gives you clarity and purpose in life, boosting self-confidence and focus towards your goal.😇

Record Man · Answer 3 · 2025-05-26T16:33:07+00:00

It all starts with the choices I make, which I learned young. Still I am my own worst enemy. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Selim · Answer 4 · 2025-05-26T20:29:36+00:00

Selim

1 day ago

When nobody else did

Wandering · Answer 5 · 2025-05-26T20:58:41+00:00

Arm yourself, because no one else here will save you! (Chris cornell from his Casino Royale song)

Sydney · Answer 6 · 2025-05-26T21:26:31+00:00

Far too late

Haruhi · Answer 7 · 2025-05-26T23:10:45+00:00

When I spent too long trying to fix problems that I didn't create but felt the need to fix regardless

LilHeartBreaker · Answer 8 · 2025-05-27T05:36:15+00:00

I realised this when I tripped over my shoelaces and my superhero couldn't come in and save me from my clumsiness 😂

LilHeartBreaker · Answer 9 · 2025-05-27T05:39:19+00:00

Relying on others is sometimes great, but most of the time you have to take control of your life, otherwise you won't move forward.

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 10 · 2025-05-27T06:17:22+00:00

Isn't that the mindset we should always have?

Masculine god · Answer 11 · 2025-05-27T07:37:10+00:00

@lorraine this mindset is not hereditary, it's learned from hardship and real life experience.

Masculine god · Answer 12 · 2025-05-27T07:38:03+00:00

When all hopes from outside extinguishes, then you start trusting yourself to the fullest

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 13 · 2025-05-27T10:09:10+00:00

I assumed that this realization comes to everyone eventually.

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 14 · 2025-05-27T10:09:27+00:00

life has its own harsh but effective ways of teaching us that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 15 · 2025-05-27T10:10:40+00:00

While this may not directly answer your question and is a different conversation altogether, what I’m really trying to say is

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 16 · 2025-05-27T10:11:05+00:00

when you're in a difficult situation, it's important to adopt the mindset that you must be your own rescue.

Lorraine De Noir · Answer 17 · 2025-05-27T10:11:20+00:00

That perspective can lead to greater responsibility and self-reliance in overcoming challenges.

Masculine god · Answer 18 · 2025-05-27T23:46:23+00:00

@anya have strong boundaries so that, only a good man can pass through it

404 · Answer 19 · 2025-05-28T09:22:44+00:00

I didn’t have a heroic moment of realization I just got tired. Tired of breaking every day and pretending I’m okay.

404 · Answer 20 · 2025-05-28T09:23:38+00:00

I’m not someone who rose from pain to become great… I’m just surviving because there are still 1-2 people in my life

404 · Answer 21 · 2025-05-28T09:24:24+00:00

I can’t bear to hurt with my silence or my end. So I keep going… not to save myself, but to not destroy what little they have left in me....

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