If I say ‘no’ it’s an immediate no, there’s no pressure, and at no point do I feel obliged to do something I don’t have to do. I feel like this might be very ‘Yeah, duh! That should be the norm!’ to a lot of people. And it should, but when your sense of self has been obliterated by depression and self-destruction it’s not always easy to demand the things you know are right for you. It’s a learning process, and one I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of.
