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Hi! Just making a post to check in and let everyone know I'm alive. Everything's fine, I'm just attempting research while working full-time and it's a LOT. I have a ton of asks in my inbox right now and I promise I intend to get to them!

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To anyone who uses the unkindness of others as fuel for them to strive harder to be kind, as you hope to become someone you wished you had by your side when you were struggling, I hope you know you are a positive force in this world, and that this shines in so many ways. Please do something kind for you today too, for the younger version of you who would be so proud of who they become, because you persevered and rose above the indifference of others.

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me, wrapping my arms around myself: i know it’s scary. i know. just keep being brave for a little while longer. i’m here with you.

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waking up and trying is winning.

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You don’t need to overcome your disability or mental illness to be “worthy”.

There’s a lot of focus on people “defying the odds” and showing that their disability “can’t hold them back”.

But here’s the thing... sometimes your disability does hold you back. Sometimes, no matter how much you want to, you can’t do some things.

Disabilities are disabling and you don’t need to pretend they’re not.

And it’s okay. You’re still worthy.

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You are worthy now. You deserve love now. You are valuable now. You don’t need to wait to be further in your healing journey, or have accomplished certain things. You are worthy, as you are, right now.

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What's some advice you wish you received much earlier

"When people come to you to establish a boundary or a need or to express hurt feelings, that's a compliment, not an attack. That is them wanting to develop the relationship and trusting you to listen and care to do better. And no matter how sad you are about accidentally hurting them, it's a GOOD thing that they cared to have a hard conversation with you"

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”getting thicker skin” is great in theory but I think for some people “get better at handling your thin skin” is gonna be way more helpful advice. I have strong emotional reactions to criticism and they might never go away, but i can continue to try and handle each situation maturely and that’s the important part. Sometimes irrational feelings are chronic and living with them is better than trying to beat yourself up into not having them.

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The emotions you feel aren’t bad. They’re neutral. Things like jealousy, anger, and anything else that sometimes get labelled as “bad” are just emotions.

It’s what you do with them that matters. You’re allowed to feel them and it is so valid to feel them.

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You can find happiness in a lot more places than you think! No matter what life paths you end up taking, happiness can be found wherever you are. 💛

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Since I hit my latest goal on patreon, I can now post longer comics on Saturdays. When I reach my next goal, I can add even more things to the project. If you want to help, you can pledge for just 1$ here, and in exchange, you’ll get access to a completely different project where I attempt to create the coziest/warmest art collection on the internet.

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I think I may have gained weight again and I’m really freaking out because I’m afraid that I’m just going to keep gaining weight non stop. I’ve been in recovery for like 4.5 years and i gained most of my weight in the first like 2 years and then I thought I’d stabilized. I don’t know if I’ve actually gained weight or maybe i just think I do but I feel like I look different in the mirror. My clothes still fit the same so I don’t know. But im afraid because I haven’t been doing anything different other than continuing to try to eat enough.

Hey, let's take some breaths! I know it's hard and scary to think about your body changing. That might be what's going on here. (Or it might not. Sometimes we imagine ourselves putting on weight when we're triggered or stressed or self-conscious because we have conditioned ourselves to associate weight gain with these things.)

If you gained back weight and then stabilized, and then gained back some more randomly a couple of years later, then that might not be post-recovery gains, but simply your body getting older and responding to life around it. And that's totally okay! Our bodies change as we age. But that can be scary to those of us with eating disorders, especially when we centered our identities around being able to control our bodies and keep them the same forever.

It's going to be okay. You're just living life. Life beyond an eating disorder. And that means there's going to be some change or another here or there. That's unpredictable and scary, I know - it's human to feel like that about it. If you suspect there may be something else going wrong with your body, or if you feel "off," you can always consult your doctor.

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