We Are Not Misfit Toys

I’ve been seeing a lot of social media posts by friends and acquaintances who are feeling especially down and worthless lately. Some of them suffer from anxiety and depression, which I understand is caused by brain chemistry – but in my opinion, I think these conditions are often exacerbated by the false expectations our society has of us. And these expectationsaffect most of us, to one degree or another, making us feel like failures at life.

We’re “supposed to” have the perfect home, of cour...