#Building a Support System

[williamskaphika]

Understanding Your Personal Growth Process

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Your Personal Growth Checklist “SUCCESS IS NOT FINAL, FAILURE IS NOT FATAL: IT IS THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE THAT COUNTS” WINSTON CHURCHILL Personal growth is a lifelong journey that involves continuous self-improvement and development. It’s essential to assess your progress regularly to ensure you’re moving in the right direction. In this blog post, I’ll explore a comprehensive personal growth…

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[styalish]

9 Self-Care Tips You Need to Know in 2023

You may start learning to take care of yourself by following specific self-care ideas that work for most people.

Have a proper Schedule

Learning what self care tips 2023 are most helpful if you have yet to practice such activities can be challenging. Plan on devoting 20 minutes of your morning to quiet activities like reading or meditation. Then, set aside one evening a week to do something relaxing, like a hot bath or catching up with a friend. Incorporating these practices into your daily life is an excellent approach to keeping yourself on track and prioritizing your well-being.

2. Try to be Physically active

We tend to focus more on our mental and emotional well-being than physical health, yet there is an undeniable link between the two. Positive emotions and a positive physical condition go hand in hand. When you’re feeling fantastic mentally and physically, it shows in the way you move. As a self-care, frequently participate in enjoyable physical activities.

3. Shift your perspective

When you dwell on the negatives of life, it’s hard to feel content. This is so because one’s vitality follows one’s attention. Changing your viewpoint can help you see the bright side, improve your disposition, and spark novel ideas and approaches. To affect positive change in oneself, one’s surroundings, or interactions with others, one must adopt a new point of view.

4. Meditate

Meditation is one technique that can alter one’s frame of mind. Meditation is a great way to quiet thoughts and concentrate on the here and now. It’s been proven to help with stress, mood, and productivity. The practice of meditation can take multiple forms. Present-moment awareness and stress reduction are the goals of mindfulness meditation.

5. Take Healthy Foods

Cupcakes and big, rich, savory dinners may come to mind when you think about self-care comfort foods. Though it’s OK to reward yourself now and then, try to picture self-care in terms of more long-term sources of happiness, such as energizing foods and drinks high in nutrients like dark, leafy greens. Do something you enjoy, like give yourself an hour to read or watch a workout video, as a reward for your hard effort.

6. Say “NO.”

Knowing when to say “no” can be challenging as a self-care strategy. You feel like you must constantly say “yes” to requests at work and in your personal life. Having a busy schedule can be satisfying, but it’s also crucial to learn to say “no.” If you’re feeling exhausted or overworked, you owe it to yourself to take some time off. One of the best ways to take care of yourself is to make doing what you enjoy part of your self-care routine.

7. Have the focus

For some people, self-care can be as simple as taking a break from their busy schedules. Set aside some quiet time first thing in the morning. Then, prime yourself on a habit before reaching for your phone or the snooze button in the morning. To get the most out of this 10-minute exercise, you’ll need to tune into your body and mind, express gratitude, create a mental image of your ideal life, and channel your renewed optimism into achieving personal goals.

8. Entertain Yourself

You may have tried a new fitness exercise that got your heart pumping, gone on a spontaneous road trip to a foreign country, or visited a fascinating historical site. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that self-care includes engaging in activities that make us happy under pressure. You should stop worrying about the things other people think you should care about. Enjoy yourself and go out and do something exciting.

9. Use self-care products

Supplements and nutritious smoothies are great examples of self-care products that can boost immunity and guarantee enough nourishment. A well-balanced diet improves mood and energy levels, allowing you to be more helpful to others around you. Make sure you obtain the most effective and safe supplements by doing your homework before purchasing any self-care goods.

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[dipnots]

How to be a Social Person!

Having strong social connections is essential for our well-being. Studies have shown that people with good social support have better mental and physical health, and are more likely to be happy and successful in life. But building strong social connections can be difficult, especially if you’re shy or introverted. Here are five tips for building strong social connections: Be open to new…

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[functionalasfuck]

Love for Love’s Sake is really just out here giving us two people who have terrible self worth, who can’t understand how anyone could possibly love them, and making them fall in love with their mirror image. Therefore proving they are worth happiness and love.

