It’s okay everyone, I’m in therapy, therefore this can be read as socially-acceptable self-deprecating snippet of entertainment and not a poor attempt to muffle the scream for constant validation that bubbles up inside me in ever smaller intervals that I am slowly becoming aware will never, ever be sated.
Show this comic to someone who likes tea. Or chairs.
Thank you!
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I like coffee. And chairs 😉 Your drawing hit so close to home, I had to share it with a few people and I will print it out and stick it to the wall in my bedroom.
See, I’m 38 years old, I have struggled with complex PTSD all my life. I’m only beginning to let the cracks open up and allow myself to see what’s inside of me. Cognitively, I know very well that I’m using heavy double standards all the time but I have not been able to bring myself to admit and more importantly, accept this and face the facts.
Small, really small steps. I have finally reached a point where I can see that second double frame in my own life and understand that this is part of my reality, too. I used to view myself as not being part of this humane conglomeration. I excluded myself from being human. I saw myself rather as a very flawed and failed piece of cellular lumps that is supposed to function as expected but somehow just doesn’t “get it” and is thus a shame and burden to this world.
Like You, I can now say “It’s OK, I’m in therapy.” I have been in therapy for most of my life and it’s getting better, albeit incredibly slowly, almost imperceptibly. But it is getting better. Posts like Yours are a great help in that they oftentimes act as a trigger to push me up onto the next stage. I need to see and hear something maybe a thousand times until it clicks, sometimes even more. It’s like a constant nudging. There comes this point, sometime, somewhere, and it’s often a short and concise text or picture, like Yours, that finally pushes a trigger beyond its break point.
So, thank You for this and thank You for all Your drawings, and for letting us take part in Your journey and daily life ! 😊
Thank you for your comment <3 and congratulations on your progress. It's a really long, slow difficult process, exactly like you have described. I have been in therapy for ten years, and I'm still finding things my brain does that I didn't even realise were making my life harder. It means a lot to me to hear that one of my comics could help you in any small way. Take care <3
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