#trying not to be sad

[johnfair]

Happy father's day.

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

I think one of the kindest things you can do for people with various mental health struggles is just... let people back into your life after they've been absent for a while.

Making friends as an adult is so fucking hard already and isolating yourself from other people is a very common symptom of depression, anxiety, burnout, ocd, trauma, grief, etc. Which means that someone will do the hard work of recovery/healing and resurface back into a world where their previous friends have written them off because they stopped showing up.

So if you know someone where you're like "yeah we could have been better friends but they fell off the map a bit" and that person suddenly reaches out, or starts showing up to events even though you kind of forgot they were still in the group chat... well they may have been Going Through It and you don't actually have to punish them for their absence you can just be glad that they're back.

[kuuhaiyu]

i really can't emphasize how heartbreaking it is that the recent harassment campaign against @/90-ghost (among others; see: 1, 2, 3) has led to well-meaning people telling others not to listen to him. he is one of the most visible survivors of the genocide here on tumblr. his entire journey of escape is so well documented! and yet, it only took a few people confidently pointing fingers to create an entire witch hunt accusing him and other palestinians of being disreputable scammers and liars.

i can't help but feel like the reason why people were SO eager to believe those accusations, is because it was uncomfortable to see posts from palestinians every day asking for our time, attention, money, and support; so when someone presented the perfect excuse to ignore all those posts and asks while also taking the high ground, people just LEAPED onto it. they wanted to believe it, because it would be more comfortable.

honestly, i understand feeling overwhelmed by bad news, by the number of asks and messages in your inbox, and so on and so forth. i understand needing to set boundaries for yourself so you don't get burned out. i think this is really when you have to have a set of principles to fall back on, even when you're tired, uncomfortable, angry, and/or sad. so here's the one i suggest, which has been working for me best: don't make your discomfort with this situation into someone else's problem, and for god's sake don't make it a public problem.

if you hate seeing fundraiser posts or news about gaza, i can't emphasize this enough, JUST MOVE ON. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND SCROLL PAST! all you have to do is absolutely nothing. which is what you were doing anyway, so it shouldn't be hard. if you don't have the heart to read, or reblog, or share, or donate, or support in other ways, at the very least, don't obstruct the efforts of people who ARE trying to make a difference. this is, quite literally, the least you can do.

[camilleflyingrotten]

[panthermouthh]

“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?”

[phlesbian]

I'm sorry you couldn't get tickets!

thank you. it was inevitable really

[kitsuna21]

antidepressant dreams be crazy

[latebloomerdiary]

Glow Up? Starting Over?

Ok so... Wow where do I even start.

Long story short: I suffered a wee bit of a mental break, and now I'm 27 and back living at my mom's house. I want to start over, do better, look better, and feel better.

Back Story: I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was 11, and have been medicated ever since. That is until 2020. I know what a great time to stop my meds cold turkey. lmao. IDIOT.

I then landed my DREAM job. My friend told me about an opening at her company for a marketing manager. For the record, I have no college degree so this was SUPER exciting. I was working almost fully remote with my bestie/roommate and just fucked around every day and had fun. Our time was really our own at this job, we could like go to the movies in the middle of the workday if we wanted.

The depression comes in waves sometimes, and after about 7 months at this job, it got really bad. I was feeling really bad about myself. I really hated myself. I felt ugly and like I didn't deserve my job because I didn't go to school. Just a bunch of horrible horrible thoughts and self-talk.

This is where the mental break part happens. I heard about this job opportunity in another state and asked my boss if I could go part-time and fully remote. She reluctantly agreed. I basically blew up my life and moved away within a month. We broke our lease and I moved two states away.

I got to the new place and guess what? It was absolutely horrible. Everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong starting on the first day. Once I actually started my position it somehow got worse. I worked a total of 8 days there before I quit.

And so here we are: I had to move back in with my mom. My boss was not about to let me go back to full-time hours, so I could not afford a place in my old town. I had planned on staying with my mom for a while to save up to be able to move back, but I just found out my position is going away. I won't have a job as of Nov. 1.

So this brings a new challenge: find a full-time job. But starting this process of finding a new job while living with my mom kind of made me feel like I was forced to start over back at square one. That made me super fucking sad. So I decided to try and think of it differently. I decided to think of it like I get the opportunity to start over. You know?

So here's where my general goals:

(in no particular order)

Get a job

Get in better shape

Be more social

Put effort into my physical appearance

Go back to school

Get better at photography

Stop getting high so much/be more intentional with it

Go to therapy/the doctor

I'm going to use this blog to keep me accountable and to document the process. I'll update along the way!

[slavhew]

hm

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au: sparring sessions and short hair katara

They like to have sparring sessions in order to keep their bending skills sharp. They allow themselves to go all out and not hold back at all cause they know if anyone got hurt, Katara could just heal them

But anyways, wouldn't it be kinda funny if Zuko accidentally burned Katara's hair tho? Aofkqldkkajfjd

The "I think we can save the hairloops" line is from @linnoya-writes thank you for that!! :>>

[technically-human]

When the ghost who read to you as you died activates all of your Must Protect instincts

[st-sandwich]

having a hard time watching serious movies lately bc all i can think about is how all the characters are pooping and peeing between the scenes

[egophiliac]

do skully have pokemon?

Pumpkaboo is the obvious one, but y'know, sometimes the obvious one is the right one! (we'll say SUPER SIZE Pumpkaboo, just for fun. big pumpkin for big skeleton boy.) and another person actually also suggested Greavard, which I somehow hadn't considered, but feels so perfect that I feel like I should have. dangit.

(they can also have little Nightmare Suit costumes :D)

[jamboscrimblo]

thought i’d share my little collection of scar & jellie making the same face in photos

[frenchublog]

once you play god☄️🎇

[tiddie-taylor]

fatass doodle dump