Avoiding anxiety is not the same as building mental health #intrusivethoughts #recovery #ocd

You can spend all of your time and energy on a diagnosis--defining yourself by it, researching ways to fix unwanted feelings and thoughts, investing so much in getting rid of mental experiences you dislike. But just like pulling weeds out of the garden doesn't mean you'll grow any tomatoes, so too does focusing on trying to subtract mental illness, not actually mean you're building mental health.