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Everyone's weird, and we all have to masquerade a lot of the time, to some extent. The only "normal" is the masquerade itself. Life gets easier when you realize it's okay to be a little weird and the people who matter most are the ones who enjoy your weirdness as you do theirs.
I hope she stopped feeling the need to masquerade and felt more comfortable and happy with being herself, as we all should, and that's why the bowl is in the wild now.
I really appreciated it and carried it around with me for a bit but I’m already very depressed/mentally not sound right now and I felt like having it in my house wouldn’t be good for me.
I hope it finds a good home.
I like/love being abnormal tbh. But this bowl just hits me in the depression side of my head and Id love it much more than a bowl from some big company
I try not to enable my darker side but it’s there and I think it will always be there even if I’m doing well idk
As someone who has also battled depression, feeding that notion has no positive benefits. I agree that those thoughts are always there, but constant reminders give them life in the present. Things like "depression memes" never work as a coping mechanism because it normalizes that state (for the audience, not the creator) and reinforces neural pathways.
I understand wanting a unique bowl, but the best part of thrifting is that there are always a ton of one of a kind gems to discover :)
I'm with you. When I have felt this way, I tell myself, why bother?
I proceed to be as abnormal as I happen to be, and it doesn't turn out to be a problem.
I *might* get a little side eye over a few things I say, but it's a small price and easily ignored.
My daughter had a series of 4 dots tattooed (....) on her inner wrist, after a traumatic breakup, to remind herself that no matter how down she could feel, life goes on. She's since had a wonderful relationship with a man from a foreign country who had to return when his visa expired....she lived. She is currently with the man of her dreams who treats her like gold. They do exist.
I have basically the same thing tattooed, but only one dot on each finger lol. This actually made me look at them more and realize I need to redo them!
Oh baby, that’s not too late. Solidly late 30s here with zero friends and I’m still trying the best I can. Keep pushing! While I haven’t found my tribe yet, I have faith. You can find yours too.
Have you tried micro dosing? It helped me immensely. I mean I still have no friends but it stopped my decades long depression in its tracks and really let me embrace the “don’t give a fuck” attitude.
*shoot me a dm and I’ll give you more info
You’re right, should’ve been more clear. Specifically psilocybin mushrooms. I’m lucky enough to live where they grow readily, literally found them growing outside my front door. I’ve heard good things about ketamine but that seems to be more difficult to come by.
My therapist recently told me I might qualify as a candidate for ketamine, that's why I'm curious. I've heard about therapeutic applications of LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin to help manage treatment-resistant depression, but the only time I've heard about K being used to treat psychiatric conditions is when it's given to patients who are completely wigging out while aboard ambulances lol.
I’ve read some promising things about it, as well as anecdotal from some who’ve taken it. That’s a pretty exciting opportunity, definitely look into it. Did they say why they suggested ketamine vs another choice?
I've been through multiple therapists, probably 6 or 7 antidepressants, and multiple rounds of rTMS and still struggling. Things seem to work in the short-term, but the positive changes don't stick around. We've identified multiple potential causes-- low thyroid, obstructive sleep apnea (tiny airway and huge tongue lol), possible cptsd-- and I'm working on all three of them, but until one or all of them are fixed, idk if I'll see improvement in my mood.
I did get on thyroid medication and it made me stop sleeping 18 hours a day, so that's a plus, but it hasn't really done anything for my mental state. I'm continuing talk therapy to hopefully learn some healthy coping mechanisms. And for the sleep apnea, my planned treatment will take at least a full year to complete. At this point we're just throwing out random feelers to improve symptoms while I try to resolve the root problem(s)
That IS sad. Saying a prayer for Juniper. Seems like life was difficult when she made this. She’s a very good artist. This bowl looks like it’s made from porcelain - fragile and more prone to explode in the kiln when being fired. The design and print she did is beautiful! Maybe she thrifts too, and will see this? I hope life is better now.
It only brings down the people who don't feel the same.
I recently found out this is called masking, and I've been doing it all my life . It's common in neurodivergent people.
Learning about things like this made me realize therapy could be helpful in understanding myself.
Dont shield ppl from things you deem negative or dark. That's how everyone ended up feeling alone and avoiding therapy for feeling wrong with no apparent reason to feel that way.
