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The 3 Words From My Mom I Hated (That Also Saved My Life)

Stop feeling guilty for feeling okay.

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Alexa Schirm
Oct 05, 2026
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I was in a really dark place. Again.

You know the place where the hopelessness gets so heavy that your mind starts wandering somewhere it shouldn’t.

And my mom looked at me and said the thing I hated most:

“Don’t go there.”

Not, “you poor thing.”

Not “that’s so unfair.”

Just don’t go there. Don’t let yourself spiral.

I literally wanted to scream, because I…

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