“We can convince ourselves that we’re okay and keep ourselves upright by hanging our crumpling anguish on rigidity and perfectionism and silence, like a wet towel hanging on a rod. We can become closed off, never open to vulnerability and it’s gifts and barely existing, because anything at any moment could threaten that fragile, rigid scaffolding that’s holding up our crumpling selves and keeping us standing.”
Honestly Mental Health
Complex trauma, neurodivergence, finding a therapist, and understanding our mental health.