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

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 Restack

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

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

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.

I Know It’s Not Too Late to Start Living—But Living Doing What?

24 Apr 2026 self care writer mindfulness surviving health journaling messy growth existential dread depression wellness mental health music writing out loud honesty darkness highlysensitiveperson HSP reinvention

I Know It’s Not Too Late to Start Living—But Living Doing What?

When the problem isn’t time, but direction.

Easier to Love When Edited

21 Apr 2026 hope panic surviving loneliness health self-care self-awareness journaling comparison writing depression wellness mental health writing out loud honesty highlysensitiveperson HSP anxiety love

Easier to Love When Edited

What if the version of me people accepted was never the whole me?