#check on your mental health

[mentalintimacymagazine]

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[dyrpyn]

This election isn't looking great now.

BUT.

There is one thing you must ALWAYS. ALWAYS REMEMBER.

Your two greatest, most powerful weapons against evil, against bigotry and fascism, against hate, against even hate that comes from inside the self...

are Hope, and Spite.

If nothing else can fuel you, let these. Embrace these. Let these consume you, let them become all that you are.

Let Hope help you find light in the little details, silver linings to cling onto with bleeding hands and pockets of joy to admire in every day. Let it inject you with good faith, motivation to spread kindness where it is needed most, and deepening trust that this won't last forever.

Let Spite charge you with fury that carries you to make moves and take actions. Let it lead you to little victories right in the face of evil. Let it fuel you to do the strongest, most meaningful thing you can possibly do in this potential age: Thrive.

With enough reframing of perspectives and looking in the right places, even the most oppressed can find little ways to thrive in their personal communities, to find joy in every day. To forget how bad things are for even a second. To believe and see proof that they can change it all. To cling onto their Hope and Spite.

And THAT is the most powerful message you can send to those who wish to eradicate you.

We are the cockroaches who survive the radiation. We are the banged-up sewer rats who get in countless scuffles and still come crawling out of the tunnels covered in wounds to see the sunrise. For it rises every day no matter what may be brewing underneath its shine.

And we will watch every sunrise together. We will hold hands and sing in our defiance. We will always remain connected through our shared suffering and yet especially our shared Strength.

And with our weapons kept at our sides, we will all make it.

[moonkhao]

hi.

[favoritedreams]

𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 - 𝐴 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑（ 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ）

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 ,

𝐀 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, ����𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝟓 𝐰𝐚𝐲�� 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨��𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧.. 𝐆𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 , 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲 !!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 - You have come a long way from things you may have had to deal with, if that’s your upbringing ,recent life experience, or events. Notice your change and take a step back to realize you’re not the person you once were , you are not the same person who was put through hardships, you are not the person you were painted as . 𝐓ell yourself you made it this far, even if it’s not exactly ideal ,you did what you needed to do for yourself. Paint a picture of what you want your life to be with all the mistakes , trial and error , and setbacks; make that picture into something bigger and more beautiful.

𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝒂𝒍 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Limited emotions doesn't mean showing no emotion. If you invest your time and energy in the wrong people, you'll end up feeling drained. Instead of questioning yourself and taking on their problems, focus on creating your own peace of mind. Remember, their reasoning may make sense to them, but it doesn't have to affect you. Stay true to yourself and prioritize your well-being.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐭 - The saying that changed my perspective goes like this: 'If you spend your time chasing butterflies, they'll fly away. If you spend your time creating a beautiful garden, they'll come to you. But if they don't, at least you'll have a beautiful garden to yourself.' This saying applies to many situations, like chasing after someone, trying to control things beyond your control, or trying to save those who don't want to be saved. It's important to prioritize your own mental health by not investing too much in the wrong people or getting fixated on one outcome. Let life flow and embrace the journey that's meant for you.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 , 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 - This one can be a tough concept to grasp because we often find ourselves caught up in consuming other people's lives for entertainment on social media. We look to those who inspire and admire us, and those who can relate to us. But here's the thing, girlies - true success and happiness can only start with you. It's all about incorporating what inspires you into your everyday life and creating your own path to success. And that's exactly what @favoritedreams is all about - helping you make your dreams and desires a reality.

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 - sometimes it's tough to heal because there's this inner child inside us that still needs some healing too. Even though we've grown up and our minds have changed, it's important to show up for ourselves and address our needs. It's like being the parent to our own inner child. We can give ourselves positive affirmations, pat ourselves on the back, listen to nostalgic music that brings us comfort , or even doing the thing’s we couldn’t do. When we're feeling overwhelmed or struggling, we can be that soothing parent to ourselves and provide the care and support we need. It's all about nurturing ourselves in the best way we know how. Keep being there for yourself, and remember that you're doing great!

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑…

follow @favoritedreams for more ♡︎

[coriander-candlesticks]

Sometimes your Mental Illness™ is kicking your ass and all you can do is offer the first hot, non-leftover meal you managed to prep in the day at 10:30 pm to Apollo & ask for help getting to *and* getting through your appointment tomorrow and that's okay

[bameme]

"Hey bud how's it going? It's just - I noticed that lately you've been filmed at a Dutch angle a lot... I just want you to know that I'm here if you wanna talk, and maybe hang out sometime?"

