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I haven’t been a proper comix reader/watcher since before most of today’s serious fans were born, but I still cringe reflexively every time the mundanes get to guffaw about “stoopid gnerds and their weird dumb hobbies.” So, apart from the general worthiness of the act, I’m happy to see that Dan Harmon is a genuinely good person:
… Using the Twitter handle @chojuroh, Oregon resident Chelsea Sargent tweeted at Los Angeles-based writer Dan Harmon that she was depressed. Harmon, one of the creators of “Rick and Morty,” an adult animated science-fiction sitcom, took her seriously.
@danharmon do you have advice for dealing with depression, Sargent tweeted on Tuesday…
For One: Admit and accept that it’s happening. Awareness is everything. We put ourselves under so much pressure to feel good. It’s okay to feel bad. It might be something you’re good at! Communicate it. DO NOT KEEP IT SECRET. Own it. Like a hat or jacket. Your feelings are real.
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) November 28, 2017
Two: try to remind yourself, over and over, that feelings are real but they aren’t reality. Example: you can feel like life means nothing. True feeling. Important feeling. TRUE that you feel it, BUT…whether life has meaning? Not up to us. Facts and feelings: equal but different
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) November 28, 2017
The most important thing I can say to you is please don’t deal with it alone. There is an incredible, miraculous magic to pushing your feelings out. Even writing “I want to die” on a piece of paper and burning it will feel better than thinking about it alone. Output is magical.
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) November 28, 2017
Dark thoughts will echo off the walls of your skull, they will distort and magnify. When you open your mouth (or an anonymous journal or blog or sketchpad), these thoughts go out. They’ll be back but you gotta get em OUT. Vent them. Tap them. I know you don’t want to but try it.
— Dan Harmon (@danharmon) November 28, 2017
In my experience, that’s pretty smart advice.
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Apart from remembering that — whatever happens in politics and/or the world — depression is your brain lying to you, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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