#it’s ok that you’re not ok

[dearjeonnn]

whenever someone’s tired or wants to quit you so often hear “don’t give up!” or “you can get through this!” or “i know you will overcome this!”

but what if i can’t? what then? what if i give up? what happens then? what if i can’t keep going? what if i can’t keep “hanging in there?” tell me, what on earth do i do then? i don’t think i can continue on like this. everything hurts too much. they always have an answer, but what can they say then? am i still worthy of care? am i still worthy of attention, of love? what if i lose this battle? what if i give up? please tell me what happens then? can i bear it? can the world bear it?

[twinbirdie]

[quotesengage]

The real cutting edge of growth and development is in hurting with each other. It’s in companionship, not correction. Acknowledgment - being seen and heard, and witnessed inside the truth about one’s own life - is the only real medicine for grief. 

It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine

[traumatizeddfox]

“but it wasn’t that bad”

did it hurt? did you feel scared? unsafe? were you embarrassed? humiliated? terrified? did you feel confused on why? does it keep you up at night? do you avoid being in a similar situation? did you cry? did you want to cry? who told you it wasn’t that bad?

[milkinawineglass]

getting misgendered by adults but universally correctly gendered by children makes me feel like some sort of fairy creature thats true form is only perceptible to children

[anna-pineappel]

Writing really goes one of two ways:

1. Write 3k words in 30 minutes

2. Takes 3 hours to write 3 sentences

There is no in between

[potato-lord-but-not]

I will start sobbing violently no one look at me

Poem by Natalie Wee

[gothamslostboy]

POLL TWO HERE

REBLOG FOR BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE BC IK YALL MOSTLY GOING FOR VAMPIRE AROUND HERE

[chronicpaingirlie]

as much as i appreciate the intent of the “being disabled doesn’t make you a burden” type posts, i don’t really agree. a lot of times being disabled DOES make you a burden

& i think that maybe we should try to shift focus to the fact that even if you’re a huge burden on society and can contribute absolutely nothing, you’re still a human being who deserves to exist.

like. there’s nothing morally wrong with being a burden on other people. you aren’t a bad person for needing to rely on others. you’re allowed to be a burden & disabled people who are burdens on others, i love you

[inktho]

If Flertom had long hair as a child…

[kikidulcet]

We have so much shame around anxiety; we often pretend we aren’t feeling it. It’s never effective to pretend you aren’t afraid. Pretending you aren’t afraid makes your interpersonal relationship come out wonky and makes you feel incredibly unstable. Hiding your anxiety makes it shoot out sideways: you act out of your anxiety rather than respond to it.

[dearjeonnn]

i will never get over how fast the happiness ends. everything comes crashing down in mere seconds. it never lasts. and it’s so easy to forget. why do we learn so little from peace? why is joy so fleeting? were we truly placed on this earth to suffer? with only mere moments of joy in the between the endless suffering? why is it so easy to focus on the bad? perhaps due to the abundance of it? i don’t want to lose myself to this pain. i don’t want it to consume me any further. i want to save myself before my soul is too far gone. will i ever be me again? i can’t remember who i was before i developed this deep ache in my chest. who am i without my pain? have i gone so far, too far, that all that remains of my identity is this suffering? what if i’m never okay again? i can’t even remember what that feels like. will i ever let myself loose? will i ever free myself? will i ever save me from me?

[ohithankyou]

— “oh, so i am gross?”

— “evan, i think you’re adorable.”

depictions of a man falling in & being in love ; subject: tommy kinard; object of all his desires: evan buckley.

[quotesengage]

You can’t heal someone’s pain by trying to take it away from them.

 It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine

[waywardstation]

POKEMON MASTERS WHEN I GET YOU

[frownyalfred]

The Batfamily fucking with Gotham must be the funniest thing. Nightwing corners two goons and they’re laughing him off so he says “don’t make me call the other guy!” and they start laughing even harder thinking he’s just going to call Mr. “no kill rule” again.

Nah, he calls Red Hood — the guy whose most recent temper tantrum resulted in the collection of multiple severed heads which the dude carried around for hours in a duffel bag like that’s fucking normal — and Jason steps out of the shadows with a big grin under his helmet like “Oh yeah, you’re dealing with me now. This is gonna be fun.”