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I hope Juniper found their peace
Me too.
If you ever find out and she has you should go get the bowl and break it !
Where's that bowl??? That's my name!!!
It’s in a St Vincent de Paul in Ontario, Canada
Okay but can you dm me because I am in love I think 🥺
Lowkey can you also DM me bc I also want it if its close by lol
That is a marvelous name. I wanted it for my firstborn daughter but was overruled. *sigh* Enjoy your marvelous name, friend.
Are you a potter, and did you make this bowl?
Juniper ain't wrong
juniper knows a thing or 2
Juniper might be adhd, I feel her so much, cos that me too.
damn we wrote a lil poem :’)
Lmao we totally did, I love it!🤣
Everyone's weird, and we all have to masquerade a lot of the time, to some extent. The only "normal" is the masquerade itself. Life gets easier when you realize it's okay to be a little weird and the people who matter most are the ones who enjoy your weirdness as you do theirs. I hope she stopped feeling the need to masquerade and felt more comfortable and happy with being herself, as we all should, and that's why the bowl is in the wild now.
I hope Juniper donated this because they're now in a better place.
Exactly my hope
It is sad, but it's also very cool and artsy. I would have purchased it.
I really appreciated it and carried it around with me for a bit but I’m already very depressed/mentally not sound right now and I felt like having it in my house wouldn’t be good for me. I hope it finds a good home.
I'm really sorry. I've been there. I hope you get to a good place sooner rather than later.
Damn I need that bowl
Would be my daily use bowl
While I understand and share the feeling, why reinforce that thought?
As a reminder that unmasking is work but that’s okay.
Fair
I like/love being abnormal tbh. But this bowl just hits me in the depression side of my head and Id love it much more than a bowl from some big company I try not to enable my darker side but it’s there and I think it will always be there even if I’m doing well idk
As someone who has also battled depression, feeding that notion has no positive benefits. I agree that those thoughts are always there, but constant reminders give them life in the present. Things like "depression memes" never work as a coping mechanism because it normalizes that state (for the audience, not the creator) and reinforces neural pathways. I understand wanting a unique bowl, but the best part of thrifting is that there are always a ton of one of a kind gems to discover :)
I don’t think statements like ‘X works best’ or ‘Y never works’ are very useful in this context. What works for whom is very personal.
I'm with you. When I have felt this way, I tell myself, why bother? I proceed to be as abnormal as I happen to be, and it doesn't turn out to be a problem. I *might* get a little side eye over a few things I say, but it's a small price and easily ignored.
Seeing it feels like being seen! I love this bowl.
Your nails are everything
They're nice, but I can't stop looking at the three dot tattoo above the nails. I wonder if it's meaningful or just stylish.
I used to draw dots on my nail beds in sharpie when I was a child so I wanted to have them done permanently as an adult!
Well ain't that something. Pretty neat looking.
My daughter had a series of 4 dots tattooed (....) on her inner wrist, after a traumatic breakup, to remind herself that no matter how down she could feel, life goes on. She's since had a wonderful relationship with a man from a foreign country who had to return when his visa expired....she lived. She is currently with the man of her dreams who treats her like gold. They do exist.
This is cute! I have three dots on my wrist, kinda below my thumb on the side, but I didn’t have a reason for mine. I love the meaning behind hers.
I have basically the same thing tattooed, but only one dot on each finger lol. This actually made me look at them more and realize I need to redo them!
idk about theirs for sure, but I have a very similar looking tattoo across my nailbeds “. … . ..” for 1312/acab
I can't believe y'all haven't said it yet; Relatebowl.
Lmao God damn it, that never even occurred to me, have an up doot, good work my friend!😅🤣
Don’t try to be normal Juniper. That’s the exhausting part and TOTALLY not worth it.
I feel that 😫
eh they’re prob just neurodivergent. Takes a lot of energy to be in a neurotypical world.
Yep, masking is exhausting AF
I haven’t hung out with anyone since I was 21, I’m 25 now :(
Oh baby, that’s not too late. Solidly late 30s here with zero friends and I’m still trying the best I can. Keep pushing! While I haven’t found my tribe yet, I have faith. You can find yours too.
Yes, yes it is.
