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The assumption is that if you have a happy and comfortable life, you have no cause for, or no right to, the despair you’re feeling.
The overwhelming narrative is that succumbing to pain or sadness indicates weakness and that they’re the sort of feelings you ought to keep to yourself. Such misconceptions are dangerous, with lasting consequences.
I try to contemplate nothingness, try to envision what it would be like to be free of my mind.
Your pain, like your fingerprints, is unique to you.
‘You’re exhausted because you’re always pretending to be something you’re not. You’re constantly trying to reach this non-existent, ideal state of emotional well-being. It’s not real. You’re being set up to fail.’
