Hi Josh! I discovered you via Marley (whom I met once on a swimsuit shoot in Topanga). I swoon for both of your writing and philosophies. And I really enjoyed that this essay was produced in podcast form! Your writing here is so enjoyable to me because you include the messiness of your personal processing, your opinions, while also pushing for the truth with a goal of getting through these life (live?) things that eat away at us. Your writing sometimes makes me feel a bit how Joan Didion's writing can make me feel--like someone finally said the thing we were all thinking, that we needed an honest and examined take on. It is not perfect and it doesn't necessarily make us feel better, but it's good to know that someone is hunched over their computer, dwelling so deeply that they had to get it out in words. Thank you for your service.
Anyway, about THIS essay: I have a book recommendation on this subject! Johann Hari is a brilliant journalist who wrote a book about depression, called Lost Connections. I highly recommend it, especially because your inquiries and findings are similar to his.
Ps. I'm a psychology PhD, and currently work in publishing doing DEI linguistic auditing. I'm not exactly searching for work, but I am very curious about your publishing company ;)
This is a great article. Found your writing via Instagram. “... it’s rude because the society that says “hey, being happy is your goal” is not willing to make any efforts to make that happiness achievable.” This!!! I had a concussion last year that rocked my world and suffered extreme depression b/c of it. It has never been so clear to me the need for community care and support. I think starting very small (in a friend group) is a great start. But what I’d found is that do most people even have the capacity to “make an effort?” I became extremely isolated due to not being able to get out but really struggled to get enough care and support from friends. I’m thinking village living is the answer bc people just seem too stretched thin as it is. Curious to hear your thoughts and/ or experiences.
yes, this struggle that sensitive people have in finding support and a village is very hard and isolating within capitalism. It’s what constitutes the depression.
Chills! I so appreciate what you put out. Very affirming.
Thanks for reading!
Hi Josh! I discovered you via Marley (whom I met once on a swimsuit shoot in Topanga). I swoon for both of your writing and philosophies. And I really enjoyed that this essay was produced in podcast form! Your writing here is so enjoyable to me because you include the messiness of your personal processing, your opinions, while also pushing for the truth with a goal of getting through these life (live?) things that eat away at us. Your writing sometimes makes me feel a bit how Joan Didion's writing can make me feel--like someone finally said the thing we were all thinking, that we needed an honest and examined take on. It is not perfect and it doesn't necessarily make us feel better, but it's good to know that someone is hunched over their computer, dwelling so deeply that they had to get it out in words. Thank you for your service.
Anyway, about THIS essay: I have a book recommendation on this subject! Johann Hari is a brilliant journalist who wrote a book about depression, called Lost Connections. I highly recommend it, especially because your inquiries and findings are similar to his.
Ps. I'm a psychology PhD, and currently work in publishing doing DEI linguistic auditing. I'm not exactly searching for work, but I am very curious about your publishing company ;)
Thanks for your message Elizabeth! I'll for sure check Lost Connections out.
Feel free to reach-out separately about publishing company :)
This is a great article. Found your writing via Instagram. “... it’s rude because the society that says “hey, being happy is your goal” is not willing to make any efforts to make that happiness achievable.” This!!! I had a concussion last year that rocked my world and suffered extreme depression b/c of it. It has never been so clear to me the need for community care and support. I think starting very small (in a friend group) is a great start. But what I’d found is that do most people even have the capacity to “make an effort?” I became extremely isolated due to not being able to get out but really struggled to get enough care and support from friends. I’m thinking village living is the answer bc people just seem too stretched thin as it is. Curious to hear your thoughts and/ or experiences.
yes, this struggle that sensitive people have in finding support and a village is very hard and isolating within capitalism. It’s what constitutes the depression.