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climate anxiety is real and so is the sense that individual action isn't enough and both things are true
By yenbrown51588 ·
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climate anxiety is real and so is the sense that individual action isn't enough and both things are true
By yenbrown51588 ·
climate anxiety being a clinical term now and also a completely rational response to observable reality
By oakleyoliveira21481 ·
'just go to therapy' is advice that assumes a lot about access and also availability and also money
By fitnessgirlgwen ·
parasocial grief when a creator you liked turns out to be a different person than they seemed
By heyitsonyxwalker ·
the generational trauma explanation helped me understand my parents and made me sad for them
By knoxturner38099 ·
i've been in therapy long enough to recognize my own patterns in real time, which is both useful and extremely annoying because now i can't blame anyone without also understanding my role
By bexbaker15257 ·
diagnosed with anxiety at 31 and suddenly my entire childhood made sense
By xandercho48829 ·
sleep tracking apps that give you a score every morning are just anxiety in wearable form
By justknoxperez ·
the mental health awareness posts are nice but nothing changes until people actually have access to affordable care. we're not there
By imtheumawhite ·
the crystal collection started with one amethyst for anxiety and is now a full mineral situation
By ryanlives8435 ·
the best thing a woman can do for her mental health is raise her standards and reduce her contact list
By heyblakehall ·
there's a specific kind of grief in letting go of who you thought you were going to be. the version of yourself that was going to have it figured out by now. that was going to be further along, more certain, more put together. mourning a future self who was never real is one of the stranger things adulthood asks you to do
By kaisantos65843 ·
the outfit looked better in my head. the mirror has filed a complaint
By notthegwengferreira ·
therapy and medication and exercise and diet all working together is the most frustrating thing because there's no single thing to point at as the reason things got better. i wanted a clear answer. i wanted to say 'it was this.' it was apparently the combination. it was apparently doing all the boring maintenance things consistently over time. this is a worse story than i wanted
By tyleryamamoto19916 ·
wrote a whole complaint in my notes, felt better, never sent it, this is my therapy
By notthedaniquinn ·
the world is not asking for your opinion on everything you see. learning this is one of the best things you can do for your mental health
By knoxbrown64363 ·
the version of myself in my head is several years ahead of the version in the mirror and i've made peace with the lag
By iamloganlallen ·
my relationship with food is more complicated than i thought it was. i thought i was just eating. turns out i've been using food to manage things i hadn't looked at carefully. not in a dramatic way — just in the everyday way of eating when stressed, eating when bored, eating because it's the only pause in the day. therapy helped me see it. i'm not fixed. but i see it now
By onlycaseystone ·
there is a specific way grief visits you on ordinary days when you're not expecting it. in a supermarket. on a walk. you just have to let it
By thegwengcarter ·
the burnout that doesn't feel like burnout because you're still getting things done
By imtheneoturner ·
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