Feb 5th ~ On this day three years ago, I finally went to see a shrink. It felt very strange to hear her tell me that I was depressed, despite knowing it was true… My problem back then was that I lived in and longed for the past. The Joy of 2019 has yet to learn two things: that sometimes the only way she can help herself is to let go of something. And that just because something needs to end, doesn’t mean it wasn’t one of the most beautiful parts of her life once.
After that clinic visit, I met up with two friends and had pho for dinner. I was still feeling strange, but mostly happy to have my friends with me. And the only picture I took to remember that day looked like this:
kippeum (ft. liberation and bath robots)
February 5, 2022 at 4:18 AM
Feb 5th ~ On this day three years ago, I finally went to see a shrink. It felt very strange to hear her tell me that I was depressed, despite knowing it was true… My problem back then was that I lived in and longed for the past. The Joy of 2019 has yet to learn two things: that sometimes the only way she can help herself is to let go of something. And that just because something needs to end, doesn’t mean it wasn’t one of the most beautiful parts of her life once.
After that clinic visit, I met up with two friends and had pho for dinner. I was still feeling strange, but mostly happy to have my friends with me. And the only picture I took to remember that day looked like this:
kippeum (ft. liberation and bath robots)
February 5, 2022 at 4:19 AM
I hope this counts as a Love, February post…?
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 5, 2022 at 4:42 AM
It definitely does ☺️
Thanks for sharing! Pho and friends are one of the best things in life. And congrats on going to therapy, that’s a very hard step to take sometimes…
kippeum (ft. liberation and bath robots)
February 6, 2022 at 5:23 PM
<3 It really is, I flaked out several times before that day.
kadota
February 5, 2022 at 7:04 AM
I’ve been in a similar place, at a similar time.
I hope you are doing better now!
kippeum (ft. liberation and bath robots)
February 6, 2022 at 5:24 PM
I hope you are, too! There’s still room for improvement for me, but I’m now much better at handling it.
Ally
February 5, 2022 at 12:10 PM
I had Pho lastnight with my family (parents and sister in law too). It’s always makes days better for me. And what you’ve learned is so profound.
kippeum (ft. liberation and bath robots)
February 6, 2022 at 5:26 PM
That was the first time I had pho (it’s so good!) so it will always be associated with that day for me~