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When you struggle with your mental health on a daily basis, it can be hard to take action on the things that matter most to you. The mental barriers anxiety creates often appear insurmountable. But sometimes, when you really need to, you can break those barriers down. This week, with encouragement from some great people on the internet, I pushed against my anxiety and made some calls to members of our government. Here’s a comic about how you can do that, too. (Resources and transcript below.)
Motivational resources: There are a lot! Here are a few I really like:
Sharon Wong posted a great series of tweets that helped me manage my phone anxiety and make some calls.
Kelsey is tweeting pretty much daily with advice and reminders about calling representatives. I found this tweet an especially great reminder that calls aren’t nearly as big a deal as anxiety makes them out to be.
Informational resources: There are a lot of these, as well! These three are good places to start:
“I thought it was great that they had not “feminized” the armour. I thought that was fantastic. But, I thought, it’s good to know that there’s a woman in there. So, maybe, subtly, I can let that come across in the way that she stands, in the way that she holds her body. It isn’t sexualized, but there is something, occasionally, of her femininity, to give this character a little bit more of an identity.”
-Gwendoline Christie on Captain Phasma in The Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
