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kiindr · 8 months

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it takes courage to be kind. it takes effort to be kind. no, it does not cost $0 to be kind. Kindness is a choice. Sometimes, a hard one. But people still make it and that's what keeps the world going.

#mental health #mental health awareness #mental health support #mental health reminders #positivity #coping #reminders #wellness #therapy #kindness #therapists #psychology students #mental health recovery #mental wellbeing #mental wellness #hope #resilience #comfort #love

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elonomhblog · 7 days

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positive habit ideas

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ wake up earlier

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ exercise regularly

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ drink more water

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ follow a budget

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ read at least 10 pages per day

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ plan your week every sunday

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ listen to something positive in the morning

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ journal

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ minimise digital clutter

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ get adequate sleep

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ build financial security (emergency fund)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ take evening walks

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ practice a new skill

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ avoid multitasking

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ check in with your personal goals once a week

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ put your phone away during conversations

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germanellewoods · 2 years

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back into routine 🌱

For the last three months, I took a step back from posting to focus more on myself. Having started to work full-time recently, I neglected my personal well-being and needed kind of a reset.

Here is what I do now to feel much better about myself:

go to sleep earlier: I used to sleep about 6 hours per night. Then I read "Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker and it changed my life. Since then, I aim to sleep 8 hours per night and I feel so much more refreshed in the morning.

work out in the morning: After work, I usually feel very tired and am not at all in the mood to work out. Instead, I started working out directly after getting up in the morning and it makes me feel more energized and strong.

move my body more in general: I now go for a walk in the afternoon or in the morning on my rest days. I can think deeply on those walks, listen to inspiring podcasts, or call a friend or relative on the way.

drink more water: There were some days where I drank more coffee than water - to be honest, this just could not be healthy at all. I bought a water bottle that subtly reminds me to drink every 30 minutes and I feel so much better overall. Now I drink 2-3 litres per day!

eat more nutritional meals: I used to snack every so often and have heavy meals in the evening, leading to bloating and just not feeling very well in general. Now I have balanced meals for breakfast and lunch and simply have a nice salad in the evening. For reading, I totally recommend "The Diet Compass" by Bas Kast here!

re-evaluated my relationships: Some people make you feel good, some don't. I started spending less time with those who don't and more with those that are laughing with me, not about me.

have less screen time: Being in front of a desktop the whole workday, I simply set up a timer on my phone to spend less time on it and social media especially. This gives me more time to go out or read books!

I think that each one of those points is very important for your overall health. If you are already doing those points with ease, I am very happy for you! Keep it up and if you like, share your experience with us!

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spxnglr · 1 month

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Egon in his Professor days being an absolute menace for the board @ Columbia.

Attending student protests, constantly campaigning for better scholarships, grants and assistance programmes, encouraging people to be constructively critical of the university and hold it to account when something goes wrong.

No-one would've been able to control him and you know they would've been looking for ANY excuse to yeet his arse out of the door.

#tags tba;;#hi yes it's me and the brainrot for this idiot is in full force #but ofc he'd never be an overly friendly professor like Ray for example #but being highly respected anyway bc he has the students' backs #and bending the rules as much as he can for the sake of their wellbeing #the powers that be would've hated him and I'm here for it

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chefeader · 2 months

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these pictures are a week old. i did not get time to post honestly.

i’m really depressed and i feel to k myself atp. ik these are not full syllabus tests , just some selected chapters / units. my score in 3 mocks went so low like idk what to even say, i’m feeling really low but there is no time for it because i have mocks one after another and have to keep studying.

i just want to reach the destination, i just want all of this to end. i’m so tired, my soul is tired. i don’t know how much more i can handle mentally lol.

until next time,

chefeader🍓

#mental health #therapy #mentally fucked #the strugge is real #struggle #study motivation #student life #positive mental attitude #mental wellbeing #healing #study aesthetic #studyspo

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halfdeadfrognerd · 1 year

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The Good Lawyer: a surprisingly positive experience

So if you remember my last post about ABC’s backdoor pilot “The Good Lawyer”, which is also the 16th episode on season 6 of “The Good Doctor”, you know I was very skeptical about the representation of someone with OCD, especially with the wording they used in the early synopsis of the episode. I thought I would share my thoughts again AFTER I watched the actual episode, and let me tell you I think it was a lot better than I originally thought. Just in case it wasn’t obvious I have OCD, and have had OCD since I was 2 years old, and I have been in treatment for it since 2020 and am scheduled to come off my meds soon as my compulsions have become essentially non-existent and my intrusive thoughts are quite manageable with only occasional meltdowns (so basically nothing I can’t handle). I am also a film student about to get my masters degree this autumn so this review I’m writing will hopefully come from an informed place, but since I am not a medical professional there might be some misinformation. Feel free to correct me if I got something wrong about OCD, I am basing this off mine and my friends’ experience who are/were also struggling. 1. The myth around OCD=tidy gets debunked really early on in the episode where Shaun tells Lea about hiring Joni as his lawyer for his malpractice trial.

