So today it's Christmas eve and a lot of us are hurdled around a dead tree to celebrate the birth of Jesus who some time after died nailed to pieces of dead trees. - A beautiful and wondrous tradition.
However, Christmas can also be a difficult time, especially for those of us who suffer from mental illness. We might not have anyone to share the holidays with because we have isolated our self or pushed everyone else away by unintentionally acting like selfish assholes. Often a combination.
The majority of us also have mental illness in our families, usually one parent is affected, sometimes both (genetic Jackpot?). Mental illness is heritable and it can make you feel helpless. Like you were always destined for self-destruction, self-criticism and all the other self-isms we rather be without.
This Christmas however, try to take comfort in Jesus. He was the child of a homeless clearly deranged woman (probably Schizophrenic) who claimed God impregnated her, and slept in stables (Could God be a horse?). Yet he did not let his genetic vulnerability control him, he set out to be better than his potential! Despite his mother he managed to found a world religion, change how we account for time, walk on water (or ice, whatever), pose for millions of paintings and raise the value of cross-shaped jewelry by 780%!
However, Christmas can also be a difficult time, especially for those of us who suffer from mental illness. We might not have anyone to share the holidays with because we have isolated our self or pushed everyone else away by unintentionally acting like selfish assholes. Often a combination.
The majority of us also have mental illness in our families, usually one parent is affected, sometimes both (genetic Jackpot?). Mental illness is heritable and it can make you feel helpless. Like you were always destined for self-destruction, self-criticism and all the other self-isms we rather be without.
This Christmas however, try to take comfort in Jesus. He was the child of a homeless clearly deranged woman (probably Schizophrenic) who claimed God impregnated her, and slept in stables (Could God be a horse?). Yet he did not let his genetic vulnerability control him, he set out to be better than his potential! Despite his mother he managed to found a world religion, change how we account for time, walk on water (or ice, whatever), pose for millions of paintings and raise the value of cross-shaped jewelry by 780%!
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| Is it blasphemy to put your signature on top of the nose of Jesus? To be continued |
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