I don’t have much to add to this one. My healthy adult exists. He’s just… too used to being bullied. He operates quietly outside of view, if he does operate. Depressed Dave was born because he knew Dave had to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Informational
It’s not a clichĂ© that draining an old wound can be more painful than the wound itself has ever been. Especially if that wound has been left for a while to fester. But the whole point of draining such a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you want to give hope to someone, sometimes you don’t give the whole truth. What most people don’t talk much about in depression and similar conditions, is that sometimes, no matter what you do… It just hurts. But it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The easiest solution is always to think we’re right and no one else is. Assuming you don’t think that way though, that you’re more humble than that, when we fight instead of validating our feelings, many a time we get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Don’t be sad. Don’t be angry. Just move on. Forget it happened.” And then one day, everything explodes in the wrong way at the wrong person. And now we have another thing to suppress and sit on. What if that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m late to post, but here it is! Two in a row – let’s see if I can keep it up. Mindfulness is used in a variety of scenarios – even schools are talking about using it for kids to manage[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Beginning Mind
I’msorryI’msorryI’msorry. I didn’t know I’d take such a long break, and I still don’t know whether or not I can resune a better schedule. For now though, this marks the start of a series on mindfulness. I’m not a therapist,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Explain the Pain
Confrontation Aversion
I drew this comic before therapy started to progress to confronting the pain by learning to love myself. It’s the toughest and possibly most painful thing I’ve ever done in my life. It might be easy for others, but not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tears On My Pillow
I wish I could say this is no longer the case. It happens less, but it still happens. When it does, it’s hard to breathe without pain, or breathe without wanting to cry.