go where it hurts

used to (and may one day again) write about #depression at ... more active these days over @laurenjaldrich

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[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

Hey -- I'm more active these days over on @laurenjaldrich. Feel free to catch some random musings there 🧐

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

Sometimes I'm tempted to credit my therapist with my entire #mentalhealth recovery... And the internal voice she helped me grow has to pipe in and say, "no bitch, you did the WORK."

#EndTheStigma #keeptalkingmh #MentalHealthMatters

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

"Are people now confusing the rigorous reporting journalists have been trained to do with bias? Bad news does not equal #fakenews."

[Cara Lisette @CaraLisette]

Hey @SlimmingWorld. Anorexia landed me in hospital yesterday but I was really pleased to see your unsolicited diet culture bullshit on my doormat when I got home. I’d be more than willing to share my story of success alongside Jodie’s, I bet a lot of our behaviours overlap.

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

#EndTheStigma

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

Hey @foodnetwork, kinda sucks you used the #mentalillness #stereotype of #splitpersonality for a theme on #HalloweenBakingChampionship. Why do you need an old trope that just stigmatizes #DID #dissociativeidentitydisorder? #EndTheStigma

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

Is anyone making puns about #schiffinthescif? Someone is, right? Too soon?

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

mildly stoned and daydreaming about a @MyFavMurder @crookedmedia #hysteria crossover episode. @morninggloria @KarenKilgariff @GHardstark pretty please? #wcw

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

...especially, you know, for little kids who already trend toward the #melancholy, and fight through the #guilt of being a #badChristian for being unhappy, only to learn as adults that they fucking have clinical #depression.

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

It turns out that... the lie told to children that loving God or Jesus will (and should!) make you a happy person is pretty fucking damaging. #Christianity

[Lauren Aldrich @laurenjaldrich]

You have to wonder if white Canadian children seeking #asylum in a crisis would be held in these conditions. Or if folks might be more inclined to demand aid, if they were. I use "if" ironically here.

#systemicracism #bordercrisis #lovethyneighbor

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

I've found that Twitter, for now, makes me feel anxiety/FOMO/guilt for not engaging more. I'm glad it does so much to connect folks with mental illness, but for now, I've gotta bow out. I'll continue to write at https://t.co/y378PaRPw9; I'm on FB/lnsta as well. Peace and love. 💜

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

Today's reminder as I crawl up out of a #depression hole (read: my bed) and try to reacclimate to the world. I have to be gentle with myself, and go slow, or I could slide right back down into the abyss...

#KeepTalkingMH #SickNotWeak

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

Hey. I've been gone from here for awhile because of houseguests and Thanksgiving and being exhausted from a lot of happy family time.

After that I was gone from here because of depression.

Remembering that it's okay not to be okay, but damn, this thing is a beast.

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

What are your #gratitude places?

https://t.co/uNbDVhXINT

#SickNotWeak #KeepTalkingMH #mentalhealth #EndTheStigma #thanksgiving

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

Been quiet on here - needed a break & I'm getting ready for houseguests and lots of family time with my amazing in-laws. 😍 But I did write some #vignettes of places that have helped me survive and heal from #depression. I'd love to hear what you think!

https://t.co/uNbDVhXINT

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

In the spirit of #thanksgiving --

https://t.co/uNbDVhXINT

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

@iamkurtmorris Thanks! Always glad to have a MA connection. Cheers!

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

@ItsNicoleCarman Gorgeous!! I love this.

[go where it hurts @gowhereithurts]

@PoeticJustice23 Thanks! Same to you!