the number one mental health treatment that actually works is a support network of people that love you. And you literally cant prescribe that to someone or go to the store and buy it. And i mean ppl that love you not like random ass friends and acquaintances. Family, romantic partners, friends youre on a really close level with etc do things for your mental health that nice but sterile interactions with coworkers and randos simply cant.
BRITNEYSPEARS “When I was a little girl lying on the warm rocks in my neighbours’ garden, I had big dreams. I felt calm and in control. I knew I could make my dreams come true. For so long, I didn’t always have the power to make the world look the way I wanted it, but in many ways I do now. I can’t change the past, but I don’t have to feel lonely or scared anymore. I’ve been through so much since I wandered the Louisiana woods as a child. I’ve made music, travelled all over the world, become a mother, found love and lost it and found it again. It’s been a while since I felt truly present in my own life, in my own power, in my womanhood. But I’m here now.” (The final paragraph from Britney’s memoir, The Woman In Me)
surrounding myself with a bubble of diversity and self love and body positivity online and then being exposed to normies who actually care about conventional beauty standards feels so fucking bizarre. like you people just live like this??? are you not tired???
you can’t waste your life btw it’s just not something that’s possible to do. your mere existence is already a precious and valuable use of your time. the time you spent becoming who you are now was inherently worthwhile
