It's hard not to burn out when dealing with stuff like this. Do get rest.

Growing up in a Tea Party family, they were SO fixated on the national debt.

I thought it actually mattered to them or something.

People, en masse, don't pay attention to a threat unless it affects them. They didn't care then, and tbh they won't care *now*.

They won't care until, as the poem says, there's no one left to speak for them.

We recently moved to a colder area and he LOVES IT. 😂

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....oh no. I take the bait every time. 🤣

YES. My dog has been so, so good for my mental health.

YES. My mom had me do a workbook on "Diligence". I was supposed to match a very specific mold, and it did not include my neurodivergent self. 😆

Having friends who get it has been so helpful to me. When we were denied community like this growing up, it's so healing now.

And I hope that caring parents, legislators, anyone who has the opportunity to help the kids going through it now, will listen to us.

Therapy and medication have helped a lot. Having pets, friends, community, and safety have been huge for me.

I've also cut ties with... basically anyone who would happily continue to contribute to my PTSD. Anyone I still have nightmares about. 10/10 would recommend.

Be a safe adult for them to speak with. Be one of the few adults in their lives who is kind to them and will love them no matter who they turn out to be.

Having a college prof who was open about his depression was also really helpful - it allowed me to admit to myself my own mental health issues.

Access to a qualified mental health professional, not just a Christian Counselor who's goal would be to maintain my submission to the high-control religious system.

Access to peers and friends outside the cult woulda been amazing.

Not having abuse happening in the home might have helped too lol

It wasn't. Mental health issues were presumed to be due to a lack of willpower or faith. Therapy with a qualified professional was absolutely not allowed.

I wanted to study psychology in college but my parents prohibited it.

I have a PTSD diagnosis. Much of this was due to the isolation, having nowhere to get away from the things happening in that house, and the high-control religious environment that got my parents homeschooling in the first place. I'm still recovering.

And, no, it's not in the Archive either.

Based on the timing of the archives, it looks like the page was removed sometime after Friday, Jan 24th at 7pm and before Monday, Jan 27, at 9:30am eastern time.

The page used to look like this, and can still be found on @archive.org

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