me: i really don’t think i struggle with depression
also me: wakes up one day and for the first time in months is suddenly able to focus, make appointments I’ve been putting off for a year, CALL PEOPLE BACK WHO HAVE LEFT VOICEMAILS, and start jotting down a meal plan 😊😊😊
@daniz0rz@DrPragyaAgarwal Same!! To the point my mom had to convince me to go to the ER. It turns out I had an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured my fallopian tube and needed emergency surgery.
“The 27 Worst Things About Going To Stock Photo University” - something I made years ago and I just found it archived, and I’m pasting it here in a thread
There is nothing glamorous about doing life alone, hyper independence is a trauma response, you are not a burden, you derseve to be loved by people and be taken care of, held and loved in abundance. You deserve to be told "I love you , we care". Community is what we all need.
If you’re a Black man, there’s nothing “routine” about a traffic stop. As the General Counsel of a major company, I was stopped because my car’s tinted windows were too dark. The officer wanted to know how I could afford such a car: Was I a drug dealer?
If you are a college student who likes to nod intently at your professors while they're talking in class, just know that all of them adore you and think you are the absolute greatest
🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌
The Irish Findings are as follows:
• 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡
• 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)
Accommodating depression: A student struggling with major depression fell off the face of the earth for a few weeks. They resurfaced and asked if they could make up the work they missed. I said of course. They were confused. "Will I get points marked off?" 1/5
Just three more weeks until our Día de los Muertos celebration 💀🌺🪦 Join Prof. Gomez of @ArteLibreVA, emcee Elias Aguirre, & FYS students at the Taylor Pavilion on Wed., Nov. 2, 6:30pm, for music, dancing, altars, & more. (Rain site: Ferrari Room) @SU_ArtsSciences@ShenandoahU
Being "at capacity" means having a full plate with time to decompress and destress after the fact. It does not mean having a plate so full that you cannot rest.
This is an obvious and unfortunate lesson that I have learned by experience this month.