The lioness

Why

"Why don't you seek help?"

-Because seeking help is accepting the fact that something is, indeed, wrong with us. And sometimes, that is the hardest part.

"Why don't you find a therapist?"

-Because talking about it makes it real, too real. It leaves us vulnerable, exposed and naked in a world where the human body, the human soul is taboo.

"Why won't you even try?"

-Because wherever we are now, we're safe. We now how to deal with this, even if it isn't in the right way. The anxiety, the monster under our beds, the monsters in our heads -our minds, the stress, the panic attacks, they're safety, familiarity. And without them, what would we be?

"Don't you care?"

-Care about what, exactly? There's so much to care about in this world, how do we know what we should or shouldn't care about? And why aren't we ever enough? We either care too little or too much, but it's never good enough for you. Why?

"Who's us?"

-Every single one who's ever felt a little to numb, a little to bleak, a little less than enough or a little too much than what is enough.

And mostly, every one who's ever been asked these questions.