#self-deprecating humor

[bpdstevenuniverse]

me: man i wish i received more validation and praise :(

also me when ppl actually praise me: oh????? oh. cool. okay. *cue ten seconds of awkward silence*

[animezinglife]

Me: I wish I understood why I was still single.

Also me: [having this thought after my eccentric ass followed some deer tracks into the woods and is now preoccupied with watching/listening to a hawk at the top of a tree]

[bpdstevenuniverse]

[ID: Picture of a person (only their hands are seen) trying to defuse a bomb. /End ID]

attempting to explain to your mother that she may, at some point in her life, have made a non-optimal decision

[catmint1]

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.

—Erma Bombeck

[anxietyproblem]

[crotchety-old-blogger]

I can relate to this. And I actually sympathize for those who come in contact with me. Sad thing, I don’t know how to stop oversharing. 

[doomedmanic]

the worst kind of anxiety is when u don't know what u are anxious about, yet you feel like something is about to go horribly wrong

[hamoodmood]

[crotchety-old-blogger]

And if there are any doctors out there who disagree, just know: your argument will mean nothing. And if come here defending your doctor or doctor friend then you can go to hell, too. 

I’m starting to see why I don’t have many followers... or friends. 😔

[crotchety-old-blogger]

This is true. My friend’s young children had told me they can’t wait to become adults because they wouldn’t have to answer to their parents anymore. I told them that they would still have to answer to someone when older. When they wondered who, I replied, “Everybody else.”

[bpdstevenuniverse]

// TRIGGER WARNING - suicide mention

i certainly love it when ppl tell me to "get over it" when i get rejected by my crush or by a friend or even a job opportunity, like i'm not fucking diagnosed with the "i'll kill myself if i get rejected/abandoned" disorder

[animezinglife]

Sometimes, I'm a capable, competent, independent woman who can handle just about anything and others I'm a damsel in distress from a bad 1950s film who absolutely Needs a Man™ to resolve one of those few situations I absolutely can't stomach.

There are some things we really are just wired differently for.

[underachieverse]

[hachama]

If you use self-deprecating humor, that's fine. It's not my cup of tea, but it's fine.

If you use self-deprecating humor AND you're depressed or have a poor self image, I strongly suggest switching to hyperbolic self-aggrandizing humor. I truly believe it's 100000% healthier long term AND I think it's much, much funnier.

For example

*trips over a speck of dust*

Option 1: haha, I'm such a klutz, I'll probably break my neck opening a jar of pickles someday

Option 2: I AM THE MOST GRACEFUL PERSON WHO EVER LIVED YOU SAW NOTHING

[behindheterochromiaeyes]

introverts be like

[anxietyproblem]