listen, please, because i need you guys to hear this.
self deprecating humor is harmful. i spent a long time laughing about how much i hated myself, and it never helped me. what did help was going to therapy, it was talking my problems out with a close friend, it was slowly starting to recognize trauma that i had hidden.
i can joke all day about all the things i am struggling with, how i know the number of calories in celery, how much i hate my body. it will never help me. it will never help me make meaningful steps towards helping myself cope better with the things i am dealing with. it breaks my heart to see more and more teens and even kids lose themselves in jokes that were never really jokes. i would give so much to fix us.
ultimately, i urge you to try to leave the jokes behind. talk to a friend, talk to a parent, even for just five minutes, even just scratching the surface. there is a good chance they will understand.