[kidvoodoo]

Yall think blond Jere is insane, I was there when THIS happened…

[averageambivert]

Me, not finding any Aryan Simhadri fanfics on Tumblr, logging back into my Wattpad account:

[creatingnikki]

notes to self, 2024 check in edition

you’re getting better at saying no, walking away, protecting your energy. good job. now accelerate that.

first they bark, then they bite. verbal abuse and emotional abuse is the starting point for physical and sexual abuse. abuse is abuse is abuse.

if you won’t be okay accepting that behaviour for your hypothetical daughter, your best friend, your 20 year old self — then no, you shouldn’t be accepting that behaviour for your current self either.

let people be. energies and moods and efforts will fluctuate. love people instead of finding faults all the time. and you can only do that if you don’t push yourself or sacrifice yourself to show up every time when you don’t want to or don’t have it in yourself to. so let yourself be too. you and others, everyone has a range. allow that range.

lack of sleep is literally cutting off the ties between your brain and body. not getting the cues to when you’re hungry, when you’ve over eaten, when you need to flight, when you need to fight — you literally just need sleep. eight hours of restful sleep at night. easy. okay not easy but also not impossible.

numbers, quantifying things is good. 8 hours of sleep, 3ish liters of water, 10k steps. quantify to standardize and streamline. not everything has to be vague and complex and ineffable.

you or nothing or nobody can ever be more powerful than time. the more time you give your investments, the more time you give to a craft, the more time you give to your healing — time will always have the last laugh. so just like idk go with time? you don’t have to go with the flow if that feels unsettling. but go with time?

every time you pick up your phone and open any app it’s like 10,000 things are being thrown at you. things you’re doing that you shouldn’t, things that you aren’t doing that you should. so many people saying so many things. it’s all just noise. don’t fall into that trap. know the 1-2 things that are a priority for you right now and work on them. rest everything is noise. cut it out.

[catboymoments]

tip: I am so fucking mad

[muqingfx]

not a writer's block or an art block this is a life block bro

[kalpalatas]

i like to think im Normal about fictional faves but i see how some twt folk talk about kagi and subconsciously start drawing on dark curses

[itstokkii]

I've been considering making this post for a while but hesitated since I don't wanna beat a dead horse.

I'd like you to look at this post looking back at the Andijan massacre. What started as people protesting issues like distribution of gas, electricity, and other human needs and rights ended in a bloodbath. A cousin of mine told me schools taught it as "the national guard protecting civilians from Islamist terrorists."

I'd also like you to look at this paper by the Human Rights Watch on the torture and persecution of Uzbek Muslims like me during Islam Karimov's 20 years of dictatorial rule. Even Uzbek Muslims outside of Uzbekistan weren't safe. Multiple family friends of mine were randomly tackled to the ground and arrested by Korean Police on accounts of "domestic terrorism" in Uzbekistan, and some were only released about 5 years ago.

You weren't allowed to wear hijabs(even in Islamic universities), openly pray, read the Quran, or do anything religious. Someone would always be there watching to report you.

I wasn't allowed to go outside by myself around my neighborhood due to Uzbek government agents kidnapping the children of Uzbek diaspora abroad. I wasn't allowed to wear a hijab until after we went to Uzbekistan 2 years after Karimov's regime ended, and we made sure it was safe there and back. I wasn't even allowed to visit the country to see my relatives for almost a decade because of the crackdown on Uzbek Muslims.

When Uzbekistan was colonized by Russia as the Uzbek SSR and even before then as Turkestan, Russia made sure to stamp out religion entirely. They killed off scholars and poets like Cholpon, who wrote about Uzbek self-determination and praised religious texts. Uzbekistan's first leadership since its independence carried on with this policy, with Russian colonial values ingrained into them.

As for Korea, our partition was opposed by the whole peninsula. When Jejuans protested the US-UN backed elections, it ended in 10% of Jeju's population being killed by joint US-Korean forces. Though the South Korean Government apologized for the first time recently, the US stays silent. What a surprise. The bodies of these Jejuans were buried in mass pits and had the Jeju Airport built on top of it.

The US still fails to apologize for the No Gun Ri Massacre, in which the US Army murdered about 300 Korean villagers despite knowing they were civilians and therefore not targets. The US also indiscriminately bombed North Korea with more bombs than they had in the Pacific Theater in World War 2, martyring almost 2 million Koreans.

After the Korean War followed almost 30 years of dictatorship by Syngman Rhee, then a military junta, then Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo Hwan. During this time, university students protesting the dictatorial rule established by the US were arrested as "anti communists," and be tortured repeatedly, sometimes even until death.

