You Aren’t The Only One Struggling
Along with the highs, I also let others see a glimpse of my lows.
Topic: stigma
Along with the highs, I also let others see a glimpse of my lows.
I was so terrified that I would see someone I knew and they would figure out that I was there for counseling.
What if as a society we replaced all the gut-wrenching and isolating words like stigma and its synonyms with their antonyms?
I don’t need you to be strong. I just need you to be here.
“Some people had childhoods much worse than yours. Yours wasn’t really traumatic.”
To have someone just let you exist and hold out a hand when you’re a little too close to the edge.
The scars don't make me feel ashamed. I'm alive, I'm radically joyful.
I don’t believe that having a diagnosis of my own makes me a less effective clinician.
The intersection of mental health and homelessness.
We deserve to seek help without stigma from those tasked with caring for us.
The things that helped me survive.
These words were spoken in love and broadcast in an attempt to project shame.
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