“Why box yourself in with labels instead of just being you?” is an idea i see a lot and it’s very distressing to me and I’m not quite sure why.

“why are you interested in having words to understand and talk about your experiences”

“Why be able to identify others like you when you can feel different and alone?”

I saw someone use this and add that it demeans people when they use disabled labels... They really gave away that they think being disabled is demeaning.😳

“You have been a joy to raise”

Herman Hesse, from “Steppenwolf” // art(cropped) by Evan M. Cohen // Mary Oliver, Long Life : Essays and Other Writings // art by Beya Rebaï // Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet // art by María Medem

today my therapist told me that sometimes negative feelings like guilt, anxiety, self loathing, etc are like the hiccups. they’re uncomfortable, we don’t like them, there’s no way to turn them off; they can even be incapacitating for a while. we don’t always know where they came from or when they’ll go away, so sometimes instead of focusing on why we feel a certain way we need to get better at recognizing its temporary nature, keeping perspective, and enduring discomfort. i feel like a lot of self-improvement rhetoric is about pinpointing specific causes for negative thoughts/behaviors so you can eradicate them, but people with chronic mental illness really need to work on allowing themselves to experience these feelings without going into a downward spiral.

thank you for this

I want to think on this

I think this may help

Lol I conveniently have hiccups now

my therapist often reminds me that “why do i feel like this?” can sometimes be a dangerous question to ask yourself alone and leave you digging through all the times you’ve felt guilty/rejected/ashamed before. it’s easy to spiral that way if you’re not careful. with practice, i’ve started asking myself “what do i need to get through this?” the answers to that one are a bit more useful in the moment, and the shift has also helped me be kinder to myself when these feelings come up.

REBLOG IF IT IS OKAY TO COME INTO YOUR INBOX AND SAY THE RANDOMEST SHIT I CAN THINK OF BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU.

Mist

Troye Sivan's backyard?😝

Idk who needs to hear this but like... Taylor was like a major independent artist her entire career 💀 she had to earn that shit herself, built a label from the groun up herself, paid for her music videos herself

this is completely true and the most underrated part about her. people instead focus on her dad owning a single digit percentage of the company (which was brand new, so not like... insane amounts of money) taylor WALKED AWAY from a large label because she wanted to release a full LP so bad. she took a chance on a man who left a large label as well. she made that place everything it is today. SHE sat on the floor and sent CDs of her singles to radio. SHE baked cookies and other goods for hosts to promote. SHE wrote her songs. SHE created the themes of her albums, tours, merch designs. SHE decided to use social media HER WAY to interact with fans and authentially grow. Taylor Swift made herself who she is. Yes, she had help from a team as she grew, she had a family with money who supported her, but NEVER, EVER dismiss how much work it was for a TEEN GIRL to put herself out there like that. In a male dominated genre. With radio that is still explicitly sexist.

no sorry I can’t hang out I’m busy feeling nothing and then feeling everything all at once and getting too overwhelmed

Martha Hunt on Instagram: “Some of my favorite people 😍”

Lol 😂

If you start listening to long story short at 11:56:33pm on New Year’s Eve, your 2020 will end with the words ‘long story short, it was a bad time...’ and your new year will begin with ‘long story short, I survived.’

Do people want any parallels or theories from me anymore. I don't know if it's something people want so please let me know. 🤗

So that's a no?

Do people want any parallels or theories from me anymore. I don't know if it's something people want so please let me know. 🤗