Five years ago, a talented artist, Anya Getter, painted a beautiful piece for me (shown here) and sent it to me as a gift. You have to look closely to see the quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
It sits on my bed stand so it’s the first thing I see in the morning when I get up.
Those of us who live with treatment-resistant depression, or any kind of illness that never completely goes away, have to do MANY things each day that scare us: going to the gym, taking care of our own children (especially if it involves laser tag, an arcade, or Chuck E. Cheese), confronting a family member, asking someone to pay us for work done three months ago, making dinner.
But we do them anyway.
We do them and pretend we’re not afraid.
I wish one day to get on any public transport on my own without the fear or anxiety
Me. Too. Keep telling myself one day I’ll take the train into the city (Chicago)
K