#Look after yourself

[smiles-advice]

straighten your back, unclench your jaw and take a deep breath.

everything will be just fine. you're going to be okay.

#self love #self care #important reminders #important #reminders #look after yourself

[lifehacksthatwork]

I'm not going to pretend I have any medical knowledge at all but these do help me personally. Here's the original Insta post with references.

Also the full length paper for those who might want to read it.

#life hacks #anxiety #stress #mental health #how to #look after yourself #self care #self worth #you matter

[tadpolesonalgae]

Omg why does Az have to be so cruel 😭😭😭 This series is literally breaking my heart yet I can’t stop reading it lol. Please let someone nice just come and sweep her off her feet and show her that she actually is desirable and not a burden

‘let someone nice just come and sweep her off her feet’

#anons <3 #read some fluff right now #look after yourself

[lovergirlanna]

𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 | C.D

Cedric Diggory x Fem! Reader

Warnings: Self-harm, Body dysmorphia, Reader isolating herself from others, hurt to comfort.

Words: 2.0k quite rushed but had to write this for my sweetheart Cedric.

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Waking up felt like a chore now nothing was new anymore. It was currently early in the morning, and you were lying in your bed once again, there didn’t seem to be any motivation to do anything nowadays. Turning over onto your side eyes heavy, laced with tears once more from the previous night, tears soon turning into a pathetic sob. Looking over at your arms littered with scars old and new hiding them under the white sheets of the sanctuary known as your bed. You felt selfish maybe it was just winter depression? Or was this more than that? Surely you shouldn’t be so selfish when others may be going through more than you surely it’s just a coincidence you must be feeling like this. It shall pass within due cores, right? Oh, but how you were wrong you’d been feeling like this since the start of the new school year and had not mentioned anything to anyone about how you were feeling or what you were going through not even Cedric.

Pushing everything aside for a while you forced yourself out of bed. You had to get ready for school it just felt like a cycle, what was the point? For a brief moment you thought about your friends would they care if you just stopped? Stopped caring, stopped showing up to lessons, stopped interacting with them? You knew it wasn’t their fault for your miserable lifestyle nor should they have any reason to suspect anything because in their eyes you are happy, joyful, and eager to learn right? You began crying once more. You didn’t deserve your friends, did you? You were being selfish once again. You also didn’t deserve a perfect boyfriend. Cedric Diggory Seeker for the Hufflepuff quidditch team. He was a ray of sunshine he was everything you could ask for in a boyfriend. He was popular, funny, kind, and caring what did he see in you?

You just needed to get through this last day of school. It was Friday and then you could relax. By ‘relax’ was meant shutting yourself away once again away from everyone away from your friends, away from Cedric. You soon made yourself over to your dresser looking at yourself in the mirror. You couldn’t bear looking at your body it was one of your biggest insecurities you knew that. It got you thinking again what did Cedric see in you? Wrapping your arms around your stomach you chocked out another sob resting your forehead against the cool reflective glass.

You managed to get your uniform on finally. Brushing out your hair with your hair brush at least trying to look presentable for what was ahead of you today. “Just have to get through today, that’s all.” You whispered to yourself. You started doing your makeup next you couldn’t go out without putting it on you felt insecure without it almost like you were hiding a part of yourself or were you just trying to cover something up? Cover up the sadness and guilt you felt. Frowning at yourself once again in the mirror almost like it was the saddest thing you’ve ever seen.

Quickly you gathered your books and other necessities into your bag leaving your dorm and heading out of your house dormitories. Walking through the halls of Hogwarts wasn’t that bad most people were nice to you showing you a smile or even waving at you. Lost in your thoughts as you joined the crowd of other students who were heading to the hall for breakfast. Suddenly you felt two arms wrap around your frame making you jolt back slightly, stopping you from walking. "Morning sweetheart." A groggy masculine voice spoke to you as the figure rested himself against your figure. It was none other than your boyfriend, Cedric Diggory. He was your ray of hope, a ray of light guiding you through your darkest times without him being aware of what dark times you may be going through he's always there to help you, you knew that. "Morning sleepyhead." You chuckled softly raising your hand to ruffle his hair, gazing up at him. "I've missed you." He chirped a soft pout on his lips. "I got busy with quidditch practice, feels like I haven't seen you in forever." As Cedric began to continue talking about his improvements on quidditch you couldn't help but recall the moments of pain without him. You did truly love him but you felt like he could do so much better than dating someone like yourself. His arms remained wrapped around you as he leaned forward to place a kiss on your cheek. "Hey," he said raising his eyebrow at you "is there something on your mind?" Cedric's eyes softened as he looked at you. Merlin how you wish you could tell him, tell him everything, tell him all your struggles but you just shook your head a thin smile on your lips. "No, no I'm fine Cedric" You didn't want to burden your ray of light, no. Not like this. "You can talk to me about anything, you know?" He said, however, he did not push further and just gave you a look of confusion.