Shaun explains to Lea that people with OCD are not, in fact just neat and tidy, but they suffer from intrusive thoughts and manage them by carrying out compulsions. I was happy this got addressed, even though it is kind of the bare minimum. 2. Joni’s OCD.

Joni exhibits typical compulsions for OCD which emphasize her obsession with the number 3, and tapping different objects three times. We find out that she developed OCD after she lost her father at a young age, and later on it became her coping mechanism as her mother struggled with alcoholism.

Not only do we see her compulsions, as an audience we also get to “get into her state of mind” when she experiences the intrusive thoughts.

When Joni gets intrusive thoughts, the space around her seem to get distorted and narrow, loses colour and the camera pans closer and closer to her face, emphasizing the panic, anxiety and loss of focus. I find this super relatable as I really tune out the rest of the world when I get my thoughts and I can even stop midway through conversation, losing my train of thought (which happens to Joni during trial as the plaintiff’s lawyer’s chair squeaks as he leans back on it).

Joni also experiences a fair share of health anxiety, which is actually how she gets introduced in the episode, worrying about whether she can develop cancer from the material of her wooden workdesk.

She even goes as far as covering bits of her furniture in plastic and taking her “outside” clothes off in a bag the moment she gets home.

While the health anxiety I find relatable (because I totally don’t ask my bf whether I got a TBi every time I hit my head even to a small degree), I am not sure about the plastic bits. It seems a bit excessive to me, and I don’t see the point behind the plastic “doorways” in the house. If we get a proper show out of this I hope it gets explained what Joni’s health anxiety is triggered by because at this point it just seems like something to be added to “haha person with OCD is a neat freak”.

Another thing I also was unsure about, is the way the intrusive thoughts went in Joni’s brain.

“Fix this or bad things will happen.”

What bad things? Not to be a hater, but since my OCD doesn’t allow me to say certain trigger words out loud, “or bad things will happen” is the really toned-down version I give to my friends. With OCD, the bad things can be anything. In Joni’s case, since we saw her doing compulsions in the flashback scene in hopes that it will stop her mother from dying, it might be related to the health of her loved ones. Maybe if they varied, like “Fix this or mom will die”, or “Fix this or my client will go to prison”, “Fix this or my sister will get into an accident” it would have been a lot better.

3. The people around Joni

So from this episode we gather there are two significant people in Joni’s life: her mentor and her sister.

Her sister is also her carer in a way, but it also seems like she is enabling her and indulging her in her compulsions. This is very realistic that when your loved one has OCD it seems easier for you to accomodate their needs by giving reassurance or even creating an environment for them where they can carry out their compulsions. This is the wrong approach, and again, if the show gets green-lit I hope it gets explored. No blame on people supporting their loved ones with OCD but it is important to get the word out that this behaviour is damaging and can stall the problem or even make it worse on the long run. The best help a person with OCD can get is therapy, meds or both.

Joni’s sister also seems to believe the current situation is better for Joni, since she doesn’t need to “hide her rituals”, to which Joni quickly reminds her that she isn’t happy this way, because her coworkers and boss treat her as an embarassment and hide her from the public eye, in a small closet-sized “office” where she can do “research” and not interact with others so nobody can see the state she’s in.

Joni’s mentor, Janet is what you would expect: a stone-cold career woman who absolutely cannot tolerate mistakes. (at least on the surface). The only reason she hasn’t fired Joni yet is because the latter threatened to sue the law firm for firing a disabled employee in a discriminatory way. Janet regularly belittles Joni, calls her out for her public rituals or meltdowns over intrusive thoughts.

However, she is also protectice of Joni and believes in her ability to be a good lawyer. Idk, I am not sold on Janet yet, she seems very much like a J.K. Simmons from “Whiplash” kind of mentor who bullies her protegees only to then take credit when they manage to thrive. We also find out the reason why Joni became a lawyer is because Janet was assigned to one of the court cases on whether Joni and her sister would get taken away from their mom and go into foster care.

