"An acorn that has yet to be planted" (FREE TASTE)
True story. But, I don't go to therapy anymore, only because I wanted to try and be happy without him giving me instructions how to. Not having the "safety net" of the therapist meant I needed to be nicer to myself instead. And I think that's helped a lot. I mean, I'm still working on it, but I remember this lesson I gave myself often.
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oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 馃槶 i would have exploded....
I love this little gem! It's something we have to work on all the time. You're never alone out there my dude.
Well, I read your work, so there's that. BTW, did you know that one of Crange's brother also has his own book? https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250143105/sciencecomicstrees/
I realize it is a common enough metaphor but oh brother did he not realize who he was talking to when he said that. I'm glad you're getting into the practice of being nicer to yourself.
I told him afterwards I made a whole comic about this. So obviously not. But then again, I didn't seem to learn any lessons myself from the adventures of Crange, so who am I to assume.
Happy to see Crange again, love that little guy
Not to dig too deep here, but I'm getting that there is a long pattern of wanting to achieve good mental health independently. I think there was a Bee Power or Gunshow strip about attaching a stigma of failure to an antidepressant prescription. All i can say is i hope you find a way that works for you. but i would never think less of you as an artist or human for taking a multivitamin, so why would a neurotransmitter supplement (EDIT: or any other kind of treatment e.g. therapy) change anything. Take care dude.
i have been finding ways that work for me. i鈥檝e been on antidepressants for 10 + years (i take a lot of vitamin supplements too). therapy was nice once I found a guy I liked, but then a year later I had this thought to try life again without him. meaning i gotta be nicer to myself, which was a lifelong problem. i鈥檓 doing better, but i understand that there are good days and bad. it鈥檚 a wave i鈥檝e been riding my whole life. not to knock what you鈥檝e said, I thank you for your support and understanding, but there鈥檚 a lot of work behind the scenes i do to stay mentally healthy and i鈥檓 always working on maintaining it. i just don鈥檛 talk about it usually.
I saw a talking acorn mascot* on the new season of A Man Inside, and of course I thought of Crange. *It's the mascot of the fictional liberal arts college, Wheeler College.