Thanks for the advice, everyone.

Asserting myself is wise advice and something I should take to heart. I sometimes start saying things to myself like “I’m awesome”, “I can do this”, “I’m good enough”. I can’t really tell if it helps or not. It seems like I just sink back to negative self-talk rather quickly at times, probably just because I’m depressed. I suppose I need to truly believe such things and not just say them to try and make myself feel better.

Yeah, I have to push toxic people away and learn to not let them push me. It’s just a matter of not believing the lies they tell me and putting faith in myself.

Self-esteem has always been a weak spot for me and I know exactly why mostly; it’s because of my mental illnesses that I put such little believe in myself. It feels like I’m always being held back by them and I make myself out to be abnormal because of it. I have to learn better coping skills to build my self-esteem and stop making myself out to be one big mental illness.