So yeah. I am curious to see their dynamic in the future.

4. OCD being a superpower

My biggest fear was that after reading the synopsis where they referred to Joni’s OCD as a “superpower”, we would get her to have scenes like Shaun, where he just randomly comes up with solutions because he is autistic. I cannot emphasize more that autism and OCD are two completely different conditions that may have similar symptoms but are VASTLY different. OCD is a mental illness, autism isn’t. OCD is treatable, autism isn’t because it is not an illness.

but this also gets debunked quite quickly, Joni is simply a smart and detail-oriented person, who works well despite her diagnosis, not because of it. She explains to Park that her brain, unlike most people’s is very focused on details, which can be true for an individual who has struggled with OCD since childhood. It might be why I’m good at finding clues and solve every escape room and riddle, I don’t even know.

But it seems like it was just the synopsis of the episode written by an absolute knob, and the actual portrayal of the character isn’t “OCD Ex Machina”.

Overall, I actually liked this episode and really hope it gets a show because the main character is quite interesting, is played by an actress with OCD (Kennedy McMann who also campaigned for the character’s illness to not be portrayed as a superpower) and I am actually curious to learn more about her and the people around her. There is potential and I do think people with OCD could and would enjoy it.

#ocd #Pure OCD #pureo #obsessive compulsive disorder #obsessive compulsive spectrum #mental health #MentalWellness #mental illness #mental wellbeing #abc #abc network #the good doctor #the good lawyer #joni degroot #kennedy mcmann #Courtroom Drama #show review #film student

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ivygorgon · 29 days

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AN OPEN LETTER to STATE GOVERNORS & LEGISLATURES (ALASKA ONLY)

Reconsider HB 183 for Inclusive School Athletics

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HB 183, which proposes segregating school athletics based on biological sex, raises significant concerns about the potential harm it could inflict on children. This approach lacks scientific backing and may inadvertently subject students to invasive scrutiny, including the risk of inappropriate inspections. It is imperative that we prioritize the safety and well-being of all students above all else.

Moreover, HB 183 echoes past mistakes made by administrations that were overly focused on perceived threats from the LGBTQ community, while neglecting actual dangers within local communities. For instance, scandals involving institutions like the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America highlight the grave consequences of such misguided priorities.

Therefore, I strongly urge reconsideration of HB 183. Instead of implementing policies that could harm vulnerable students, let us work towards fostering inclusive environments where all children can participate in sports with their peers, regardless of their sex. By promoting inclusivity and respect, we can create safer and more equitable opportunities for all students to thrive.

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💘 Q'u lach' shughu deshni da. 🏹 "What I say is true" in Dena'ina Qenaga

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vampirel0re · 1 year

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Mental health isn’t healthing rn :/

#gore lover #mental wellbeing #mentally drained #sad #yandere #I want to be happy #sad diary #student life #bpd life #life diary

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wecandoit · 2 months

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Hi friends, with uni starting up again I've been really motivated and grateful, but I am going through a lot mentally and emotionally with family stuff (more than usual lol) so I was considering using the uni counselling service. The qualm I have is that I only get access to four sessions for free, and then can have only six more for the year (billed). I'd rather not start at all than be cut off from sessions before I can reap the benefits...

That's why I wanted to ask anyone who has used university- or college-based counselling services what your experience of it was. you can just answer in the poll, but i'd also really appreciate if you could tell me more about it in my inbox if you're open to it

#counselling #mental health #emotional wellbeing #emotional health #student life #student health #university counselling #counselling services #mental health services

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adragonsdance · 1 year

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We all agree that Caleb would be a great teacher, and would be very well liked by his students. But no professor is universally beloved or teaches in a style that’s compatible with everyone. I wanna know what Caleb does that students complain about. What’s in character for him that makes him not the perfect professor for every student?

He’s a fair grader, and he wants to ensure that everyone actually understands the material. He does not grade on a curve. Ever.

Not only is attendance part of your grade, so is “class participation” what exactly this means or how its set is a bit unclear, especially in larger class sizes. With that in mind, he like smaller class sizes, if you are in his class, you Will Talk, and will not be able to sit quietly taking notes for the whole time.

His classes are mostly a mixture of lecture and discussion based. He loves student participation. That being said, he has a tendency to get kinda off topic in class, and a lot of the actual theory is in the assigned reading. If you don’t do the reading, you will be extremely lost in discussion and you will not pass.

