You are going to have to get real with yourself. You are going to have to decide that you love yourself too much to stop settling for less than what you really deserve.
The breakdown is often just the tipping point that precedes the breakthrough, the moment a star implodes before it becomes a supernova.
Other people’s lives do not revolve around you, nor do their thoughts. They are busy thinking about themselves in the same way that you are thinking about yourself.
The fact that you are imperfect is not a sign that you have failed; it is a sign that you are human, and more importantly, it is a sign that you still have more potential within you.
You must mourn the loss of your younger self, the person who has gotten you this far but who is no longer equipped to carry you onward.
Rock bottom becomes a turning point because it is only at that point that most people think: I never want to feel this way again.
Human beings are guided by comfort. They stay close to what feels familiar and reject what doesn’t, even if it’s objectively better for them.