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“You cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. There is nothing more foreign to them, and so nothing they ache more deeply to see.”

Book:Circe

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Circe

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Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller is an American novelist known for her modern interpretations of Greek mythology. Born on July 24, 1978, she graduated from Princeton University and later earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her works, 'The Song of Achilles' and 'Circe', have been widely acclaimed by readers. more

“Mental illness People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting. My heart is a prison of Have you tried?s Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you tried being more like me? Have you tried shutting up? Yes, I have tried. Yes, I am still trying, and yes, I am still sick. Sometimes monsters are invisible, and sometimes demons attack you from the inside. Just because you cannot see the claws and the teeth does not mean they aren’t ripping through me. Pain does not need to be seen to be felt. Telling me there is no problem won’t solve the problem. This is not how miracles are born. This is not how sickness works.”

Pain Poem Prejudice Mental Health Mental Illness Misunderstood Stigma Emotional Pain Chronic Illness Chronic Pain Mental Disorder Invisible Illness

Book:The First Step

Source: The First Step

“People should know about us. Girls who write their pain on their bodies. ~Louisa”

Pain Cutting Mental Health Stigma Speaking Self Harm Breaking Silence Undoing Stigma

Book:Girl in Pieces

Source: Girl in Pieces

“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can’t be represented the way a table or a body can. In some ways pain is the opposite of language.”

Pain Language

Book:Turtles All the Way Down

Source: Turtles All the Way Down