Appreciation

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Appreciation(Shortest Flight)”, 2021

Two plane passenger stairs parked in front of each other

At the end of last year misfortunate circumstances and my own hindsight depleted my serotonin reserves and my body started shutting down.

Soon after I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorder. Now I am being treated with the help of medicine and therapy, but the biggest comfort came from understanding that I’m not alone in this. Months of feeling miserable, dysfunctional, catastrophic and doomed changed once I’ve learned that at the moment there is an ongoing secondary pandemic of mental illnesses… that I am in no way special and that there are a lot of people like me and the ones who are willing to help. Unfortunately, these things are stigmatized, and most are afraid or ashamed to talk about it.

That’s why I’m speaking and creating. Not to get a tap on a shoulder, but to help. Please know that mental illnesses are normal and treatable.

Seek for help and care!

This must be the shortest trip ever. This must be the one that many of us recently took. And this is a reminiscence of it all.
You went up the plane stairs and had to come down. Because you don’t have to fly in order to enjoy a good turbulence.
There is no take off, but a destination in which you have landed presents itself with unexpected attractions and entertainments.

Coordinates haven’t changed, but hopefully you haven’t missed a chance to do so.