HOW TO STOP KICKING THE SHIT OUT OF YOURSELF, RECOGNIZE DEPRESSION AS REAL AND LEGIT, AND CULTIVATE A CAPACITY FOR ACTIVE JOY THAT GETS YOU THROUGH THE FUCKING DAY
Damn Skipp, just about blew my mind with this piece. Thank you so much. From one ever-depressed sensitive human to another. I feel so damn seen. And conveyed with so much love and humor and fire. Just my kind of writing!
I know why you suffer depression. You ate an empathy in a bowl of narcissistic broth served with selfishness ( u could also order a side of your mashed hopes and dreams with defeatloaf,) and a touch of it's all aboutme me" and a sprinkle of backstabbing and slander. You r a brilliant artist because you care and feel so deeply. Fck your 🫥 depression. I pray it gets sent packing and you are able to glean some wisdom from it then let it go forever. You, of all ppl, deserve joy and love and fulfilled b.c just the thought of our hilarious laughing fits has gotten me through tough times. Luv u. Hope to see u soon Nee
SO MUCH True Real AF Goodness here, all mixed up with the so-called BADnesses... like life? Thanks for this, especially, today:
"You wanna write that thing? GO WRITE THAT THING. But do it not in hopes of future reward, but for the singular pleasure of the doing itself. Maybe people will like it. Maybe they won’t. That’s not your fucking problem."
Thank you for this! I tend to be one of those macabre/always seeing the worse case scenario types. Gonna start looking for smiles and wags.
YAAAAAAY!!! Turns out there are a LOT of us! Let's cheer the fuck up TOGETHER!
Damn Skipp, just about blew my mind with this piece. Thank you so much. From one ever-depressed sensitive human to another. I feel so damn seen. And conveyed with so much love and humor and fire. Just my kind of writing!
YAAAAAAY!!! You are my kind of writer, too! LOVE YOU!!!
Thank you both!
Thank YOU!
Just what I needed, when I needed it. Cried as I read it.
Good Shit!😎
WOOOOOOOO!!!
I know why you suffer depression. You ate an empathy in a bowl of narcissistic broth served with selfishness ( u could also order a side of your mashed hopes and dreams with defeatloaf,) and a touch of it's all aboutme me" and a sprinkle of backstabbing and slander. You r a brilliant artist because you care and feel so deeply. Fck your 🫥 depression. I pray it gets sent packing and you are able to glean some wisdom from it then let it go forever. You, of all ppl, deserve joy and love and fulfilled b.c just the thought of our hilarious laughing fits has gotten me through tough times. Luv u. Hope to see u soon Nee
Correction. " you are an empath in" : stupid thumbs make me text typos
This world is the "asshole soup" in that metaphor. It sounded clearer in my head lol
SO MUCH True Real AF Goodness here, all mixed up with the so-called BADnesses... like life? Thanks for this, especially, today:
"You wanna write that thing? GO WRITE THAT THING. But do it not in hopes of future reward, but for the singular pleasure of the doing itself. Maybe people will like it. Maybe they won’t. That’s not your fucking problem."
Dear Christine -- YAAAAY!!! Thank YOU!!!