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Jason Chesnut-no-t-in-the-middle
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In my mental health experience (in no way am i speaking for everyone), when I take the risk to say how fucking exhausting it is to not believe my brain when it tells me I’m

disgusting
pathetic
unfuckable
untalented
worthless
etc…

I *am nowhere near* fishing for compliments.
For me, it’s been helpful just to have people say things like

“I believe you.”
“You’re not alone.”
“Your brain is lying.”
etc...
But it is the *fucking worst* to hear things like

“But you’re wonderful and beautiful and amazing!”

Because then my brain is perfectly positioned to say

“They’re just saying that, mollifying you, that’s how much of a zero you are."
What happens to me (and, again, it’s just my experience) is that I descend further.

What a goddamned ugly-inside-and-out bastard I am, to need people to pacify me with bullshit affirmations.
So.

Just #fwiw.

As @derricklweston has said, “Thank you for teaching me how best to love you.”
I love y’all.

And I know those of you who want so much to be there for those of us with mental health shit, this is one specific example.
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The Bible swears a lot. Like, a fucking ton.

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It’s not like the God of the Bible specifically calls a 'wandering Aramean’ who lives and dies as an immigrant (Abraham).
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So let’s just chill for a second.

I mean, if there were a book of the bible devoted to an immigrant (Ruth) who ends up being the great-great-great-great grandmother of King David, that would be something.
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For all the ‘eh’ acting (lookin’ at you, Marky Mark), Gray makes up for it with simply delightful, engaging filmmaking.
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