I've noticed that many of the most persistent childhood traumas related to being made to feel unwanted, a burden, the "bad" one. I think they may persist as "chronic mental illness" because being sick doesn't heal the wound of being a burden — being *the healer* does
I sincerely believe that many western communities are now suffering not for lack of services to be received by hurting people, but for lack of services to be *provided* by hurting people
Counterintuitive as it is, next time someone around you is struggling with living in their own head, don't ask how you can help; ask them to help you. If they don't, or they flake, just keep asking for small things. Don't pressure or punish for lack of follow-through, just ask
"You're not so broken that we don't need you" is something that has to be lived to be believed