Though the Seodaemun Prison is known for being Japan's colonial prison where they arrested independence activists, the Korean dictatorships used it to arrest people in favor of democracy.

The Namyeong-Dong Anti-Communist Investigation Office was a similar prison, in which one of the floors had extremely thin, narrow windows to avoid prisoners from escaping. Park Jong Cheol, a Seoul National University student who was protesting against Korea's military dictatorship at the time, was incarcerated here and routinely tortured. He eventually died due to water torture.

The Gwangju Massacre was a protest held by many activists against Chun Doo Hwan's dictatorial rule, which came about as he staged a coup and successfully overthrew the previous government. As they called for democracy, Chun Doo Hwan brought the national army, who fired upon, killed, and raped the protesters. Chun Doo Hwan was never held responsible for his crimes before he died, and his grandson recently apologized to the victims and their loved ones. It was found that the US approved Chun Doo Hwan's plans to use armed forces on the protesters in Gwangju.

Though the Gwangju Massacre is taught about in Korea, much of the US involvement and responsibility of the horrors of the dictatorship is left out.

The US does not allow Korea to produce its own nuclear arsenal, allowing Korea to rely entirely on the US for nuclear support. Additionally, the existing presence of the USFK in Korea and their joint training sessions with the ROK army further provokes North Korea and therefore gives the US a "justification" to maintain its military presence in Korea.

Growing up I was taught where to look for nearby nuclear shelters. We visited the War Memorial of Korea multiple times, and air raid sirens are rare but are happening more often recently.

This, along with the added danger of living as Uzbek diaspora outside of Uzbekistan as Muslims.

So when I say "please respectfully depict Russia and the US when it comes to the Cold War in a way that does not center them entirely" and "please keep the gravity of their actions in mind as you write them; Hetalia does not exist in an apolitical vacuum,"

and I am met with "mature adults" telling me that "they're just characters," or

"i'm the one ruining the fandom," or

"block and move on," or

"i love russia and america cold war!!!" or

"you're crazy" or

"moralf*g" or

"someone's sensitive"

and especially from russian artists who call me an "American SJW." russians calling me an uzbek overly sensitive for asking that they portray their country a little more respectfully to the victims of their colonialism. yeah that's completely normal

you are normalizing centering discussions about the Cold War to the imperial core, and then having nothing of substance to say about and being absolutely insensitive towards someone who's life has been and still are dictated by these imperial forces, and even harrassing them.

where's the "block and move on" mentality you prided yourselves for?

this fandom hasn't changed since the 2010s. it's just more quiet in the way it marginalizes victims of colonialism.

oh, and that person who told me to "block and move on, sister!!!" when it comes to me explaining myself as an uzbek-korean muslim?

you're not one to talk. 네가 뭘아는데 ㅅㅂ새끼야

[magnetic-tide]

swaybaby, with the way the bruins are allowing you to be attacked, any murders you commit can be called self defense

[sunshinemayhem]

i tripped and fell into the marauders fandom and now i keep getting my heart broken

(send help)

[csuitebitches]

Ways to Check In with Yourself

What I personally use, and you could too. I check in with myself everyday.

1. Asking myself if there’s anything that’s bothering me at work

Sometimes I’m bothered by work I’ve been procrastinating about; or reaching out a contact I know I should’ve reached out to earlier. I then start making a list on my notes, making bullet points for each task.

Noting it down helps me visualise what I need to do, and ensuring that I get it done.

I do this by using prompts. I write these down in my notes app, I open them whenever I decide to check in with myself.

These are my work check- in questions:

A. Am I stressed at the moment?

B. If I am, why?

C. What do I need to do for myself right now?

D. Do I need someone else’s help for this?

E. If yes, who is that person?

F. What do I need to do today in order to end my day with a peaceful mind?

2. At social events - going to the bathroom alone to collect myself

Sometimes, at events, I’ll go to the bathroom for 5 minutes to regroup myself. I ask myself how I’m feeling and what I’m feeling… if I’m at a party, this is the point where I consider if I can drink* more or not/ sober up a bit. I also take the time to make a semi decent game plan.

A. How am I feeling?

B. Am I in a state where I can drink more?

C. When was the last time I drank water?

D. Am I hungry?

E. How am I getting home - do I have a cab booked, is someone going to drop me, am I going home by myself?

F. Do I want to leave right now or am I having a good time?

*I do not encourage minors drinking - please drink responsibly

3. Using this free app called How We Feel

I absolutely adore it. It helps you check in with your feelings, identify them, understand triggers and show you a different perspective on handling things.

Personally speaking, I’ve set the reminders to 3 times a day (morning, afternoon and evening) so that I can track myself better.