Don't You Forget About Me

by Mhairi McFarlane

how are you meant to be totally go with the flow, ultra modern, no pressure and find this basic stuff out at the same time?”

To be honest, a lot of counseling appears to be accepting you’re up to your tits in shit and finding you’re zen about it. Saying: at least my tits are warm.

“There are always those worse off than you. Your problems are not invalid as a result, or needing to be measured against an internationally recognized pain scale before we decide if your condition is severe enough to treat.”)

Here’s what life has taught me so far: don’t worry about that thing you’re worrying about. Chances are, it’ll be obliterated by something you didn’t anticipate that’s a million times worse.