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appreciate the little things and don’t overthink about the start of a new week sunday

don’t push yourself to your breaking point wednesday

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Your body is amazing the way it is, so nourish it, care for it, let it recover, even if it isn’t the way you wanted it to be.

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As the holidays approach and you get increasingly uneasy because of facing family who doesn't accept you, or judges you, and you feel like you have to spend every holiday miserably, remember that you shouldn't feel obligated to stay in a place where you don't feel well-received or comfortable.

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그래, 살아보자.

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You don’t need to do this alone. It’s not weak to lean on the people who love you, and the resources that are there to support you. Doing things by yourself isn’t necessarily an indicator of strength - sometimes admitting you need help is the bravest thing you can do. 

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A happy, full Tubbs from Neko Atsume cheering you on!

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THERE ARE NO USELESS MAJORS!!

Learning about theater is important! Learning about art is important! Learning about sociology is important! Learning about history is important! Learning about anthropology is important! Learning about philosophy important! Learning about music is important! Learning about English is important! Learning about dance is important! Learning about photography is important! Learning about art history is important! Learning about ethnic studies is important! Learning about theology is important! Learning about performing arts is important!

Usefulness does not equal high income!

All education is important!

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im so fucking determined to get better i swear to god lets do this bitch lets go

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northern hemisphere babes we made it to the longest night of the year. we made it. for the next 6 months, every day will give us a little more daylight than the last. let's go. take my hand. climb out of the darkness with me

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"If I can do it, so can everyone else! :D" Not how reality works. We're not the same person with the same abilities, resources and circumstances.

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I promise there is joy/ even if, at times, it feels/ like it has been refracted/ through a window, that/ some meaningful fragment/ has been lost on its way to me.

"Letter Sent and Subsequently Returned by the Mailman" from Winter Stranger by Jackson Holbert

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“—Who sparked your hope? Your faith in life?—”

— André Breton, in an excerpt from Merry, featured in André Breton: Selections (via minima–moralia)

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i cant speak for everyone but i feel like it's underrated just how much impact being physically disabled has on mental health. because physically disabled people often have to remind others that we struggle with mental health issues that it sometimes sounds like an afterthought to others. but it's a real impact of being physically disabled. being unable to go outside or leave the bed worsens depression. having actively declining health worsens depression because part of depression is being unable to imagine a future for yourself. it also creates anxiety. you have to rely on people. on carers, family, the government. it's hard to assure anxiety when you are in a precarious position and the "worst case scenario" is not something you can circumvent or deal with, because lack of care will kill you. has killed people like you. being told you are worthless, that people like you should die or never live in the first place has a big impact on mental health. being physically disabled and unable to defend yourself, being forced to rely on people, opens up a lot of opportunities for abuse and trauma. being in pain is traumatic, medical procedures may be traumatic - and being a disabled child leads you to be doubly vulnerable. people often have to focus on their physical needs to keep them alive - to keep them clean and fed and such. and with such little energy to spare it is difficult to manage mental health. all the stigma surrounding mental health doesn't disappear because you're already disabled. sometimes when you do reach out people will just focus on trying to make you less disabled in order to cure the mental illness issue, instead of giving you the tools to help manage it in your current and real life.

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You are not “wasting your potential” because you took a break, or because you’re exhausted, sick or because you are struggling to find purpose. Please, take some time off, take care of yourself, listen to the needs of your body and your mind. Do the things you want to do to make you happy and fulfilled, not what others think you should, not what’s more successful in their minds. You aren’t wasting your life, nor wasting your potential. You are still deciding how to live it, what is the purpose of it, and you will find motivation to fight for what you want when you figure yourself out, but please take your time and don’t listen to the pressure of people around you to comfort to their expectations of success.

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okay. holding ur hands as i say this. look me in the eyes. i know this is overwhelming so here's where we start. if he wants you dead then your first act of resistance is survival.