“Depression lies and that I can’t trust my own critical judgment when I’m sick” — Jenny Lawson Depression Copy Share Image
If you enjoyed high school, you were probably a psychopath or a cheerleader. Or possibly both. — Jenny Lawson Adolescence Copy Share Image
...and whenever I had menstral cramps, I could just pretend that Voldemort was close. — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people come into your life just to teach you how not to become them.” — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When I'm blogging, I think book writing is easier and vice versa. Writing is lonely work, and the good thing about blogging… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Is "defeatedly" a word? As in, "She sighed defeatedly as spell-check implied that 'defeatedly' isn't a real word.” — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Some people we define as trolls are just critics. Sometimes they have a point. And I hear them. But for the ones… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“No " Grandlibby replied. "Hail comes from hell. The devil sent it because he's happy that you're reading evil garbage.” — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“As far as I'm concerned, a house should look lived-in, and I consider it clean as long as I don't stick to… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
YOU are using a frisbee as a plate." "Uh, what? I'm not using a--oh hang on, this is a frisbee. Weird." Victor… — Jenny Lawson Calm Copy Share Image
...pretty much everyone hates high school. It's a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
One moment I'm perfectly fine and the next I feel a wave of nausea, then panic. Then I can't catch my breath… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“It's like I have a sensor in my head, but she works on a seven-second delay... well-meaning, but perpetually about seven seconds… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I rocked in silence, and realized for the first time that 'home' wasn't this place anymore. It was wherever Victor was. It… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I picked up the phone to call the police, but then I considered how it would sound when I told them that… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“And don’t bother to deny it, because you just read it, so you have to be thinking about it. This is the… — Jenny Lawson Books Copy Share Image
“Choosing to work in HR is like choosing to work in the complaint department of hell, except way more frustrating, because at… — Jenny Lawson Business Copy Share Image
When someone writes something hateful and threatening I respond with something like, "I want to be so much like you; I want… — Jenny Lawson Conversation Copy Share Image
“I've found, though, that people are more likely to share their personal experiences if you go first, so that's why I always… — Jenny Lawson Alcohol Copy Share Image
“I just want to clarify that I don't mean 'without my vagina' like I didn't have it with me at the time.… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“It's tempting to start each sentence with an apology or disclaimer. To preface everything with "In my life I've found" so that… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“And while our families made their way to the church doorsteps to prepare to throw birdseed at us, we hid in the… — Jenny Lawson Family Copy Share Image
“I’d just run into my gynecologist at Starbucks and she totally looked right past me like she didn’t even know me. And… — Jenny Lawson Time Copy Share Image
“By my tenth glass of wine I started to wonder whether there was something wrong with my palate. Everyone else was marking… — Jenny Lawson Mental health Copy Share Image
No," I replied testily. "I'm pretty sure 'digital' is Latin for 'fingeral,' so finger cancer equals digital cancer. This is all basic… — Jenny Lawson Anatomy Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have a childhood that was _not_ like mine. I have no real… — Jenny Lawson Childhood Copy Share Image
“It would be hard to believe that a man had invented walls when most of them couldn’t even be bothered to close… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“I told my boss that I had a book inside of me, and that I needed to get it out even if… — Jenny Lawson Book Copy Share Image
Every time I get scared or feel like I'm not going to be good enough at something, I say that mantra to… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Personally I prefer to avoid any activity that ends with a strange man offering to "hose the blood off of ye afterward,… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“No really. What exactly did you do today, Jenny? Quantify it for me." "It's not quantifiable. There aren't even metrics for the… — Jenny Lawson Data Copy Share Image
Like books, the Internet has saved my life. It helped me recognize that so many people I adore suffer from the same… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Something wonderful about experiencing life with friendly strangers and stranger-friends who all fit in your pocket.” — Jenny Lawson Friendship Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we walk in sunlight with everyone else. Sometimes we live underwater and fight and grow. And sometimes... ...sometimes we fly.” — Jenny Lawson Depression Copy Share Image
But really, what else are you going to talk about in line at the liquor store? Childhood trauma seems like the natural… — Jenny Lawson Childhood Copy Share Image
Have you ever been homesick for someplace that doesn't actually exist anymore? Someplace that exists only in your mind? — Jenny Lawson Home Copy Share Image
