Dear ‘Calm’,

Kindly fuck off telling us our “nervous systems” are broken. Were this the case we would be seriously ill in hospital, not scrolling on Instagram.

Terminal stress is a NORMAL response to living a life that’s not right for us and a world that’s really fucking stressful. It’s an alarm system, not a fault to over-ride.

I’M BEGGING YOU to stop cashing in by telling people there’s something wrong with them. This keeps us small and compliant.

Sure, we all need to breathe and move out of fight or flight sometimes. But to ‘find yourself’ again requires us to take action, not lie down like a Victorian invalid.

We need joy. Life. Eros. Excitement. We need to break things and behave ‘badly’.

Now is the time to wake up. Not be calm.

Love and kisses,

Annie