A Seat on the Couch

If you need help, go. You are not required to explain it to family and friends. Roll in there, sit on that couch, and spill your guts. Seriously. They have tissue on hand and everything. 

Religion has been molded into anesthetics, and no one is truly healing. Is it because we don’t want to bring shame to our family…to ourselves? We are not superhuman, and even if we were, at some point, we have to take off the mask for fresh air. Healing starts within, and as cliché, as it is, that’s how community healing takes place. True self-work changes how we relate to and see those around us. It doesn’t erase our experiences; it helps us sort through them and persevere despite them. 

Broken tools don’t fix anything. On a plane, there is a reason why they tell you to put on your oxygen mask before you help anyone else in the case of an emergency. Let’s be smart about how we heal.