some random emo kid

“I define “depression,” but depression does not define me because you cannot define a person. Not with a single word, not with an entire book. Human beings defy definition. Yet the stigma surrounding mental illness makes some believe we can use it to define others, and it often deceives us into believing we must use it to define ourselves.”
― Kelly Jensen, [Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

“We all have things - and sometimes people - we are unable to look in the eye.”
― Kelly Jensen, [Don't] Call Me Crazy

“Nothing is as powerful as a woman who embraces herself, without apology.”
― MILCK, [Don't] Call Me Crazy

“That “teaching myself social behaviors” thing, for example, was a window into my entire childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. There were things I needed to learn differently from most of the people around me, and the amount of useful, appropriate support I received back then was exactly zero. At the same time, the criticism I received felt infinite, especially when I tried to articulate my struggles. A person who I probably shouldn’t have been friends with once told me I needed to stop “thinking things through” in social situations and just “let my instincts take over.” In retrospect, I wish I’d replied, “What the hell are you talking about, ‘let my instincts take over’?” He might as well have said, “Just try really hard to grow a third arm between your shoulder blades and eventually it’ll happen!” Nothing about those situations felt instinctive; I had to learn how to navigate them in other ways”
― Mike Jung, [Don't] Call Me Crazy