“ Mental health doesn’t mean making the pains go away. I don’t believe they ever go away…I have not healed so much as learned to sit still and wait while pain does its dancing work, trying not to panic or twist in ways that make the blades tear deeper, finally infecting the wounds.
Lauren Slater, Welcome to My Country (via psychotherapy)
This probably isn’t something I should say to my patients, huh?
P.S. I HAD MY FIRST ONE TODAY! I think it went well, but still, very nerve-wracking.
