Jane Dunn Borresen Coffee Break

Blythe Baird // Dave Eggers

Windows of Havana, Cuba. Sam Youkilis for Holiday Magazine

not forcing connections anymore. either it flows naturally and mutually or it’s not worth the time and energy.

Blue.

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

I want mental health to be so normalised that little children can tell their parents if they’re feeling mentally ill just like they would if they had a stomach ache or a fever.

I want mental health to be so normalised that school lets you go home after a panic attack episode like they do if you sustain an injury.

I want mental health to be so normalised that when someone’s in recovery the people around them ask for progress reports and send get well soon cards just like they would for any other sort of recovery.

I want mental health to be normalised because every mental health disorder is just as frightening, just as damaging as a life threatening injury and we pass people by every day who are so unwell in this sense but who don’t receive a fraction of the care they deserve just because mental health is unseen.

“What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?”

— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or

Angela Chase and Jordan Catalano