Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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“I learned to never mention seeing a mouse in my apartment because it would lead to a zillion people telling me I needed to plug up all the holes.”

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Jen Deaderick
Dec 12, 2023
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When you’re going through a tough time, people love to suggest therapy to you. It comes from a kind place, generally, but it starts to get kind of old. It’s as if you had maybe never heard of therapy.

I have heard of therapy. I’ve been to a lot of therapists in my life. Sometimes they helped, sometimes they didn’t. I went to a bunch when I was a kid, to…

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