As you both continued to walk to the great hall you chatted amongst yourselves Cedric going on about quidditch practice and how he’s excited about their next official match and so on but you couldn’t help but drift off thinking about the words he said before this conversation. ‘You can talk to me about anything’ kept ringing through your mind. You didn’t want to burden him with your worries. You didn’t want to burden him with responsibilities that he doesn’t need to know about you’ll push past them eventually right? You didn’t even know where to start would he be disappointed? Would he view you differently if you told him the truth? If you told him about your troubles with self-harm if you told him how you viewed yourself would it change your whole relationship? You've seen the other girls at Hogwarts they were prettier than you. They were confident, outgoing, and loving you really couldn’t compare yourself to them.

As you both sat down you were still lost in your thoughts you did not touch any of the food presented in front of you. “Darling?” A voice spoke out. It was Cedric looking at you worryingly reaching out his hand to intertwine with yours. “You seem lost. You haven’t touched any of your food, should I be worried?” He said you blinked shaking your head just like before. “I was just thinking about our exams coming up.” You said. Another excuse, you hated this - lying to him but it was for the best wasn’t it? Cedric nodded still giving you a worrisome look before turning away from you to talk to one of his friends. He looked so happy with his friends honestly you just felt like a waste of space in this situation, you were worrying him - you hated it so much. You eventually began to eat lost in your thoughts whilst doing so.

As the end of the day finally rolled around you were relieved. Finally, you’ve made it but you truly couldn’t stop thinking about what Cedric had said. You truly love him it was messing with your head you could feel tears well up in your eyes again. Tears falling like an overflowing stream this burden you had been carrying had finally made you realise you couldn’t handle this alone. His words were futile devices against the burden you were carrying solemnly. You also realised isolating yourself was for the worse or was it a positive factor? You couldn’t tell what was right or wrong anymore. You needed to be by yourself you had to be by yourself you had to bottle it up you couldn’t allow anyone to see you like this as you hurried to your dorm as quickly as you could. However, from afar someone was watching you, watching you in your saddened mess none other than Cedric. He knew something was wrong he was planning to meet you at the end of your last class to try and talk to you about how you were feeling he couldn’t help but notice at breakfast how you seemed off. He needed to speak to you. He knew where you’d be, you’d be in your dorm so he decided to follow you to help you in any way he could he was your boyfriend after all. He felt like it was his duty to make sure you were happy, safe, and secure.

Slamming your door shut you collapsed onto the wooden floor of your dorm sobbing dramatically. What a burden you were you hated it. You hated all of this why did you have to be so pathetic? “I can’t take it anymore..” you choked out in between your sobs taking off your robes and revealing your scars once more looking over to your mirror, your mascara smudged from your pathetic sobbing. You couldn’t signify if this was all a nightmare or not. Why? Why did you have to go through this alone? Shakily you stood up standing in front of your mirror as you tried to wipe the smudged mascara away to no avail it didn't work, only creating more of a mess. You seemed so unimpressed looking at yourself in the mirror your reflection staring back at you. The girl in the mirror couldn’t even look back at herself without being disgusting.

Suddenly a knock at your door makes you jump slightly snapping you clean out of your thoughts. “sweetheart? Are you in there? It’s only me” the voice rang in and out of your ears. You knew exactly who it was it was, it was Cedric. "You seem to be having a rough day" he spoke up again. "Do you wish to talk about it?" Quickly you tried wiping your eyes clean removing any of the remaining mascara staining your cheeks and areas under your eyes as you slowly turned the knob of your door to open it. You had forgotten, hadn’t you? You weren’t covering your arms, how could you forget? As soon as you opened the door you were greeted with a warm smile, his signature inviting smile however there was concern in his expression his eyes widening as he saw your arms and the way your face was delicately stained with mascara and dried tears. Why hadn’t he noticed the signs sooner? He gulped guilt over washing him as he stepped into your room closing the door behind him. “You said you were fine, what’s going on darling?” His voice broke, he was hurt, hurt that he wasn’t there for you when you needed him. You followed his gaze down to your arms, how could you be so stupid? Tears began welling up in your eyes once more as you suddenly gripped onto his school jumper sobbing into his chest. You two stood there embracing each other. Cedric's arms were securely wrapped around your shoulders not letting go. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you when you needed me." Your boyfriend whispered raising his hand to try and wipe away the tears streaming down your cheeks your grip only tightening on his jumper.

