I’m impressed how my oldest sister listened to me throughout my life, learned from my suicide attempts, and identified symptoms and behaviors that my parents overlooked. One of her sons is so astoundingly similar to me, and watching how she supports and advocates for him is incredible.
Just the way that she sits him down and explains that not knowing that something is a bad choice doesn’t make us bad people as long as we try to do better, or helps him understand his value and her love for him is all enough to make me cry. I’m glad that I survived to see all of this.
I relate to your struggles and it often is so infuriating to see people on the bigoted end conflate mental health as an inherent characteristic of queer individuals blaming their queerness rather than to be able to see what alienation does to a brain. Wether it comes from sexism, homophobia or racism, it all is ignorant hate.
I also walked the path that leads to us corrupting our thinking and giving in to the pressure and hate to think that maybe it is better to rest eternally than to live and suffer.
Gay pride is proud because it fights the shame that we live in because of hate. And I am proud to still be alive and I am proud of hearing your victory in preserving your mental sovereignty. 🏳️🌈
I’m impressed how my oldest sister listened to me throughout my life, learned from my suicide attempts, and identified symptoms and behaviors that my parents overlooked. One of her sons is so astoundingly similar to me, and watching how she supports and advocates for him is incredible.
Just the way that she sits him down and explains that not knowing that something is a bad choice doesn’t make us bad people as long as we try to do better, or helps him understand his value and her love for him is all enough to make me cry. I’m glad that I survived to see all of this.
I relate to your struggles and it often is so infuriating to see people on the bigoted end conflate mental health as an inherent characteristic of queer individuals blaming their queerness rather than to be able to see what alienation does to a brain. Wether it comes from sexism, homophobia or racism, it all is ignorant hate.
I also walked the path that leads to us corrupting our thinking and giving in to the pressure and hate to think that maybe it is better to rest eternally than to live and suffer.
Gay pride is proud because it fights the shame that we live in because of hate. And I am proud to still be alive and I am proud of hearing your victory in preserving your mental sovereignty. 🏳️🌈