He is invested in his students and always open for office hours. Because of that, you will sometimes go to his office with a simple clarification about the homework that shouldn’t take more than a minute, and leave two hours later wondering how you left with your abjuration homework done and a new recipe for green bean casserole.

Is he the kind of teacher that bases your grade mostly off of only a few assignments?

Does he assign a lot of homework?

He has high expectations for his students, which can be great, especially with the support to actually meet those expectations, but he’d be really frustrated with those few students who Just Don’t Care.

If the technology were available, he would not use powerpoint and he would go too fast to get perfect notes. He gets excited.

He will often assign writing assignments. He does not like grading writing assignments.

He will sometimes assign random homework that was not in his lesson plan in the middle of a lecture because an idea just hit him and wouldn’t that be a great way for the students to get a deeper understanding of this topic? This homework will be graded. He will not forget that he assigned it. You might.

Please add more!

#caleb widogast #professor Caleb widogast #mighty nein #critical role #post campaign #professor caleb #like overall he’d be a great professor #and students would love him #but every professor has their quirks #and some stuff that makes a great professor for one person makes them a bad professor for another #what would he actually be like as a professor?#bottom line he’s invested in his students #both their education and their lives and wellbeing #which to me makes everything else secondary #but it’s still fun to think about #dragon brambles #aka my stuff

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aesthetic-solar-space · 11 months

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Anxiety/Mental Health check - welfare check

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elonomhblog · 1 month

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how to properly wash your face

this post is a bit of a spinoff from my last post, 'how you can reduce acne'. read it here.

now, properly washing your face has many benefits, such as:

removing buildup washing your face clears away dirt, oil and other unwanted debris, preventing clogged pores and acne breakouts.

boosting hydration regular cleansing can help to maintain proper hydration levels, which keeps the skin smooth.

maintaining clear skin it helps to manage the production of sebum and supports proper pore size, contributing to clearer skin.

enhancing the effectiveness of products clean skin allows for better absorption of skincare products like moisturizers and treatments.

promoting healthy skin by removing impurities and maintaining hydration, face washing contributes to overall skin health.

here's some steps, how to properly wash your face:

start by removing any makeup with a gentle makeup remover or micellar water. it's important to remove makeup because clean skin absorbs skincare products better, making them more effective. never, and i repeat NEVER wear makeup to bed. this will lead to breakouts and acne. your skin needs time to breathe.

2. wet your face with warm water. using hot water can strip your skin of natural oils and cold water isn't as effective at cleaning.

3. use a gentle, non-abrasive cleanser suitable for your skin type and apply it to your face in a circular motion. make sure to be gentle. avoid scrubbing your skin harshly as this can cause irritation.

4. rinse off the cleanser completely with warm water.

5. pat your face dry with a clean towel. i use a face washer (which is like a tiny, thin towel) and change it every 2-3 uses. do not rub when you are drying your face, as this can irritate the skin.

6. apply a moisturizer suitable for your skin type to keep your skin hydrated. personally, i only use moisturizer in the mornings, mixing it with my sunscreen. at nighttime, i prefer to just wash my face and if i have pimples, i will apply a spot treatment.

(images are from pinterest)

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racingliners · 26 days

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Whenever you have to deal with government paperwork they should let you yell into the void for ten minutes as a coping mechanism

#the student loans company once again being the source of my stress and lack of wellbeing #personal

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marimeiastories · 1 month

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Counsellor in the making - meeting strangers

Today is the day! The day in which everything starts, my first day of training to be a counsellor! This thought cheers me up for like 5 seconds, after which reality kicks in: I paid 2280£ for an access course to the Counselling and Psychotherapy master I would like to do. Problem is, I do not know if I will get in.

What determines my eligibility for this master is completing the access course and passing an interview, which I already did last week. How fun is it that they asked me “So, what motivates you to study this master course?”

Mr interviewer, I would like to study this course because I want to help people. Because counselling helped me. And because I spent 2280£ on a course to get into this master. Mr interviewer, doesn’t this amount already quite vividly show you that I am very much motivated in getting in?

That was the answer I’d very much liked to give, but I decided to weight more on my desire to help others and how and when counselling helped me. Thought it would give me more chances.

I arrive an hour early, because if I arrived any late I would have freaked out on the bus. I think this might be something I will need to share with my future therapist, should I get into the master.

I look around what is going to be my classroom for the next 15 weeks. White walls, grey carpet, red sofas, black chairs. No windows. Ideal place to open up to 20 other strangers without feeling in a cage. The sunlight coming in might distract my life story sharing, I suppose. Because this is what we are all going to do form now: let a group of strangers know why we are here, and let ourselves be counselled by a fellow student.

