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late night reminder to anyone who needs it to not break your “no contact” if you have one

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Reminder that BetterHelp is owned by an IOF veteran, Alan Matas, and a zionnist. 6 months of free therapy was promised but Betterhelp (bad quality therapy, but still) for the Israeli affected by the war (soldiers that are happily taking pictures of themselves over dead children bodies). So, not only Betterhelp is a dangerous and bad healthcare company, that harms its patients and the mental health professionals (which is already awful on its own), but it's directly supporting the IOF.

So, if you see an youtuber or a content creator doing a Betterhelp sponsorship, call them out and stop engaging with their content. They are literally accepting a ton of money from a company that is actively harming people and supporting a genocide.

#Zionism tw #Israel tw

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Quick reminder that fat gnc people are stellar and radiant and you don’t need to be slim to present or act outside of gender norms. Fat bodies are good bodies.

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reminder that when you start getting angry online, go offline. i know lots of people know this already but lots don’t and plenty others need a reminder. there’s a lot of stuff online meant to make you mad. there’s a lot of people who get off on making you mad. there are people out there so convinced of their own beliefs that there’s no point trying to discuss with them. blacklist tags, block people, scroll away, and sometimes, take a breath and step back. hate-scrolling is so easy to fall into but you might not realise how much it’s affecting you until it’s too late

#ref

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If you have speech issues due to brain fog or psychosis or schizophrenia spectrum or intellectual disability or aphasia or whatever reason love you forever. We are not stupid, we are not freaks, we are disabled (if you identify that way) and deserve to be normalized. Speak "strange" forever

-schizophrenic with somewhat constant disorganized speech and writing

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YOU CANNOT SELF-FLAGELLATE YOUR WAY INTO EXCELLENCE

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another important thing to remember is 1) u can pick up any hobby at any point in ur life and get outstandingly good at it & 2) the project u've been working on & aren't pleased w the current outcome so far will not be your last. u will draw/crochet/paint/sculpt/write another piece, and another, and you will have many chances to be fully content w your craft. so you should cherish the joy of making art instead of worrying ab the results & think ab how lovely it is that we're all vessels for artistry and we can share the divine act of creation!!!!!

#reminders #positive

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i never want to contribute to toxic positivity so i want to acknowledge that sometimes things just suck and there isn’t a bright side. the best thing you can do in those times is take care of yourself as much as possible. maybe that means just brushing your teeth, drinking some water or calling up a friend. you don’t always have to be grateful for where you are in life. sometimes you have to get through some hard shit first, but i know that you’re capable of doing it.

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intrigued by how much recovery is self discovery at its core. we tend to think of recovery as an absence of the illness, but the experience has actually been more the opposite: an emergence of the self, overshadowing the rest. the illness has shrunk, almost imperceptibly, and it hasn’t been a linear journey but the more i become, the harder it is for the illness to return. i take up the most space now.

#recovery

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grad school is weirdly psychologically straining. idk how to explain it. But my advice is basically. If you're considering something drastic, also consider things that are less drastic. If you're considering quitting, then also consider threatening to quit. If you're considering suicide, consider quitting. Whatever drastic thing you're consdiering because you're about to fail a class or a candidacy exam, also consider just failing and continuing anyway. You know? It's not waht you wanted, but if you're already considering something outside of the sapce of stuff you wanted, consider all the stuff less drastic than it too

#suicide cw #grad school #coping

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You're the expert on your experiences and your identity. No one else knows what you're feeling but you.

#ace positivity #aro positivity

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Its okay if you're not who you thought you would be, take all the time to grieve the person you tried so hard to become when you wanted to better yourself and learn from your past mistakes. But its also okay to just love the person you are now and learn to get to know that person better. There is no shame in being who you are, even if you still have a lot to learn. You don't always have to upgrade yourself, sometimes there is peace in appreciating who you are and what you have right now.

#mental health #self care #self love

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i think sometimes you have to hold on to life because because because and sometimes you have to hold on to life despite despite despite and sometimes when that is not enough you have to hold on to life purely out of Spite ❤️‍🩹

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maybe if you take a hot shower. cook something. eat a little soup. feel a little sunshine. make something with your hands—it doesn’t have to be big. maybe if you stretch your body and draw a silly little picture and get some rest, the world will feel like something your hands can still hold

#positive #positivity

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coping skills may not make your life materially better and the frustration, hopelessness, and anger around that is completely and utterly valid. we can't individually cope our way out of oppressive systems. it's not fair at all. at the same time... if your coping skills help keep you going even just a little longer... that's good. it doesnt feel great, but it's good. you're still here. you're right here, and you don't have to go anywhere.

i hope you get the support and resources you need someday. i know it seems so horribly unlikely sometimes, but there are so many people fighting for you. for all of us. they're there. they care. they won't give up. even if you never meet them or hear about them. you are not forgotten by everyone. i'm wishing you all the goodness in the world, forever.

#disabled #disability

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Anyway on a lighter note in the vein of the “let yourself be a beginner” post:

I love it and I wish people would work on the skill of being a beginner

bc it really IS a skill. it’s acquired and honed.

being willing to learn to find humor in the process of learning and your mistakes. learning to tolerate frustration and confusion. learning to pace yourself when you want to rush past discomfort. learning how you like to learn. and should the time come—learning to take take critique and correction.

please please please work on being a beginner you never know what you may fall in love with and who you might meet thru your interests

#positivity #positive