Mental

Tag: Mental

Did you know that washing dishes can be meditation? Focus on the soapy water, and get lost in the now. Suddenly it’s 1:00 AM.

Remember how excited you were about the pottery wheel that’s now a hat rack? Or the sourdough starter you ate raw on day three?

3:34 AM: Still up. I’ve repeated the song so many times that I’m starting to see some of its lyrical flaws.

I’ve been going in there (dark places in my mind) and destroying it (crying)! I take no prisoners (except myself)!

Many respond just as you have, with eyes glazed over with astonishment and mouths agape, almost asking to be fed more knowledge.

A single smudge on an otherwise clean French door? No worries! An entire handprint? It’s a crime scene.

Don't be fooled by what may look like simple affection. This is a manipulation tactic meant to keep you emotionally reliant on the Narcissist.

I'll have just spent $150 to have a breakdown when I could have done that for free, in my apartment, with ice cream.

Have you tried burping? What about being burped? It’s okay to be small and fragile sometimes. Or all the time.

You might think it’s strange how much time I spend on my own. You might even call it “sad” or “a little concerning.”

For one of the times when I said exhale, I meant inhale. I did not mean to instruct you to do double exhales.

If your therapist asks you whether Jason is your father, calmly explain that he’s your college friend’s old roommate.