#loving someone whose tragic life mirrors yours #because you don’t want them to have the life you did #is an act of self love #like Myungha is healing his past self by loving Yeo Woon #and together they are building support systems for each other #it’s just so beautiful #shut up this is all I’ll be thinking about #kdrama #bl drama #BL series #love for love's sake #myungha x yeowoon

[fortheloveofexy]

I'm thinking about how like, aside from perhaps Renee, none of the Foxes had ever truly tried to connect with Andrew before.

Sure, there were people who wanted to connect with him - Aaron, at first, then Nicky. Even Kevin, in his clumsy way, is trying to build an emotional bond with Andrew. But nobody is able to fully reach him because nobody is speaking to him in a language he understands.

Nobody, that is, until Neil comes along.

#honestly if it wasnt for wymack and bee working so hard to build a foundation of trust and support with him #i think Andrew would have spiraled out within his first year at psu #they were his first real support system ever and i think they deserve credit for that #bc lord knows nicky and aaron were dealing with enough of their own shit at the time #not to mention kevin #and i dont think andrew would have allowed any of those three to be his emotional support at the time anyway #bc he had already positioned himself as their protector #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #andreil #neil josten

[babytrapperdiaz]

we talk a lot about the symbolism of the repetitive traumas the other characters have gone through, eg. chim being impaled/having his heart stopped, buck needing to save/be saved by loved ones, eddie effectively being cornered/trapped in confined spaces (sometimes by a helicopter, sometimes by being shot at).

but we should definitely further discuss how bobby repeatedly falls victim to structural oversight/damages. eg. how his family died, the owners of the rehab center committing arson and blaming him for it, the snipper who targeted firefighters because of how he interpreted his treatment by the lafd (and committed arson to lure them out), being trapped in the rubble at the call center, and now presumably being seriously hurt in this literal structural collapse. like tell us more about how this public servant in a leadership position is repeatedly falling victim to what is basically systemic shortcomings in the community. like please. i'd very much like to know more about that.

#it's about the metaphor ! #our community systems are repeatedly failing bc they're not properly supported and no one man can hold it all up or fix it all #it takes a village. or a leader who inspires Faith in their charges to invoke real change. #maybe the type of man who's team supports him through a pursuit of sobriety or runs back into a burning building to dig him out of rubble #the type of man who cooks him team meals every shift and teaches them to cook in turn and supports them through their own crises' #i'm 😵‍💫😵‍💫 #bobby nash #911 spoilers #911 #911 fox #911 on fox #bathena #meta #bug attempts meta #911 abc

[shouts-into-the-void]

I really hope that this is a genuine friendship, and not another one of Annabel Lee's games, because I really do think this is good for her.

#let her build a support system!! #she needs to have someone outside of lenore #moreover someone who she can rely on the both back her up an ground her when she's spinning out like we see in this episode #because as much as i love lenore she caves to annabel too quickly any time she gets upset #we stan healthy coping mechanisms in this household #annabel lee whitlock #prospero nevermore #nevermore #nevermore webtoon

[frogs-smoking-cigarettes]

big day for public transport enjoyers

#just greenling start construction 2023 #LA to vegas babey #Birthtown to my home state #admittedly wore than Frisco to LA or DC to Boston but hey #a win is a win #plus this is like the easiest possible place to build it so it’s good to show it can work #anyway support the rail strike #brightline #bullet train #public transport system #public transportation #trains #walkable cities

[mymarifae]

aHA! i have finally figured out why i never jived with the kanade tenma hc. like you know me. THE found family guy. even if i don’t hc it myself i can still have fun watching other people have fun. but this one was always just 1. confusing and 2. not fun for me to see and i could never articulate why but i’ve got it now

the entire problem with Kanade Tenma is as a whole the fandom has a tendency to treat kanade like an orphan. like she has no family, no support system, like she’s all alone and needs to be taken in by the... tenmas... for some reason... (still not sure why the fandom decided she needs to be a tenma like she’s never even met tsukasa or saki. how is she getting over there. if she’s getting taken in by anybody it should be like... the mochizukis) and it’s like... guys. you do realize she’s not an orphan, right? she has family. she has good family. idr all the reasons why her grandma doesn’t live with her, but i’m assuming it’s along the lines of her being too old and frail to properly take care of a child at this point in her life - which is why she set kanade up with that caretaker/housekeeper system. it’s not perfect, but at least she isn’t being left to fend for herself

