Jerry Fess (@fessupblog) Bsky

The Day Everything Caught Up With Me It happened in a dentist chair, but it had been building for years.

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#MentalHealth
#Loneliness
#HealingJourney
#RealTalk
#PersonalEssay
#Vulnerability
#KeepGoing
#ChronicPain
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#dentist
#dental
#depression
#love

13 hours ago 0 0 0 0

I asked ChatGPT to help me write a suicide note. What I got instead was a conversation. I expected a refusal. What I got instead was a conversation that helped keep me here.

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1 day ago 0 0 0 0

r-e-s-p-ECT The treatment nobody really talks about.

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#MentalHealth #DepressionRecovery #TreatmentResistantDepression #ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingJourney #StillHere #KeepGoing #HopeAfterDepression #Psychiatry #BrainHealth #RecoveryIsPossible #MentalIllnessAwareness #EndTheStigma

3 days ago 1 0 0 0

The Comparison Trap The fastest way to lose yourself is to measure your life against someone else’s highlight reel

The Comparison Trap
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#TheComparisonTrap
#SelfWorth
#MentalHealth
#PersonalGrowth
#Mindset
#Confidence
#Authenticity
#Overthinking
#SocialMedia
#ComparisonCulture
#Motivation
#InnerPeace

3 days ago 5 0 0 0

The Comparison Trap
The fastest way to lose yourself is to measure your life against someone else’s highlight reel

3 days ago 0 0 0 0

Survival Has Consequences I Didn’t Fail at Brushing My Teeth. I Was Surviving.

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5 days ago 1 0 0 0

Performative Empathy, Pop Psychology, and the Stuff That Starts to Feel Off If I hear “holding space” one more time, I might wonder if we’re actually doing it… or just saying it.

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6 days ago 1 0 0 0

You’d think I’d be a well-seasoned advocate for mental health… I didn’t choose this. I just tell the truth.

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1 week ago 1 0 0 0

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