 You and Cedric had now settled on your bed his hand gently holding your shoulder. You had finally told Cedric everything, you had told him how you felt about your body - you had also told him about how you’ve been feeling. "You're not alone, I promise I'll never be so blind as to not notice when you start struggling again." "I'm sorry." you mustered to say, you're gaze shifting to the side, soon enough Cedric lifted his hand from your shoulder placing it on your cheek. "look at me" He spoke softly, comforting you with his soft tone, as you did finally look at him he opened his mouth to speak. "none of this is your fault. I promise whenever you need me I'll always be here for you, forever."

#harry potter fandom #harry potter #Cedric #cedric diggory #self harm #comfort #look after yourself #cedric diggory x reader #cedric diggory x female reader #Cedric x reader #cedric x y/n #cedric diggory x you #Cedric x you #Cedric diggory x reader self harm #fupシ #fyp #fypシ゚viral #fyp2023 #Harry Potter fyp #x reader #lover girl Anna #lovergirlanna #body dysmorphia #x reader comfort #x read sh #x reader self harm #x reader body dysmorphia #hufflepuff #quidditch #cedric x fem reader

[maaikeatthefullmoon]

I have started writing my first ever fanfic, and I’m obsessed.

I’m literally writing every spare minute I get. I think about ideas to distract my brain when it wakes me from trauma dreams caused by my current EMDR therapy. It is genuinely keeping me going through an absolutely hellish time.

It’s probably not very good, but I’m keeping going with it.

I’ve got ideas for other fics, even a whole novel (obviously a unique idea, not someone else’s). And I’m just going to roll with it.

This is an encouragement to anyone who wants to do something creative but are worried they might be shit at it: just do it.

Just. Fucking. Do. It.

Do it for yourself. Not for anyone else. If it’s crap, but you’re enjoying it, then that’s great. Keep going. If it helps to distract you while you/your brain is going through hell - FUCKING AMAZING.

Keep going. And be kind to yourself.

#fanfic #fanfiction #writing for therapy #writing for fun #mental health #mental heath awareness #good omens fanfiction #good omens #look after yourself #look after your mental health #trauma

[boliv-jenta]

I, somehow, just hit 1000 followers. I'm not sure how that happened.

I've seen lots of people do cool things to celebrate this big milestone. I doubted I'd ever get here, but I always thought if I did, I do something for you guys. Now it's actually here...I got nothing. I'm completely on empty at the minute. Burnt out. Done.

I just want to thank you guys for following my crazy little blog. Thank you for the likes, comments, and reblogs. Most importantly, thank you for the connections.

I've made some lovely friends on here. Internet hugs, consensual forehead kisses, and bowls of soup for you all. Even if we're never interacted, I give you the same.

The world's a pretty harsh place. I want you guys to take care of yourself today/tonight. Check in, with yourself, with a friend, whatever. Just make sure you're doing okay. If you are, great. Keep doing what you are doing. I'm proud of you.

If you're not, reach out for help, make a plan, simply rest. I'm proud of you too. Do whatever you need to to be okay again because we will be.

I love you all.

Taglist below

@kirsteng42 @prolix-yuy @thegreenkid2 @hquinzelle @fangirl-316 @gracie7209 @jedifarmerr @doommommy @scorpio-marionette @sturkillerbase @harriedandharassed @aynsleywalker @mswarriorbabe80 @quica-quica-quica @rise-my-angel @adancedivasmom @kinda-nobody @movievillainess721 @munsonownsmyass @mandoloriancookie @faceache111 @elegantduckturtle @manazo @simpingcowboy @pedrit0-pascalit0 @yourcoolauntie @pedrostories @geekrenaissance

#boliv jenta #1000 followers #i love you guys #thank you #take care of yourselves #self care is important #seriously #look after yourself

[plopspoodle]

Skincare Advice

As a person living in the UK, here is my routine with affordable options. I personally have combination skin, but this routine should work with all skin types.

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Morning Routine:

Pat your face with water. Refreshing and, if necessary, an entire morning routine (e.g. if you wake up late).

Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Cleansing and Toning Lotion - put the lotion on a cotton pad and rub softly on your face. Helps open the pores.

