mentalhealth

The saddest thing about mental illness is often just the sadness

Posted by Finegas
On July 21, 2020
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adhd, anxiety, mentalhealth, mentalillness, socialanxiety

I don’t think I’ve ever been happy a day in my life. By the time I realized that I’d said it out loud, it was too late. That was more than 35 years ago, I was in my early twenties, and I was sitting with a group of friends at a nightclub just south of […]

I’m Telling You, I’m Not Shy, It’s More Complicated

Posted by Finegas
On July 21, 2020
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anxiety, avoidantpersonality, mentalhealth, mentalillness, socialanxiety

Not right in the head, the doctor said, though not in so many words. Banjaxed at birth I always thought, said my mother with a kind resignation. That’s how I imagined the appointment would go, the day my mother would take me to a head doctor to once and for all try to figure out […]

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