The night before a killing frost I go out and pick flowers to bring inside so the garden lasts a few days longer. Here’s part of the bouquet I made the other evening. The plants had a great year. I hope people saw them and felt a little better for a moment.
I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never “recover,” will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as “simple” disorders or “easy-to-manage” disorders.
It isn’t a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn’t a moral failure, and you aren’t an awful person. You are human. There’s only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.
If I may add- We collectively need to realisethe brain is a physical organ. Just as physical illnesses can be permanent, so can mental illnesses. My very first memories include my anxiety disorder and the last years of my life will be spent anxious too. Doctors say the best I can do is try to challenge and “manage” it.
For people like us, relapse and deterioration are always waiting around the corner to snatch us up if we’re not constantly maintaining. Constantly balancing between trying to force ourselves to live a “normal” life and trying not to lose grip on our mental state because of the toll that “normal” life takes on us.
My true normal doesn’t look anything like a neurotypical person’s normal.
I have seen less and less posts about Palestine each day, and I want to remind people that there is still very much a genocide going on and Palestine has continued to be attacked.
outdoor cats should be illegal. I don’t care that it’s gonna make it impossible for some people to have cats, I don’t care that it would make more cats have to be put down because they can’t be kept indoors. No, barn cats aren’t a valid excuse. Barn cats are useless, get a damn ratting dog it won’t give your livestock diseases or shit in their feed like barn cats do. I don’t give a shit that your cat tears the house up if you keep it inside, maybe you should actually care for your cat and not expect all it’s enrichment to come from being tossed outdoors. Stop making up excuses for neglecting cats.
