Hey. Don't relapse tonight.
I know, your addiction's got it all worked out so that no one would know, it'd be just a blip on the radar screen, wouldn't even "count," blah blah blah.
Yeah. Just don't. You're not gonna like how it works out.
Breathe for me.
Trauma survivors very often fight w/ themselves over wanting to be seen, heard, visible, acknowledged...& wanting to hide, shrink, deflect, blend in, disappear.
It's a tug of war between what we need, what feels safe, what feels familiar...& what we can no longer keep inside.
There are tons of predicted uses for AI-image-generators that don't replace the creative process that illustrators perform daily.
Take this @abstractsunday New Yorker cover.
What would you enter into a search field?
Head, brain, eye, couch, therapist?
You would never get this.
deep inside me
a turmoil slept
once awakened
deprived me of my sleep
not knowing where from
not knowing where to
though i know for sure
in my soul, a rip
unmended it keeps me awake
after a life spent believing to be unlovable
it is empowering to find self-love
after feeling worthless forever
it is beautiful to find worth in oneself
#MentalHealthMonth