By John Pavlovitz
You may not realize that your default brain setting isn’t something all people have access to.
Some sharing this space and time with you aren’t so lucky.
For some the monsters are real and close.
Some people live always outnumbered.
With everything they have to battle in this life; all the wounds and trials and failures common to everyone—many people also have to battle themselves.
They have to overcome their minds acting as their own prosecuting attorney, always making the iron-clad case why they should be without hope, why they aren’t worth loving, why they should give up, why they deserve to feel this way.
Mental illness isn’t a fair fight, because no matter what you do it’s impossible to escape you….
Read More:
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2016/07/05/the-privilege-of-mental-health/