This article shares a point of view that too often goes unheard.

Most advice (if not nearly all of it) is geared towards the majority, the statistical median. These pieces of advice work for us insofar as we fit the average.

Sometimes we will, but often we won't.

We need voices speaking loudly and saying what DOESN'T work for them so that those who aren't the statistical norm hear that they are not alone.

Words like these are a healing salve to those who have been told for too long that they need to fit in to some other way of doing things.

The author's capacity for solitude saved her. What saves you?