How to Not Get Upset
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No one taught me how to process taunts, criticism, and outright insults as more reflective of the character of the person lobbing them than that of my own.
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Stepping up with Sigma Chi
Cultivate a Healthy Indifference
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Soon you will have forgotten all things, and soon, all things will have forgotten you.
Read MoreCultivating a Healthy Indifference
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Soon you will have forgotten all things, and soon, all things will have forgotten you.
Read MoreHow to Not Get Upset
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No one taught me how to process taunts, criticism, and outright insults as more reflective of the character of the person lobbing them than of my own character. My unique power as a depressive is that no one can use words to hurt me worse than I have used them to hurt myself.
Read MoreThe Weakness of Trigger Warnings
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I will upset my audience. Knowing this, I will not leave the stage without giving them effective methods on handling the troubling feelings that will arise. Otherwise, I become a provocateur. Interested only in triggering a response, and having no concern about the recoil. These young people deserve better from me. I will not shelter them from the horror of suicide. I refuse to put a smiling face over depression.
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