Vitamin B Serum - use one drop on each cheek, the chin, the upper lip, the forehead and the nose, then rub in softly. Really improved the quality of my skin.

Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Shine Control Day Moisturiser - put a small squeeze on the same areas as the previous step and rub into the skin. Moisturises and helps balance your oils during the day. You can either leave it on to sink in the moisturiser or wipe the excess off with a cotton pad.

Evening Routine:

Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Cleansing and Toning Lotion - put the lotion on a cotton pad and rub softly on your face. Helps open the pores.

Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Night Treatment Gel - use the same as the day moisturiser, just be aware it is very slippery!

General Advice:

Drinking water really helps your skin and your general health, so try to drink at least 1 litre a day (if, like me, you forget to drink water, I advise downloading an app to remind you when to drink water).

The Boots website often has sales of higher quality products, so if you want to improve the quality of your skincare it's worth a look.

Research your skin type and skincare in general, so that you can maximise your routine and be more confident in your purchases.

Have specific goals in mind - some websites (such as Skin+Me) have quizzes that help you figure out skin type and goals, so even if you don't buy their package, that service on its own is helpful.

Set an ideal skincare product as a goal, so that you have something to look forward to. This can, for example, be Korean skincare that you feel could really help but you are worried you won't stick to your routine enough to buy straight away. Start doing your routine, and if it does stick, you can reward yourself.

#wonyoungism #skincare #british #british skincare #motivation #positivity #look after yourself #self care #beauty #coquette

[getbakedwithnatali]

Don't worry about it. You've got this xx

#baking #bake #cakes #dessert #bake off #cookies #butter #be kind #kindness #mental health #compassion #look after yourself #positivity #self care #healing #take care of yourself #positive

[artistheworld]

Hello! Here's your gentle reminder to take a little break and unwind. I know somethings may be tough sometimes, but remember to pace yourself. So take some time to rest, take a little walk, drink some water, eat something, and you'll feel a lot better later <3

#you're valid and loved #so rest #i promise that you can come back to work with a clearer mind later #Let me care about you #so take care of yourself because you are precious #look after yourself #because I care #and there are plenty of people you are special to who care as well #<333 #I don't know who needs to hear this #but I hope you feel better

[notabled-noodle]

a t-shirt that says “half-assing my way to victory” with the disabled pride flag on it (because lord knows I need to be reminded that it’s okay to conserve energy)

#half-ass your way to victory #look after yourself #I dare you #disabled #disability

[cookiepie111]

Hi, Thank you to everyone who sent kind words i really appreciate it. I'm not doing well so the ask box is going to be closed for requests for the time being. I may not be able to answer the requests that have been sent in before, unfortunately. I'm really sorry about this. I Hope everyone has a wonderful day

#personal #asks #again really sorry about this i just didn't expect things to get like this #writing in general may slow down sorry #look after yourself

[a-freemaniac]

@bewitched-bullet

Get well real soon!

#bbc sherlock #get well soon #look after yourself

[michellemisfit]

Friendly Pill Caddy Refill Reminder 🌸

#look after yourself #remember to refill your pill caddy #check prescription drug quantities #call in refill prescriptions if necessary #love y’all

[magpie-69]

In about 20 minutes I'll be having my first ever mammogram. I can't say I'm looking forward to it but it's too important not to go and have the procedure done, especially as, because I'm adopted, I have no idea of my genetic family's medical history. Anyhoo, in I go! 😊

5th September '22

#mammogram #breast health #health #cancer #look after yourself #5/9/22

[purgatorybfs]

i think . personally. realising i was allowed to no longer like my friends was huge for me. for years i was ashamed of this growing feeling inside of me because i have ocd and convinced myself that every post i read about friendship being a forever bond and having patience with all your friends was about me and i was broken for not feeling that way anymore. and i grew bitter and i psychoanalysed myself to death and i tried to diagnosed and pathologise the way i was feeling because i loved online spaces that told me i always had to put my friends first and i was miserable! for two years i was miserable. and then i spoke to my older sister and she told me you are not evil you are approaching 25, it is okay to grow apart and i felt my chest opening up again.

#personal #friendship #sorry i just don’t want anyone to go through what i went through #friendship are important but they are still relationships #look after yourself #tw ocd #btw if you have ocd please know my experience is not yours #your experience is only yours #tw ​reassurance seeking

[darklydeliciousdesires]

I’ve been feeling pretty chilled of late despite life’s stresses, but this is always good to share and remember, besties 🖤

#ddd speaks #claire says stuff #anxiety #self care #look after yourself #be good to yourself