Mostly Harmless

Last year I was sharing an early draft of some work I was planning to publish on my then-nonexistent substack and it included the phrase “it’s all made up,” and the person I shared it with commented that was where I lost them.

If y’all don’t understand that we humans made all this shit up, and if it ain’t working for ALL OF US then we can make up something else that does, I can’t help you.

If y’all persist in believing that most of us have to suffer in squalor so a few of us can live in splendor, I can’t help you.

If y’all insist that some supernatural entity made you and your ppl lord of all and better than other ppl by dint of your random-ass birth, I sure af can’t help you.

Why do I walk the Overnight? I walk for myself and my own mental health struggles. I walk for those I’ve lost. I walk for those who struggle.

In 2005 three friends/coworkers were at a stoplight on a seemingly normal Thursday lunch break. A young woman with mental health struggles drove her car an estimated 80mph into the back of Michael’s stopped car. Michael, John, and Doug didn’t make it. She did. And she spent four years in prison. I don’t hate her. I feel sorry for her, because she has to live with her own actions.

I often think what if she had access to resources? What if she had access to therapy or medication? What if resources were free or at least affordable?

This is why I lobbied for the 988 number. This is why I raise funds for the AFSP to help them provide mental health resources. This is why I’m walking the Overnight. You can think you’re doing great, but you don’t know what others are going through. You can’t control their actions, which can impact you. So I believe we all need to support mental health resources for everyone.

Some of us were raised to believe “it takes a village”, and I still believe in that. So I’m raising funds and walking the Overnight for YOU, whether you think you need it or not.

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I would really appreciate it if you follow along. 🫣

Psychology says adults who have no close friends aren’t necessarily antisocial or unlikable. Many of them learned in childhood that being vulnerable leads to pain, and they grew up assuming that keeping people at a distance is safer - Silicon Canals https://share.google/JoVU98o8Empd8fvTP