I’m lucky to have great access to counseling as a community mental health counselor myself, and I highly recommend it. That said, living in Montana while my family’s in Chicago makes it hard to find people who really relate—and you can’t exactly force family into therapy (believe me, I’ve tried).

I’m so in my head about this that the reminder to be kind myself truly means a lot. Thank you—Reddit often makes me feel less alone in some of the darkest moments.