One thing I have learned over the years when it comes to my mental illness, and living with my PTSD and GAD, is that healing comes in waves.
Just as my depressive episodes tend to come and go, depending on any number of factors, healing is the eventual next step in the process.
But for me, and for many others out there, healing has to be a choice.
I’ve been told my whole life that there are two things you should never talk about openly: religion and politics.
And while I have a very liberal-minded attitude and I live more of a spiritual life rather than be devoted to a specific belief system, there is one thing that annoys the hell outta me as someone who lives with a mental health issue. There is one thing that makes me cringe a little on the inside, and that is when I’m told this:
“Thoughts and prayers are going to make [your PTSD] better.”
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