About this Space
⚠️ Disclaimer Not for crisis support: If you’re in crisis or considering harming yourself, please reach out immediately to your local emergency services or a suicide prevention hotline (U.S. dial 988 or findhelpline.com or crisis resources)
☁️ We feel how heavy each breath can be when the world is asking you to “just be fine."
This is a Space for the gray, in between moments. You're allowed to show up with the nameless sadness, the low-grade numbness, the quiet ache that never quite becomes a crisis but still pulls at you.
I'm Not Okay is for anyone who:
- Feels like no one understands
- Doesn't want to burden the ones closest to them
- Needs a safe place to process their emotions without having to justify them
- Is embarassed by their emotions
- Has a hard time finding the words to explain
Types of prompts we'll gently explore together
- If your heart could speak, what would it tell you today?
- What’s been running through your mind on repeat lately?
- What’s one small need you haven’t given yourself permission to ask for?”
- When was the last moment—however small—that you felt even a flicker of relief?
Life is hard.
🖤 Let's talk about it 🖤
Meet the Keeper
Vanessa Rae
Vanessa is a Los Angeles-based artist and recovering hot mess. She's spent a good portion of her life getting in her own way, navigating depression, a complicated relationship with alcohol, and the many creative ways we convince ourselves we're fine when we're anything but.
Along the way, she's learned that …
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