FAUXSHOLO.

being on medication

seeing a therapist

seeing multiple therapists (join the club!)

asking friends for help

asking parents for help

asking for help

being in partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient therapy

having a history of suicide attempts

being hospitalized (inpatient or residential) in the past

coping maladaptively sometimes (or a lot)

having scars

having a mental illness.

you are okay! you are not any less worthy of a happy fulfilling life if any of the above apply to you!

there is so much stigma around having mental illness, and sometimes i need a little reminder that my mental illnesses don’t make me a bad person, don’t make me a burden, and don’t mean i cannot heal. if you needed that reminder as well today, here it is!