on Mental Health – Page 2

a POV looking downward at two feet on a sidewalk. the pavement is painted on the right with yellow arrows pointing downward, and scratched into the pavement above the feet is the phrase 'i tried'

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great, this again.

Do you ever believe something about yourself so hard that even proof doesn't change your mind?

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I write what hurts my feelings

The pain leads me to what is true.

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I’m problematic

What’s almost over? What’s just begun? What are we praying for? Where are we going? Let’s follow someone else’s instructions and fly this planet right into the ...

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chasing joy

I’ve got a ways to go, but this seems like a good start.

a warmly saturated photo of an infant on the left being gently touched on the head by a toddler (me) on the right.

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shake the dust

I think one of the only things I can teach my kids is how to shake the dust from their feet when leaving is what’s best.

comic drawing by Effin Birds. there is a bird walking toward the left side of the image. the words 'FUCK THIS SHIT, I'M OUT OF HERE @effinbirds' are drawn on the bottom in a fancy font

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angry

I don’t know how to be angry and kind at the same time, so I pick one or the other, and usually ‘kind’ wins because I was socialized female and I don’t feel com...