Mental Health
by sari and · updated 1mo ago
Mental Health
I understand the cautions against leaning into depressive episodes. I also understand how many things that people label “indicators of depression” are also 1) forms of deep rest and 2) general resistance to the idea that every day should be filled with lists of things to do , places to be , productivity to exalt. And as Refinery29 writer Sabdhbh O’
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Keely Adler added 1mo ago
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
- Mary Oliver
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
I was the poster girl for OCD. Then I began to question everything I’d been told about mental illness
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
- Your mind is the most rambling, chaotic, needling, insulting, insufferable person you will ever meet. Thoughts do not hold rightful claims on your life—meditation helps you welcome the good ones and ignore the bad ones - Sam Harris
from #599: New Insights from Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert | The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes by Tim Ferriss
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
from Untamed by Glennon Doyle by glennon doyle
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
- Don’t be like me. When you feel existential angst ask: • “How is my sleep?” • “How is my gut?” • “Do I just need to poop?” You might just need a snack
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
Notice what happens when you satisfy a craving, something small like piece of cake / chocolate. Do you really feel happier?
- Andy Puddicombe
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
I am seized by two contradictory feelings: there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable for a moment; there is so much shit in the world that it is incredible we are ever happy for a moment.
from Zadie Smith - Feel Free.pdf by Zadie Smith
Johann Van Tonder added 3mo ago
I spent so much of my life terrified what I was going to become and whether I was going to be right here, right now. God, how much time did I waste? Afraid I wasn't going to be right here, right now. If I could change the only thing I'd change about my whole life would be fearing less that I wouldn't get right here, the place that I was going anywa
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