debbie
@debbie
dropped a new personal and vulnerable essay, and hope it resonates with some of you ❤️ (p.s. at this precise moment, i’m not actually anxious, so go me)
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rileybeans
@rileybeans
love that you wrote this! thank you for sharing your vulnerability. for me, regular meditation and walks helps so much. well, that and my doctors stopped prescribing pills...
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Patricia Lee
@patriciaxlee.eth
This doesn’t sound easy to live with, and I’m sure it wasn’t easy to write about it either. It makes sense you’re so creative in your writing and your work. Creativity is the antidote when the mind isn’t being a friend. On another note, I ordered your book the other day after seeing it on my feed many times since joining Farcaster. It’s finally arriving today. I’m excited to read it. Wishing you peaceful waters ahead, and may the thoughts of wondering whether you’re enough simply pass through you. Because you are. :)
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rish
@rish
powerful wiring, thank you for sharing
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Melissa Burr 🍓
@burrrrrberry
I was also diagnosed with GAD and depression. I took 2mg plus roughly 10 other pills to fall asleep. (For over a decade) Over time, I realized this was unsustainable and vowed to quit. It took 1 full year of tapering off... but I am off all my benzos today. You got this! Being aware is 90% of the problem. I never believed people when they said "you don't need all those drugs" I thought it was impossible to sleep without them. I needed to push myself and sometimes not sleep at all during this. But I always knew the juice was worth the squeeze. There are days when you think "I can't do this" But there will be more days where you believe "I GOT THIS" Best of luck and thank you for sharing your story. Being vulnerable is never easy 🙌
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Symbiotech
@symbiotech
Thanks for sharing.
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AJ
@awedjob
Just read and collected this piece. It is beautifully written with an honesty and strength that is inspiring. Thank you for helping to normalize mental health by discussing your own. Whenever it is appropriate and I have the opportunity I talk about my depression and how I manage it. One thing that has always helped is knowing I am not alone. You are not alone.
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MsSlammy 🖐🏽
@msslammy
What an incredibly courageous essay. Yes, go you! Here’s a 🫂from an internet stranger and a very small degen tip. 60 $degen
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Reeeny
@reeeny
Thanks for sharing! Hope you find that home.
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robin (◕‿◕ ✿)
@robin
🤍🤍🤍 your strength is an inspiration to many!
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caro.eth
@caro.eth
Incredible piece Debbie. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏽 it brought a tear because I too understand the struggle. It’s hard to share our mental health journey in the open, but the way you described it visually brought me to all of those places with you. I’m slowly opening up more, and have a podcast coming up where I speak about my experience. This is important work and so necessary. Thank you ♥️
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bradq
@bradq
This hurts, Debbie. Thanks for sharing. I struggle with anxiety and depression for the last 10+ years. Our stories and sense would be noticeably different, but yet the same, of course. 🫂
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MAGNETIC
@magnetic
🤍🫂
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Ciberdelia
@ciberdelia
🙌✨
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Merve 🎩
@omlet
Cannot wait to read asap 🫂
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llbxdll
@mrbriandesign
Nuthin’ but love for the Debster
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