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# Mental illness lies to us about isolation
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/mental-illness-lies-to-us-about-isolation/
- Published: 2018-07-12T17:19:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:37.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

https://instagram.com/p/BlIs8Vzg2yJ/

full image of spread:

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Quote I referred to in the [Instagram](http://instagram.com/theremightbecupcakes/) description:

We are all just walking each other home.

—[Rumi](https://amzn.to/2NdNFWa)

Recommended reading:

[Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair](https://amzn.to/2uezbhk) by Anne Lamott

[Prozac Diary](https://amzn.to/2zupalr) by Lauren Slater

[my Goodreads chronic illness bookshelf (to be read and read)](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2800966-carla?shelf=chronic-illness)

[These books added to the podcast’s bookshelf on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2800966-carla?shelf=there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast) | [please feel free to add me as a friend on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2800966-carla)

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