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GOLDEN - HARRY STYLES

If Harry does a sleep story I will not be well.

HE JUST FOLLOWED THEM ON INSTAGRAM IM SCREAMING

MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE

Keith Bennett Photography

WATERMELON SUGAR

City of Edinburgh by Ian G Black

Jonah Heidelbaum | Hunters S01E01: In the Belly of the Whale

HUNTERS (2020) S01E03 - WHILE VISIONS OF SAFTA DANCED IN HIS HEAD

me rn

Me: *starts returning to coping strategies I abandoned before quarantine*

My old hyperfixations:

hi i’m seeing no one talk about this cover??? this is HAUNTING, it’s dedicated it to everyone who’s died from the coronavirus so far especially healthcare staff i just,,,

thank you @thisnightsrevels for the explanation, I was curious as to what was going on

Oh shit

Hey, I just want everyone to know that what the world is going through is a legitimate trauma. Full on. It fits the “official” definition and everything. This is a traumatic event.

That means that it’s normal and expected to find yourself using coping mechanisms that you thought you were done with, to find yourself numbed out, to be on the verge of constant panic attacks, to be acting impulsively and compulsively, to engage in very old patterns, to have wide swings of every behaviour especially regarding sleep, food, and sex.

The research shows that people in a traumatic situation who most often develop PTSD (which I would say we are all at risk of) or have their existing PTSD/C-PTSD intensified are folks who cannot or believe they cannot do anything about it the trauma event.

So, if you are able, look for a place in all of this where you can feel that you can do something. Harass a company not doing enough for its employees, sign a petition, check in on a neighbour, set alarms to remind yourself to eat (it’s on my own to do list for today), intentionally spend time every day doing straw breathing to shift your sympathetic nervous system response. You don’t have to become some social media hero, or spend all your time improving yourself. But if you can find something that makes you feel like you can do something for yourself that decreases the trauma load on you, it will greatly benefit you going forward.

If anyone has any questions about this, my asks are open, or you can message me. (I cannot do any online therapy, I am happy to share information about trauma itself and any tools that I know)

It is okay to reblog this.

- Registered Clinical Counsellor, with 10+ years specifically working with trauma

being insane in my room being insane in the kitchen being insane in the living room

Adam D. Thompson