I love it when you said, " We aren’t afraid of what is. We are afraid of what could be and what we don’t understand."
That is so true.
Also, the experiences you described with the doctor and therapists are just awful! What a terrible thing to be treated that way when you are just honestly wanting some help!
Teri Leigh, I'm another introvert stuck in a house with two extroverts.
They struggled during lockdown. I thrived. Fortunately, I had found my own effective coping mechanisms while I made peace with the long nights, so SAD was no longer my winter burden.
This is a great article. I already have a brief Cliff notes type of article started for Friday. May I put a link in mine sending folks to this one?
I love how you took this prompt, Teri Leigh, and expounded your essay. The strikeout was brilliant in the first paragraph. Also, my heart hurt reading about your experience with those in the psychiatry and psychology industry. No one should be treated that way. It astounds me that so many still are stigmatized and not taken seriously about what works and doesn't work for them.
Don't get me started with Paxil and others. My big Self longs, at this time of year, to play with my imagination and create a world where we know what is best for our Souls. I'm optimistic about this extravagent time for me. As I join the collective Family I've been grieving all my life, I feel the Magic of my Medicine (in all forms.) Thank you for your writings.
I could go on a very long rant on anti-depressants and the medical industrial complex myself, but I won't, at least not right now lol. Thank you for sharing Glee.
It's fascinating how the medical fraternity, therapists included, all want to medicate away the darkness. We're both, and sometimes we need to sit in the sad, dwell in the grief, and unpack the dread. My deepest winter lasted 10 years. A time of immense grief. The darkness comes and goes, Vitamin D definitely helps in winter. Like you, I've learned to be curious and trust myself.
That's beautiful and sounds like a truly Balanced Life. I totally agree, I don't think it's right to always be medicating away the darkness. Maybe if we were all allowed to truly feel and express, the world might look like a different place.
An extravagant darkness sounds deliciously delightful. Like the darkest of dark chocolate.
I love it when you said, " We aren’t afraid of what is. We are afraid of what could be and what we don’t understand."
That is so true.
Also, the experiences you described with the doctor and therapists are just awful! What a terrible thing to be treated that way when you are just honestly wanting some help!
Teri Leigh, I'm another introvert stuck in a house with two extroverts.
They struggled during lockdown. I thrived. Fortunately, I had found my own effective coping mechanisms while I made peace with the long nights, so SAD was no longer my winter burden.
This is a great article. I already have a brief Cliff notes type of article started for Friday. May I put a link in mine sending folks to this one?
I’d be honored! Thank you!!!
I love how you took this prompt, Teri Leigh, and expounded your essay. The strikeout was brilliant in the first paragraph. Also, my heart hurt reading about your experience with those in the psychiatry and psychology industry. No one should be treated that way. It astounds me that so many still are stigmatized and not taken seriously about what works and doesn't work for them.
I’m with Jeannie - what an extravagant essay and journey, Teri. Like Adrienne said, this stopped me in my tracks - “We aren’t afraid of what is.
We are afraid of what could be and what we don’t understand.”
Thank you too for the vulnerability thread running through this whole essay 🙏❤️
Don't get me started with Paxil and others. My big Self longs, at this time of year, to play with my imagination and create a world where we know what is best for our Souls. I'm optimistic about this extravagent time for me. As I join the collective Family I've been grieving all my life, I feel the Magic of my Medicine (in all forms.) Thank you for your writings.
I could go on a very long rant on anti-depressants and the medical industrial complex myself, but I won't, at least not right now lol. Thank you for sharing Glee.
It's fascinating how the medical fraternity, therapists included, all want to medicate away the darkness. We're both, and sometimes we need to sit in the sad, dwell in the grief, and unpack the dread. My deepest winter lasted 10 years. A time of immense grief. The darkness comes and goes, Vitamin D definitely helps in winter. Like you, I've learned to be curious and trust myself.
That's beautiful and sounds like a truly Balanced Life. I totally agree, I don't think it's right to always be medicating away the darkness. Maybe if we were all allowed to truly feel and express, the world might look like a different place.