#emotional awareness

[classycookiexo]

THIS

[autisticmind]

It's especially sad to me, how apparently common it is for some people to think autistic/neurodivergent people are lying or trying to manipulate them when they're actually being radically honest— it's just "too" honest for them to identify or accept.

It's sad that their honesty is considered "radical" relative to neurotypical society, when it would in nearly all cases be healthier and better for everyone to be more open and honest with each other.

[professionalkinkshaming]

Therapy speak isn't making anyone more selfish, but it is giving the most selfish and inconsiderate of us some really mature sounding and harder-to-refute justifications for the same shitty behaviors they've always had

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Goldie Lipson - Beyond Yoga - Jove/HBJ - 1970

[loveyourlovelysoul]

Emotional maturity (which depends on how our developmental needs were met in our forming days and the example we got from our caregivers) has nothing to do with our age: we can understand we don't feel emotional mature and start working on it at any age.

Our emotionally immature self You may realize you feel discomfort when expressing emotions, tend to neglect them or label them as unimportant; you feel highly defensive; you have an hard time tolerating others' opinions and blame them when things go wrong; you tend to shut down or lash out in conflicts or even avoid them completely (people pleasing); you may lack communication skills and openness about problems; you try to over explain yourself in fear of being misunderstood; you generally react as passive aggressive... you basically have an hard time sitting with your emotions and trying to understand them and regulate them.

Our emotionally mature self Listen to others' opinions even if you don't agree or don't understand them (you don't have to agree with someone to tolerate their point of views, we are all different); recognize when you get triggered by something or someone (we act more immature when we're triggered, as we experience a regression to our trauma) so to take a step back: you don't answer/make decisions until you've calmed down; remember empathy is the ability of putting yourself into someone else's shoes, so imagining to feel and experience something more close to someone else's point of view may help you realize what they are feeling/thinking (feeling or thinking exactly the same is impossible, but taking a look from a different perspective is of help); again take a pause before reacting, give yourself space to think about your answer and make a proper and informed conscious choice (it may help reduce regrets too); remember there are multiple realities and none has to be more accurate, correct or perfect than another as they're all different: our reality is made by our own perspective, and same for anyone else (none of each is wrong or invalidated by the other one existing).

[kellymagovern]

[x]

[elijahgilbert]

Today is a day to feel

Hopeful

Positive

Strong

Ambitious

Confident

Happy

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

thats... interesting

[traiciontrauma]

[theclearstateofthemind]

Personal Reminder

Your inner purpose must lie within yourself. Never let yourself to leave it in the hands and in the life of someone else cause if the person leaves, you'll be the one collecting the crumbles of your soul. And finding yourself again in this chaos will be a hard task.

Be your own light and let it brighten others, but never place it outside yourself cause chanches are you will be left in the dark.

[brainspiraling]

I am tired of self-sabotage— mine and others'.

So damn tired, sometimes I feel like I will expire the second I lay down.

[classycookiexo]

[tessaannedesigns]

Changing your mindset can change your life!

💚🖤🤎

[thewritehaven]

"I'm an unbridled river, constantly overflowing my banks and nourishing the lives of those around me. I'm unbound by boundaries, recklessly pouring out my waters until I'm drained, never pausing to replenish myself."

— alterego🪐 {M.J.}

[self-motivationmedia]

“Unspoken feelings are unforgettable.” ~ Andrei Tarkovsky

Inspiration 2nd Photos

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[kalahs-beautiful-realm]

Photography by, A.M. Lorek

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