When you write something, it feels like you’re taking a bit of your brain out and letting other people look and judge – and hoping they won’t just be confused and mildly disgusted and ask you to pop it back into your skull, please.
— Rhiannon Neads, Why I quit Depression. I gave up believing depression had to be serious — there’s humor even in the darkest moments. Neads is a British writer and actor. (The Guardian, April 26, 2023)
Live & Learn 
Oh my goodness, yes. The judge-y part.
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Yes!
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I second that.
Truth!
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good!
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I love this line: “I gave up believing depression had to be serious.”
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it does always feel like offering a personal piece of me, but I’ve grown used to it, and know not everyone will like or agree with everything, and I’m okay with that
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With you Beth!
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Indeed!
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Indeedee!
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Maybe all that JUDGING simply begins with the self. How about just being responsible for what others think–by being ok with the self with all it’s flaws and efforts to get through…and connect…and hopefully help? Love her approach (want to read more….).
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I am fine 🙂 and I live in the moment. Anita
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So great. I’m learning Anita.
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Lol! So true!
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The whole interview is a good read! I wish her so much smiling.
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Agree! What a great perspective!
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Isn’t that just the truth?
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I have never had this feeling.
Writing all my books was a team work of my editor, my agent and me to produce something that the readers would like. To identify with your text that much is a beginners mistake usually.
Thanks and cheers
Klausbernd
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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And therein lay the difference between experience and little of it.
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Love it! Life is too precious.
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RIGHT!
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