The phrase uttered by you can alienate the other person tremendously. It does nothing productive for them. It smothers them with a blanket of guilt and shame because it implies that our lives are fully in our control and we know that they are not. Read more…
His advice was often the same: channel it into your work (writing, art, whatever). That famous line comes up time and again, “Bleed on the page.†Read more…
I really hate when people accuse others of making excuses for not getting on with a project. Fear is very real and it’s in my way. Read more…
People are blamed for their cancer if they’re smokers; people are blamed for their diabetes if they’re fat. Surprisingly, there is an awful lot of blame surrounding how someone chooses to face their battle with mental illness. Read more…