Chasing Sunsets

Mental Health

You don’t have to explain the fog

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A meadow of red poppies, blue cornflowers, and purple lupines, with a distant horse in mist. AI-generated artwork.

Disclosed AI-generated artwork.

People will ask what is wrong. Sometimes you won’t have a tidy answer. The fog doesn’t owe a plot. Color can still be in the field while the distance is white.

You don’t have to perform your pain to deserve rest. It doesn’t have to be interesting. Heavy is enough of a word.

If you have a person who can sit without a quiz, keep them close. If you don’t, this page can sit for a minute. Then, if you need more than a minute, Help.

Mystery is allowed. So is getting help for a fog that won’t lift. Those two can live together.

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The Chasing Sunsets editor

I write Chasing Sunsets from Edmonton, Alberta. Every line here started as something I said to someone having a bad day — usually on our Facebook page, usually at night.

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