
My mental health goal is neither to know nor to love myself. Rather, it is to see myself as nothing more than shifting conglomeration of molecules. An active process. Timid at times, powerful at others. Angry one second, at peace the next. Regretful, nostalgic. Excited, bored. Chatty, withdrawn. Rejected, loved. Reacting illogically to external stimuli, as all humans do.
I feel like part of mental health should involve an understanding that we can never entirely know ourselves. And while today is focused on self-discovery, I think we’ll soon trend toward self-oblivion. To let go of the idea that our selves are puzzles to be decoded, and instead embrace the idea that the self is, in the words of professor Fox, “not a thing.”
I feel like part of mental health should involve an understanding that we can never entirely know ourselves. And while today is focused on self-discovery, I think we’ll soon trend toward self-oblivion. To let go of the idea that our selves are puzzles to be decoded, and instead embrace the idea that…