#my mental health is fine

[old-schoolgenz]

For many many years I wanted to be like Aphmau. Kind, Loving, Always there for the people around me and Extroverted and unafraid to talk to people.

I am Aaron. Quiet, Standoffish, Stubborn. So introverted that at one point I was asked if I was a mute. And with so little self-worth I would consider blowing myself up for a woman I banged once in the woods.

[millenialfanfictionaddiction]

Just over here, buried in 12” of snow. It’s fine. We’re fine. This is all fine.

[used-to-control-the-die]

MAX GUNTHER PODIUUUUUMM!!!

[jmflowers]

those times when you conquer the unsettling fear of being ✨ seen ✨ and ✨ known ✨ and think wow I’m normal only to have it all fall apart and have to return back to your base self of ✨ not certain anyone cares about me ✨

[em0sket]

hate being in art galleries alone don’t like being outnumbered by eyes that aren’t attached to humans as opposed to a human attached eyes being to this human who wants to keep them

[elliementarymydears]

Me: my mental health has actually been pretty good lately, I’ve been doing okay

Also me when my routine gets interrupted for more than a day:

[guminmyhair-14]

Starting to feel like I want a lobotomy for Christmas

[turtleofthehollow]

I'm realizing the biggest writer's block i face is the sheer tedium of writing the parts that weren't the result of inspiration.

it's the connecting scenes that get you from point A to point B that are necessary for the story, but not a lot happens in them.

it's the beginning of the whole story where not a lot happens, and that may or may not be the actual beginning, but you need to write anyway just so you know where you're going.

spending all day fantasizing about all the nuances in a scene, the foreshadowing, the thematic plotline, and major plot twists is great and all, but than the reality of having to craft it hits hard, and i just want to put it off. but than the guilt of not writing, and the existential fear that I'll never complete all the stories i have in my head hits me just as hard, and i don't know what to do about it.

[chimkinbunnii]

God, don't you sometimes feel like your relationships are falling apart faster than you can put them back together?

[soyochii]

Quick doodles before I evaporate.

[rage-et-desespoir]

Sometimes, I just want to lie down and nap so hard I become one with the soil.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

if you struggle with mental health, one piece of advice i would genuinely give you is learn to knit.

or crochet: something repetitive to do with your hands, assuming you're capable of it. if you're like me and learnt to knit as a kid but let it lie fallow for a long time, it may be that starting a large, simple project (for me it was a cloak, but a blanket could work too) gets you back into it. or maybe doing something smaller, idk. i personally found socks really hard for a while because they felt smaller than my cloak but weren't getting Done quick enough for me. as i've sped up i find it more interesting to knit socks.

regardless, a repetitive task is great for emotional regulation (also see: autistic stimming), and something that you can look at and go hey i've done something, unlike simply using a fidget toy, can also help to pick your mood up when the brain is being cruel.

it's also useful as a conversation starter or distracter if you don't know what to talk about. if you're wanting to talk to older people also you're more likely to reel them in with knitting (i work better with older people, and 99% of people who ask what i'm knitting are older than me). it also gives you the opportunity to not make eye contact because you're busy knitting, even if you're still carrying on a conversation. if you're absolutely stuck for conversation you can count your stitches and people might stop bothering you.

if you have trouble focusing without doing something with your hands, you can knit! i knit a lot in church, and it helps me to focus on what's being said.

i probably have more reasons you should pick up knitting, but i can't recall them right now, so yeah.

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

Lately, I've found it very difficult to get out of bed in the mornings. So I've come up with a plan. Here it is:

I made a not at all weird little cut-out of Holmes from the 'What is it, a fire?!' scene. I am going to put it up on the shelf next to my bed and put my phone behind it. When my alarm goes off, I will have to sit up to reach my phone. I will then have to look at cardboard Holmes and I will a) be so amazed by his beauty b) have a 'do it for him' moment c) be so baffled by my own silliness that I will immediately be wide awake and get out of bed. Wish me luck.

[barfville]

We're going down !

[kunikidas-lost-glasses]

Okay but Gojo raised two children at 17/18 alone with like zero experience on how to be a good parent while he was training to become the strongest and shortly after loosing his best friend who had also been the one he had been in love with in one of the most horrendous and cruel ways possible all while keeping up an incredibly cheerful and carefree personality.

You can't tell me that this man wasn't emotionally, mentally and probably also physically exhausted during that time.