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The Power of Gentleness
I think some part of me didn't want people in my family to know that I needed any help. My oldest sister had some stuff, various stuff going on with mental health and was misdiagnosed all over the place. She was there first and there was just a lot of confusion. And I learned quickly that I could make the loud and the confusion go away by just being gentle or delightful or simple. Just being a suitor or a pleaser. It was very quickly I learned that that could make some of the tears or the loud stop. But then when like in those early therapist appointments, I would just, you know, my body was probably crying for help but my words and