That’s what real life counselling is anyway, right? Opening up to a stranger. Should be easy, I think, while gnawing at my nails and looking like I am about to be sick.

People start to come in, and we all say hi and our names and smile awkwardly at each other. My head is in full survival mode: who is my friend? Who is not? Who has better chances than me? I then think that these thoughts might as well be more useful in the Hunger Games arena, so I drop this and try to focus on what is being said to me. Unfortunately, by the time I come back to present, I already missed 5 names. Ah, well.

It is now time to start, and as the two teachers come in, we all fall in dead silence. Everyone finds their seats, and we look like a primary school class terrified of their teacher, rather than a group of grown ass adults.

But, I’ll tell you what: to me, this is scary as hell. I will need to open to strangers from today on, otherwise this course won’t work. Counselling is all about the awareness of the self and others, and making up stories of why I want to be there and pretend that I have always been fine in my life will not work here.

A quick glance at the room and I saw my expression reflected in anyone else here. I see the same fear.

I also see something else that comforts me: under this roof there are people ranging from 21 to at least 50 years old. I am 28, so I am somewhat in the lower end – I am not too late for this. No one is, really, but of course I overthought this while signing up for this course. I am too late, what am I doing, I will never pass this, why can’t I just be fine in my safe admin job. Over and over.

I signed up on the premise that if I didn’t I would be going why did I miss the opportunity, I am now stuck forever in admin, what a waste.

I suppose this can be summarized with “I regret stuff that I didn’t do more than stuff I did do”, which looks wise. Or maybe boredom is my biggest enemy and I have to avoid at all cost.

After the icebreaker (who does not love one) we go through the semicircle of people; everyone needs to say their name, their occupation and why they are here right now. I am roughly in the middle, which means I have time to worry about what to say for around 10 minutes, simultaneously forgetting all the information everyone else says.

The person next to me closes their mouth, and I am next. 40 pairs of eyes turn to me. I am as a comfortable as when that (fake) friend in mid school shouted “Maria has a crush on xyz” in the middle of the school courtyard (it was quite traumatic – never fully recovered from that one).

And so it goes: “I am Maria, I work in university administration, and I am here right now because I did not think I could study anything related to psychology before as depression hindered me so much I would be triggered”.

Came out more dramatic than I wanted it to sound, but also more real than I thought it would. Everyone else nodded, and for a second I thought they would go “Hi, Maria” like in those AA meetings (I swear I was never there, I saw it in the movies).

Well, so this is how it starts. More to come. More to share. I am scared to death, but also, somewhere, I am kinda excited.

#counselling #mental health blog #mental health #self improvement #mentalhealth #wellbeing #psychology #therapy #student #university

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whatmylovewhat · 2 years

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7.30.22

~1/100

One of my goals when I began this blog was to do the 100 days of productivity challenge. Well here I am, day one!

School has yet to begin and I finally had a day off work, so today turned into a productive mental health day. I began by bringing my laundry downstairs, getting that separated, and loaded in.

After that I finally cleaned up my room, something I've totally not been procrastinating. And honestly it feels really good to clean up my space. I have been on the move for about three months now and today has finally been my day to breathe and catch up.

Later tonight I plan to do a simple mindful yoga/stretching routine to relax before bed. This helps me ground myself at the end of the day and to take some time to just be with myself and be present.

~Thoughts School is coming up really quickly, I'm actually going on a vacation with my partner the week before my classes begin. There's still quite a few more days of productivity to go until then. *(note: i will most likely be taking a break from the challenge during vacation, so i have to put real work in to get back into the grind upon my return).

Anyways, back to school. I'm both excited and nervous for the same reason, in-person classes. This is my first time being fully on campus for my whole schedule. I'm excited because this is a good opportunity for me to meet new people and get that much needed motivation to do well in school. I just am worried my job might interfere with that. Guess we'll see what happens!

Thanks for tuning in yet again, you can check out a few of my socials on my profile btw! I hope you all receive the highest of grades and the smoothest of the studying.

#study #study motivation #studyblr #studyspo #university #mental wellbeing #student #college #study notes #productive #100 days of productivity

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vertigosvinyl · 2 months

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sometimes i think i’m coping well mentally but then i remember i have a photo album with over 4000 photos of john deacon saved to my phone

#i have more photos of a MAN than my geriatric jack russell baby #gonna have to bring this up in my next student wellbeing appointment #john deacon #queen #queen band #70s music

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