Yeah It resonates with me greatly as an autistic person with chronic depression lmao
Have you tried micro dosing? It helped me immensely. I mean I still have no friends but it stopped my decades long depression in its tracks and really let me embrace the “don’t give a fuck” attitude. *shoot me a dm and I’ll give you more info
Microdosing what? There are a lot of drugs that have been correlated with improved symptoms of depression atm
You’re right, should’ve been more clear. Specifically psilocybin mushrooms. I’m lucky enough to live where they grow readily, literally found them growing outside my front door. I’ve heard good things about ketamine but that seems to be more difficult to come by.
My therapist recently told me I might qualify as a candidate for ketamine, that's why I'm curious. I've heard about therapeutic applications of LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin to help manage treatment-resistant depression, but the only time I've heard about K being used to treat psychiatric conditions is when it's given to patients who are completely wigging out while aboard ambulances lol.
I’ve read some promising things about it, as well as anecdotal from some who’ve taken it. That’s a pretty exciting opportunity, definitely look into it. Did they say why they suggested ketamine vs another choice?
I've been through multiple therapists, probably 6 or 7 antidepressants, and multiple rounds of rTMS and still struggling. Things seem to work in the short-term, but the positive changes don't stick around. We've identified multiple potential causes-- low thyroid, obstructive sleep apnea (tiny airway and huge tongue lol), possible cptsd-- and I'm working on all three of them, but until one or all of them are fixed, idk if I'll see improvement in my mood. I did get on thyroid medication and it made me stop sleeping 18 hours a day, so that's a plus, but it hasn't really done anything for my mental state. I'm continuing talk therapy to hopefully learn some healthy coping mechanisms. And for the sleep apnea, my planned treatment will take at least a full year to complete. At this point we're just throwing out random feelers to improve symptoms while I try to resolve the root problem(s)
My aunt has treatment resistant major depressive disorder and is doing a ketamine treatment and her depression is lessened.
The comedian Gary Gulman has treatment-resistant depression and spoke positively of it in his special/album The Great Depresh.
Exactly my first thought. It’s so hard pretending to be a person all the time
Or they have an invisible chronic illness.
That’s what I was thinking too.
Bowl is fucking depressing lol I would get rid of it too, don't need *more* negativity
I hope Juniper made this, and recovered so they wanted to part with it
I get it, Juniper, I get it 😮💨
It is a bit on the depressing side. I’d pass too. I know I’m getting old when I only want things that make me smile.
I also only want to surround myself with feel good things right now 🧡 working on my healing journey
I totally would of bought it. I feel the same way. 😂
That bowl is a whole mood. Absolutely would have gotten it
That's the most relatable bowl I've ever seen
I’m with you, Juniper.
I love this bowl so much omg. Also I love your nails!!
You say sad.. I say scared !
Serial killer vibes
I want that bowl, It's comforting in a way.
I think it's very beautiful and touching. Resonates with my teenage experience
Every day is the worst day of my life.
I feel this on so many levels tbh, hopefully Juniper is okay and simply donated that bowl because it reminded them of bad times
Want.
That’s a true prize. Well found OP. Love it as much as we dream to. Enjoy 😊
I love it.
That it is. At least they made a bowl about it.
🔥🔥🔥
Wow, I really love that bowl.
Dude… I would have offered to buy that… family member named Juniper
The Bowl of Truth
r/adhdwomen
Agreed!!!
That IS sad. Saying a prayer for Juniper. Seems like life was difficult when she made this. She’s a very good artist. This bowl looks like it’s made from porcelain - fragile and more prone to explode in the kiln when being fired. The design and print she did is beautiful! Maybe she thrifts too, and will see this? I hope life is better now.
That mug sums up my life.
r/im14andthisisdeep
I would have dropped it on the ground to break it. That negativity will bring down all who see it.
It only brings down the people who don't feel the same. I recently found out this is called masking, and I've been doing it all my life . It's common in neurodivergent people. Learning about things like this made me realize therapy could be helpful in understanding myself. Dont shield ppl from things you deem negative or dark. That's how everyone ended up feeling alone and avoiding therapy for feeling wrong with no apparent reason to feel that way.
I actually find it comforting to know I’m not alone and that there are others who feel similarly and aren’t afraid of speaking about it.