“We treat people with mental illnesses like lepers, stepping over them in the street when their disorders lead to homelessness, poverty, drug addiction; we shun them when they turn out to be people we know. A few psychiatric disorders have lost a little of that stigma - for example, people talk more openly now about depression and bipolar disorder. But with few exceptions we still don’t want to hear about the most severe cases of depression, or about the inner lives of people with schizophrenia or personality disorders. Once the label is slapped on, you enter a world made nightmarish not just by whatever disorder you’ve got but by the stress of being marginalized in a society that fears and loathes any hint of mental differences.”
I love coming back to this blog and rereading my most honest writing. Sometimes I miss the anxious, insecure mindset I was in. Why? Because it was brutally honest. It was imperfect. It was hurt and vulnerable. I wasn’t afraid to be sensitive and controversial.
You ever look at celebrities who have complicated self-esteem issues but yet have the most immense amounts of talent? No, they certainly don’t go hand in hand, and you don’t need to be hurt to produce your most creative work.
But damn, being honest about it all, and remembering that despite all your shit, you are talented…that is powerful. That is impactful. That is what makes an audience connect to you.
So fuck being ashamed of showing your problems. You don’t wait until you’re perfect or until you’ll completely confident in yourself to start doing what you want.
You just do it all with honesty. The best artists take people along their journeys. They make it okay to feel all these things.
I’ve gotten tired of being around atmospheres that blame you for being hurt in the first place and expect you to bottle it all up, as if that makes you seem confident. I get to move on, do what I want, and not let myself be influenced by other peoples’ insecurities.
If you suffer from depression, there’s always hope!
It’s taken me years of undoing social conditioning to know that mental illnesses don’t make you weak. And that low self-esteem isn’t a free pass for everyone to bully you.
I could keep resenting myself and others for those years, or just revel in the fact that I have a depth of understanding that many others won’t even try to have.
Educate each other. Communicate. Learn. Grow.
Can’t seem to shake this blog. Maybe I’ll make an official, public one. Cool.
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“Apparently, people get offended when you treat them the way they treated you.”
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
Toxic people are incredibly negative. They can be judgmental and sarcastic, which drains the people around them. Besides being negative, they are also genuinely mean; they treat others poorly, they speak negatively about others, and they lack basic compassion. In essence, they lack general empathy to treat others as their equals.