her dad is alive. just because he had a stroke and is now experiencing vascular dementia doesn’t mean he’s basically dead or that kanade is basically fatherless or something awful like that. (i’m genuinely still not sure what the fuck the game thinks it wrote irt what put kanade’s dad in the hospital but like. it wrote a stroke followed by vascular dementia. that’s what it did. “burnout” my fucking ass) i know at the end of the day kanade tenma is ultimately just a harmless headcanon, but like... please take a moment to think about the message even your most harmless headcanons might send. “if your parent is suffering from dementia and no longer recognizes you... well you don’t have a parent anymore. you need a new one. sorry.” obviously no one intends to say such a horrible thing, but remember that intent <<<<<<< final impression left on your outside audience.

having a family member that you love so much forget about you is a story that needs to be told. the prsk fandom needs to take a step back and just let this be told As It Is. kanade’s family is so, so fucking important to her. she’s only the person she is today because of her parents and all the gratitude and love she feels for them both. like, literally her most recent focus was her realizing how loved she was in light of mafuyu’s mother’s coldness. she knows that she experienced true unconditional love - something that mafuyu’s mom seems incapable of giving her daughter - and she still carries that love and warmth in her heart now. it’s what defines her as a person. it’s what gives her the courage to continue living. it’s why she believes she can save mafuyu and so many other people. she has that memory of what real genuine honest to god unconditional love is, and she’s so fucking determined to share it with the world.

kanade doesn’t... need a “new” family. her family may have suffered multiple tragedies, and it may be fragmented and a little broken, but... it’s hers. i don’t think it’s in good taste to take that away from her and try to “fix” her by placing her in a “better” family. it’s completely unnecessary.

#also someone on twitter said this i think but on the note of how i feel like making kanade a Tenma of all things is kind of out of the blue #like. the tenmas have nothing to do with kanade. i'm sure she'll meet saki and tsukasa at some point but ?? #they aren't significant to her development in any way. and they /won't be/ #their stories will just never intersect to that extent. trust me. #and because toya tenma (which is canon and true shut up shut up shut up learn how to READ) is often looped in with this hc too like #he doesn't have anything to do with kanade either!!!!!! she doesn't know who he is!! the tenmas are strangers to her. #so like. when you hc Kanade Tenma it feels like you're doing it for the sake of the OTHER characters and not her. #kanade HAS support systems !! she has people she's close with that she could potentially form a familial bond with! #she has niigo! she has honami! she has her literal grandma! #she has her dad even if he doesn't remember who she is. she's still able to talk to him some days and is able to connect with him by- #reliving the past with him. i can't like... express how powerful that scene where he's talking to her about how his wife is pregnant and- #how excited he is to meet their new child and that they're thinking about naming her kanade is. like it's heartbreaking but like #this kind of family dynamic is frequently glossed over in media. like i said it's a story that needs to be told as it is #learn. to explore kanade's relationship with her father and the relationships the game has spent like 200 episodes building up #stop throwing her into a random stranger's house stop thinking of her as an orphan in need of adoption.

[sotiredmostnights]

never really understood the whole "these characters just talk to each other 3 times and get married" criticism of the awakening/fates s-rank system...like, correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't that sort of disregarding the entire method of grinding supports?

i thought it was pretty obvious that players were supposed to infer that, each time a character protects another in battle, each time a character attacks an enemy while paired with their prospective partner, and each time they land on one of those special tiles that grant additional support convo tidbits, the characters were growing closer emotionally in a way that could often end in a romantic union

#idk maybe it's just me but i feel like you kinda do need to consider how gameplay elements tie into the support system. #it's really not hard to consider that although each pair has a set number of support convos #that they also interact outside of those scripted convos in a way that builds trust and strengthens bonds #fire emblem #fire emblem awakening #fire emblem fates #fire emblem engage #anyway i love the s rank supports and you can pry them from my cold dead hands

[hopesandmountains]

I think one of the key things for any relationship is to discover what your needs are.

Because otherwise you’re going to try and meet those needs in ways that aren’t entirely conscious to you.

Everybody has a need for passion, love, understanding, physical closeness etc. but we all find different ways of meeting that need.

And the most straightforward answer is to find a relationship.

However for those of us with emotional trauma it’s not really always easy or straightforward to find and build a relationship. And honestly that’s not always the priority for everybody anyhow.

