gratitude - Fess UP! My Journal Out Loud (Page 2)

27 Apr 2026 disability job faking it friendship surviving VNS for depression health employer self-care working self-awareness trauma employee existential dread fake it till you make it gratitude depression wellness high functioning depression mental health relationships honesty full disclosure darkness VNS ADA work books highlysensitiveperson therapy anxiety treatment resistant

Why I Hate “Fake It Till You Make It”—and Why We Don’t Have a Good Alternative

Because sometimes pretending is the only thing paying the bills.

26 Apr 2026 laugh hope happiness humor loneliness soundtracks lonely goals self-care self-awareness journaling writing gratitude depression high functioning depression mental health into the woods over it writing out loud gay highlysensitiveperson procrastinating grumpy

Delayed due to inner maintenance.

23 Apr 2026 hope mindfulness friendship surviving self-care messy growth Star Trek gratitude yoda depression therapist mental health honesty darkness guide warp speed highlysensitiveperson Spock final frontier HSP Star Wars

How losing my guide taught me to captain my own ship.

21 Apr 2026 hope panic dentures surviving dentist loneliness health teeth self-care journaling dental existential dread writing gratitude depression mental health writing out loud honesty highlysensitiveperson dog HSP anxiety love Support

It happened in a dentist chair, but it had been building for years.

15 Apr 2026 mindfulness self-awareness performative empathy messy growth existential dread gratitude depression wellness mental health honesty pop psychology holding space aesthetic Support

If I hear “holding space” one more time, I might wonder if we’re actually doing it… or just saying it.