A brief exchange on micro.blog made me more closely examine why I started writing about mental health here. After admitting (to myself more than anything) that I had problems I needed an avenue to explore and deal with them. All the professional advice is that it's best to talk but that... colinwalker.blog

@bix Absolutely. I think there's as much a personal stigma as a public one (the "I am broken" admission) so it serves a dual purpose. I think that's why I find a lot of your writing so intriguing: you are so willing to meet it head on and not be ashamed to do so.