Daisy Change

I've made this post skim friendly and if you're like I was too drained to read a long post then here's the bottom line. Conclusion: The Trans trap is taking care of others to the point you're neglecting your own needs.  Emotional blackmail is NEVER acceptable. I know that suicide rates are higher in the trans community, but that doesn't mean you're feeling should be ignored. Don't get so lost in taking care of your trans loved one and all the people this news impacts, that you forget that you matter too. I did that, the results were disastrous. H ere's how to not make my mistake.  To start, I don't care if you are LGBT affirming or not, this isn't about your loved one, this is about you because let's be honest, the help that is out there for the family and friends is severely lacking. I should know, I have a transgender sibling and you know what? That sucks.   (cue the misguided hate from people who clearly haven't read the whole article...

Short Version People that chase happiness will never be happy for very long because it's more about the chase than the object in question. Not sure you buy that? Want to know what to do instead?? Keep Reading. Happiness is an emotion, it comes and goes because life is up and down. Chasing happiness usually leads to unhealthy people with dead dreams and more debt then they know what to do with! I am not suggesting that the desire to be happy or even the pursuit of happiness is wrong. What I am against is, the idea that life is all about happiness, that we should be aiming for it in every area of our lives and if we don't somehow that makes us a failure and if we can't hold on to happiness, well then that is even worse! Happiness is an emotion, it is fleeting, I like to think of it like a butterfly, here one moment, gone the next.   Follow me on Insta for more like this....  Chasing happiness will never bring fulfilment.  It  will lead to frustration.  You would...