Our friend group has been making jokes about mental health and using therapy language casually for so long that when one of us tried to actually open up about struggling, we didn't know how to respond seriously. We've created this environment where real vulnerability feels impossible because we've turned everything into material for humor.
More people experience this than they realize.
Humor that deflects pain can become a barrier to the very intimacy it was meant to create.
“Where Are You with Unintended legacy — what we leave without meaning to?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.