UGHHHH. It's time to put clothes on and be an adult. Spending most of the day naked in bed with snackies was nice though lol
“She kept her fist balled up. Right hand in the air, she never messed around. She stood her ground for her people, she was more than afro hair piks, coconut oil, and shea butter cream. She was more than her hips, her breast, her smooth skintone that the light loved coloring; she was more than a number. Every step in life she took, she had been marching. A leader not unfamiliar to war. She shot lines out onto the battlefield, a soulful poet, she broke ground - Excuse me…. SHUT UP! She’s speaking. *A Moment of silence* Now you may continue…. Her vibrations shook the earth, so blessed in nature she gave life to show respect to Love. A Woman of sacrifice who bares her scars to the world without fear. My God she has no equal. The world could never Love her back as much as she Loved it. The actions were frail in comparison. ” -T. J. L. (Golden)
So slept on
Errors in Thinking that Create Anxiety
1. All-or-nothing thinking: Looking at things in black-or-white categories, with no middle ground (“If I fall short of perfection, I’m a total failure.”)
2. Overgeneralization: Generalizing from a single negative experience, expecting it to hold true forever (“I didn’t get hired for the job. I’ll never get any job.”)
3. The mental filter: Focusing on the negatives while filtering out all the positives. Noticing the one thing that went wrong, rather than all the things that went right.
4. Diminishing the positive: Coming up with reasons why positive events don’t count (“I did well on the presentation, but that was just dumb luck.”)
5. Jumping to conclusions: Making negative interpretations without actual evidence. You act like a mind reader (“I can tell she secretly hates me.”) or a fortune teller (“I just know something terrible is going to happen.”)
6. Catastrophizing: Expecting the worst-case scenario to happen (“The pilot said we’re in for some turbulence. The plane’s going to crash!”)
7. Emotional reasoning: Believing that the way you feel reflects reality (“I feel frightened right now. That must mean I’m in real physical danger.”)
8. ‘Shoulds’ and ‘should-nots’: Holding yourself to a strict list of what you should and shouldn’t do and beating yourself up if you break any of the rule
9. Labeling: Labeling yourself based on mistakes and perceived shortcomings (“I’m a failure; an idiot; a loser.”)
10. Personalization: Assuming responsibility for things that are outside your control (“It’s my fault my son got in an accident. I should have warned him to drive carefully in the rain.”)
My Thoughts On The Signs (via rosyscorp)
Videos of Black fathers / daughters love & trust relationships never go viral. The media just don’t want u to see it.
Chester Bennington, Whitney Houston, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Amy Winehouse and so many more. RIP
Esao Andrews “I Was Here Earlier” (2016)
Listen just fucking listen to me, hearing Take on me by a-ha is such a fucking trip I swear to god I have an out of body experience every time that song comes on. When the beat kicks on and you hear that “tr-r-r-ring~!” you can see it in my eyes that I know I am fucked for the next 3 minutes and 47 seconds. My limbs start grooving one by one under a control that is not mine. The synth starts playing and I’m done, I’m gone, I am the whitest person on the dancefloor, I am Regan from the exorcist, I am squidward from those gifsets, I am every person in a harlem shake video. My body moves on it’s own accord producing a disgusting and liminal performance that is an insult to God Himself. This is my fate and I embrace it. Finally, the beat dissolves and I am free. I collapse to the floor and revel in an afterglow that transcends anything I can comprehend while the synth slowly fades out.
Hometown Glory.