
Therapy is like exercising/ going to the gym.
Everyone should do it.
Therapy is like exercising/ going to the gym.
Everyone should do it.
Reevaluate your career, education, marriage, partnership, economic, have-children-by, hair, skin, weight, dietary goals.
You don’t have to prove that you are better than / as good as / stronger than someone or that you are sick / suffering
You are not lazy, attention-seeking, over-sensitive, *insert gas lighting tool here*. You are sad, depressed, anxious, think about self harm. Acknowledge it. Listen to your body.
Most of us have been conditioned to suppress our “manageable” symptoms. Please take all of your ailments seriously.
Don’t do the polite laugh. No, you are not over reacting. Your trauma is not comic material for others. Don’t participate in the belittling of your reality and your suffering.
Don’t try to fit your feelings into shiny (neurotypical) words. Our languages are inept. And our feels are complicated. Just try to feel what you feel; sometimes even to celebrate it.
You are not
Crazy
Drama queen
Messed up
Loser
Weak
Over Sensitive
Cranky
Pagal
Nut Case
Possessed
Attention Seeker
Some of my relatives only value a person as much as their Degrees, the company they work for, their pay per annum, their spouse’s economic status, which …