Elena Blanco > Recent Status Updates

“But right is not real and should is a cage. What’s wild is what is.”

“The world humility derives from the Latin word humilitas, which means “of the earth.” To be humble is to be grounded in knowing who you are.”

“I’ve noticed that it seems easier for the world to love a suffering woman than it is for the world to love a joyful, confident woman.”

“I used to stay broken hearted like it was my job and destiny. Like pain was what I owed to the world and staying sad was how I stayed safe… self denial was how I earned my worthiness, my goodness, my right to exist. Suffering was my comfort zone.”

“Don’t forget: We need their science because they need our poetry.”

Actually maybe it’s not me maybe it’s you, world. Maybe my inability to adapt to the world is not because I’m crazy it’s because I’m paying attention. Maybe it’s not insane to reject the world as it is, maybe the real insanity is surrendering to the world as it is. Maybe pretending that things around here are just fine is no badge of honor I want to wear. Maybe it’s exactly right to be a little crazy.

I’ve begun to notice that I don’t even enjoy folks who aren’t even at least a tad mentally ill. I don’t wish folks without anxiety or depression any harm I just don’t find myself particularly curious about them. I’ve come to believe that we crazies are the best people. This is why so many of us are resistant to taking our medication. Because deep underneath we believe that we are actually the sane ones.

“Big thinking is the kryptonite of high and low folks like me.”

Tip 1: Take your damn meds.
Tip 2: Keep taking your damn meds. Stay dry and alive.
Tip 3: Take notes. Be observant and track your emotional responses and experiences.
Tip 4: Know your buttons. Understand what triggers emotional highs and lows.
Tip 5: Remember that we are the best people. Embrace your self-worth and recognize the value of your sensitive nature.

“Mental illness makes me miss my own life. Depression for me is a forgetting and erasing— a slow fade into nothingness.”

“I think it’s ridiculous to think of God as anything that could possibly be gendered.”

“Defensiveness is for people who are afraid that what they have can be taken from them.”

“Your job throughout your entire life is to disappoint as many people as necessary to avoid disappointing yourself.”

“Mercy and empathy are great threats to an unjust society.”

“Girls born into a patriarchal society become either shrewd or sick”

“the ache”