The need for passion, love, and intensity can outweigh the need for a long lasting connection, especially when dealing with people who are suffering from trauma or living a life where they constantly feel anxious or overwhelmed.

And of course because a long lasting and intimate connection with someone else can just be a scary thing, especially when trauma or other factors have left you unsure about your connection with yourself.

However the thing is, the solution is not really looking for a causal relationship either. If your need is true passion and investment, whether you admit it to themselves or not, you are placing actual stakes on how things are going to work out and you would be personally hurt if you ever if you were to feel used like just another causal fling.

This is especially true with those who have attachment issues or abandonment issues, because unlike securely attached people who can just walk away, unresolved attachment issues can latch you onto someone even if you hardly know them.

So realizing it or not, it is kind of like a gamble that either things will just work out together in the long run, or that by the time the relationship runs it’s course, that having that passion love and understanding will have left you in a more resourced place where you will not only be able to handle the emotions of separating, but will also be left in a more emotionally secure place that is better then where you started.

And that’s not entirely untrue. Having someone compassionate who truly cares about you can really help you boost your mental health, and if you really work at it while you have those additional resources they are giving you through their care, you can heal yourself and build that emotionally security from within.

But really the therapist answer would be to look for friends, social supports, healthy communities, groups you belong to etc. to use as additional resources to help you heal and build that emotionally security.

And in fairness, the way society is set up doesn’t really make it easy to build a social support group and it’s not always a bad idea to just get to know someone and see where things naturally go.

But it can be more reckless and unsafe. By putting heavy emphasis on passion too early on in a relationship, your risk opening up yourself to someone toxic or not good for you or in the worst case outright abusive.

And this is why it’s important to know your needs, because if you try and meet them in a way that feels familiar to your childhood trauma, it can be a recipe for disaster if you are unconsciously trying to recreate an unsafe environment.

So regardless of what you do I emphasis learning more about yourself, slowing things down, and seeing how you feel at each step. See if past traumas get brought up, if attachment issues start acting up, if what you are feeling is limerence or true connection, if you are considering your own needs in the relationship, if you are voicing those needs in a healthy manner, if you are staying true to yourself or if you are “fawning”.

And it’s not that I want to scare people off from finding connections or meeting new people, I just think it’s really important to understand your needs in a way that you can confident in yourself and confident enough in the relationship to move forward.

And confident enough to objectively consider losing the relationship, confident enough to objectively decide what kind of relationship it is that you want (considering your own needs and not someone else’s), and confident to walk away if that is what is best for you.

So try and volunteer somewhere, join clubs, slowly let yourself be more social to be build that social safety net, and yes please take risks. At some point you will have to address your own vulnerability and that means risking yourself.

And this post is already a lot so the last thing I will stress is just how important it is to understand your own vulnerability so you don’t unintentionally make yourself more vulnerable than you intend to. A lot times when people aren’t comfortable being vulnerable but want to try to be, they can overextend and be more vulnerable than they intend to. And here’s a good video to learn about that.

#attachment styles #attachment theory #anxious attachment #disorganized attachment #relationships #self care #self worth #childhood trauma #personally I am looking for a long term relationship #however that’s more of my value system and my self actualizad self #currently I have been feeling very overwhelmed so my basic needs are prioritizing finding that peace and calm now #so there’s an internal conflict because building a social support system takes time #and that doesn’t mean I have to compromise on my values or what I am looking for #it just means it’s something to recognize #so I can set a goal to get from where I am feeling now #to a place where I can be the idealized self that I want to be #I’ve been too focused on just outwardly doing things that felt aligned with who I wanted to be #however now I want to focus internally and monitor my true feelings and needs #because I need to work with myself to get to where I will be internally at peace while still embodying the self I want to be

[williamskaphika]

How To Use The PGMP Effectively - The Checklist

Explore the transformative potential of your Personal Growth Master Plan (PGMP) in my latest blog post. Discover how to effectively utilize your PGMP and gain valuable insights into its different categories.

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[styalish]

As college students, we’ve all experienced those nights when a looming exam or a pending assignment demands us to pull an all-nighter study session. While studying all night may not be the ideal approach to learning, sometimes it becomes necessary. Staying focused and productive throughout the night can be a challenge. In this article, we will explore effective and best study tips and strategies that can help college students make the most out of their late-night study sessions. Following these study tips for students will make their preparation better. 

