i don't even know

closet-keys:

My brother was diagnosed with depression years before I was, and because of that he started therapy years before I did.

I still remember when I was a young teen and he was playing a Nirvana song and he stopped it at this one line: “I miss the comfort of being sad”

He told me that when you start to get better, there’s a part of you that misses being sad and that if you start feeling that way you have to be extra extra aware and careful because if you indulge the feeling you’ll go down a self-destructive spiral

And even though that was years and years ago, I think about it all the time. Especially when I’m reading discourse on the idea of getting so attached to mental illness as an identity that you don’t want to improve things because you feel safe in it and don’t know who you are without it

I always think of that line “I miss the comfort of being sad” and my brother’s warning

egkardios:

these statements are true at the same time and not actually contradictory: 

1) the pharmaceutical industry is deeply unethical and only interested in profit

2) medicines are an essential thing, they are a need 

(Source: pseudo-euphoria)

dissemblist:

tilthat:

TIL the book ‘Walden’ by Henry David Thoreau is often seen as a ‘bible’ for self-sufficiency enthusiasts. However, while many picture Thoreau as a hermit in the woods, his cabin on the lake was about a mile from town, where he would often go to visit his mother, who did his laundry for him.

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this is every libertarian ever

jeffbezosdivorcelawyer:

jeffbezosdivorcelawyer:

Industries listed in order of most money spent on lobbying (source)

The pharmaceutical industry, which comes on top, is primarily concerned with stopping government run healthcare.

Actual image discovered of pharmaceutical CEOs lobbying:

heavyweightheart:

the line between not going out as an act of self-care and not going out as a symptom of depression is but a gossamer thread

unclefather:

(Source: unclefather)

cornsnoot:

cornsnoot:

the U.S. is a shitshow so let’s just make a new country and elect snakes as our leaders

i made this post a few months ago but it’s really starting to shine more and more ain’t it

powerjock:

ultradracula:

tilthat:

TIL that in the Victorian era, “ornamental hermits” were old men who lived in hobbit-like cottages in the gardens of wealthy people. These hermits were encouraged to dress like druids, and they would make scheduled appearances in front of their employee’s guests

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Dream job

bring it back