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When pain becomes protest...

Musings from a Feminine perspective

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Ruby May
Nov 28, 2023
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I heard Charles Eisenstein say recently that depression and anxiety are a form of protest. They are symptoms manifested by our bodies and psyches, protesting the ways we are living and the systems that govern this.

I find this reframing comforting, and it’s a little easier to confess to you that I was protesting a fair bit in the last weeks.

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