This is my beautiful sister, Robina. Tomorrow she would have been 63.
She died by suicide in her twenties, after experiencing domestic abuse. There was no review, no questions asked, no learning.
I founded Karma Nirvana in her memory.
Robina, you are loved, remembered❤️
You're picking the person who will be with you on the worst day of your life. The day you have to bury a parent, the day the doctor calls you to give you bad news, the day you lose the job, the day your dog that you've had for 14 years doesn't come home. That's who you're choosing. And still most people date like they're casting a movie. Do they give me butterflies? Are they exciting? Is their chemistry cool?Butterflies aren't gonna matter when life punches you in the face and when that day comes, you will not care how charming they were on the first date. You'll care whether they stayed, you'll care whether they showed up, you'll care if they made the effort and they made the unbearable feel bearable. The older I get, the less I'm asking myself if I want to spend a saturday night with this person, and the more I find myself asking, do I want this person to stand next to me when my life falls apart
The most ungrateful children are often the ones who had the most devoted parents. And I know that sounds harsh, but think about it when someone has always been there for you, always picked up the phone, no matter what showed up, sacrificed, your brain eventually stops treating that as something special. It basically becomes your baseline. You get used to what becomes consistently available. That is the adaptation effect. You don't wake up everyday thinking, I'm so lucky to have this because you have made that your normal. And that is the thing about unconditional love. You start confusing consistency with entitlement and the things your parents sacrificed for become the things you expect and the things that they did out of love become the bare minimum. That's why sometimes it takes distance growing up or even losing someone to understand the worth of what you had.
A lot of people are almost 30, some heading towards 35, and genuinely have nothing to their name. No property, no kids, no successful business, no useful connections, nobody to call when things go wrong. They work but after food and basic survival, there’s barely anything left to save. And when you don’t have rich parents or anyone to fall back on, building a life from nothing is a completely different kind of struggle.
One day, your home will be empty, and someone will have to decide what to do with your things. They'll open your drawers. They'll find the watch you treasured so much, the car you spent three years paying off, and the clothes you saved for special occasions because you didn't want to wear them out. And they'll make three piles: what to sell, what to give away, and what to throw away. None of it goes with you. Not a single thing. The only thing that goes with you is that afternoon you stayed talking for hours and didn't even realize where the time went. The look on your mom's face when you showed up to visit her without telling her you were coming. Don't collect things... Collect moments with the people you love
IF YOU HAVE ADHD, PLEASE LEARN ABOUT REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA. It can silently destroy your relationships, your career, and your self-concept — and most people with ADHD have never heard the term.
@DrJessTaylor Im so glad you've written this book and ill be buying it. I had a stalker too, who created all these fake social media accounts of me. It was a relentless hate filled campaign. While I reported it online, it didnt stop it from repeatedly happening. Online spaces are so unsafe