Survival

What does it mean to be doing “fine?” So often people ask us how we’re doing and we offer that up as a simple, basic response. Sometimes without even thinking. A good friend recently asked me how I was doing and I reflexively said “fine” because after all, I haven’t been feeling depressed, I haven’t been crying and I haven’t been living in my dark, scary “vortex.” So, presumably, I’m fine. But as I thought about it later, in a more reflective and honest way, I realized that although I haven’t been experiencing any overtly negative emotions, the truth is, I haven’t really been “fine.” At least not in a way that feels okay to me.

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