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[yastaghr]

Open your eyes and See: BPSSSFB Ch. 8 and Enigmatic Spoilers

Okay, so this chapter was posted... four days ago. But! Time is irrelevant and very much Not My Problem.

Here's the chapter summary:

Barry Allen wakes up and finishes having his previous mental crisis. He gets handed a great deal of information he doesn't like and adds a new entry to the list of "weirdest ways that someone figured out my secret identity," right after the infamous quadruple backflip. There's an extended family that's pulled him into the fold, but he's not aware of that yet. Barry's still handling things one at a time while his hindbrain catches up.

Now for the links!

The Tumblr style link:

The Hyperlink

And the plaintext: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52571161/chapters/138050812

Now for the Enigmatic Spoilers! These are hints at what’s coming that are not all for the next chapter, not all in order, and are rarely straightforward. If you have ideas about what they mean, feel free to shout out in the comments/tags/ask box! 

The Enigmatic Spoilers are below the cut!

Observe the mathematician in the wild!

The Mooching Montage

An inverse relationship b/w population and intelligence

Explosions!

Nostalgia over card catalogs

#dpxdc #enigmatic spoiler time! #building a proper support system straight from the box fic #fanfic #my fanfiction #my fic

[trixstriforce]

botw was a good story about coping w/ tragedy, the dangers of expectations and pedestals, and how to live after disaster

totk could have been such a good story about generational trauma, coming to terms w/ grief, and how to really on others after a life time of being alone but it just...wasnt. it had so much potential to build on the themes of botw and give a good thematic close to zelda and link's archs and it set all that up but just...did not

#loz #tears of the kingdom #man its jsut! everybody and their mother knows the game was disappointing #but ti had SO MUCH POTENTIAL it set up some rlly good stuff but just left it there #zelda and link both were in opposite positions!!! zelda was finally in a supportive environment and leaning how to be confident #only to have that support system ripped away and be forced to lose her fmaily AGAIN #link was self isloating chasing the barest rumor of zelda focused on HER. in botw he barely thought about her but in totk? #in totk most quests were focused on that quest or improving hyrule in some way #he slowly is building a support system even as he self isolates as hyrule comes together as a community and link SHOULD have learned to rel #more on those around him who also missed zelda and wanted to help. they set that shit up. but he didnt!!! #he was alone in a crowd! and zelda was vindicated in her belief that she can only help those around her through sacrifice #and that her own abilities were rlly not important compared to link which is A WEIRD FUCKING MOVE NINTENDO MADE #erm anyway yeah waitng for the totk rewrite fic to drop and give me everything i need and more #trix posts

[anonymouspuzzler]

how did you go through college/grad school with ADHD, don't know how to combat it well.

genuinely, I dropped out because I had no idea i had it, had other compounding shit going on, and subsequently lost the ability to take care of myself! when I decided to go back it was after learning I most likely had some form of adhd, and I bolstered my support systems in many forms (lived with family instead of alone, went to therapy regularly, generally was older and a little more assured of myself, etc). and even with all that it's still a huge struggle!!

a lot of it comes down to "acknowledge and accept that you're never going to be able to just Become Neurotypical, some days will be hard, be willing to experiment and figure out things that do help you and Use Those Things whether or not they're 'normal' or you think you 'should' be doing them". ie. I struggle a lot with graduate-level reading, and after a lot of experimentation figured out what works best for me is having a TTS read the text out loud at the same time I'm reading it! It took me a long time to realize that because for some reason I got stuck on "needing" to just do one or the other!

#anonymous puzzler answers #genuinely every time folks ask me about school stuff i need to emphasize I Dropped Out And Did Not Go Back Until My Mid-20s #it took me a WHILE to reach a point where I understood what i wanted and needed out of my education & build support systems accordingly #shit was hard! shit's still hard! but it was something I care a lot about and it was important to me to go to school anyway #and maybe this is bad advice but genuinely if you don't feel that desire to Go Through It: figure out why! #do you need a different major? are you not vibing with this school's approach? is college/grad school just Not For You? #(like i Know the way The Industries are now wrt College Degrees but genuinely college isn't for Everyone and that's Fine) #(trades are Awesome and if you vibe more with that that's fucking Awesome)