The Zebra Analogy

“Why do you need a label?”

  • Because there is comfort in knowing that you are a normal zebra, not a strange horse.
  • Because you can’t find a community of other zebras, can’t learn what makes a zebra thrive, what brings you a zebra joy, if you don’t know you are a zebra and you are learning solely from horses.
  • It is near impossible to be happy and mentally healthy if you’re spending all your life thinking you’re a failed horse, having others tell you you are failed horse, when all along you could be thriving and understood if everyone, including you, just knew you were a zebra.