so long, and thanks for all the fish

GETTING BETTER!! is a youtube playlist that I started compiling at the end of 2022 (in the months following a mental health crisis and several weeks of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy [DBT]) as both a project to hopefully get my mind off of things that caused me anxiety, and something that I could throw on for motivational background noise during necessary self-care activities. it wound up becoming tremendously personal and meaningful, and I started to find a lot of joy in curating a list of songs I related to on multiple emotional levels-- not just the positive, but the negative-- in a way that feels healthy and cathartic while releasing my own pent-up emotion during high-anxiety situations.

I also take a lot of pleasure in critical musical & lyrical analysis, so I decided to start this blog series as a way of journaling out what each song means to me, and really challenging myself to confront the problems I struggle with the most as I relate to each song. maybe you'll enjoy reading it, or even relate to it on some level!

a note on CWs:
because these posts all have to do with mental health/illness and will involve many potentially triggering themes, I will do my best to put appropriate content warnings on each one. please do not hesitate to request additional CW tags (on the relevant post) if you feel there's something I missed!

links to the posts:
#1: If The World Doesn't End
#2: I Wanna Get Better
#3: The Science of Selling Yourself Short

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I've been meaning to switch away from a corporate chain for a while now. but today I found out that my local walgreens had its entire pharmacy team just walk out 2 weeks ago, and in the meantime corporate has done absolutely nothing to make sure consumers know about the interruption in service. I had to look on Google to find out that the pharmacy is "temporarily closed until further notice;" while I had already walked into the store just to find the pharmacy shuttered with their normal hours posted and absolutely no in-person explanation for why the shutters are closed during regular business hours.

and then on my way home, literally right around the corner from the neighborhood, I got an automated call from walgreens reminding me to pick up my prescription at the closed location. that was the last straw. at least I've called the new pharmacy and gotten the transfer process started, but I'm grumpy as hell tbh because walgreens already hasn't been filling my meds correctly for over 2 weeks now and the last thing I need is for the new pharmacy to have any trouble moving shit over. it's a good thing I don't throw out old meds, because my backup Lexapro and guanfacine have been saving my ass this week. I really hope the new place can get me my shit soon