tinybugnotes

[tinybugnotes]

hello my lovely friends ♡ it's been such a long time since I've been here but I think about everyone on this blog and everyone I've met here a lot. I just wanted to pop in and say, hello. I love you all ♡

#tiny bug talks

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and this is non-negotiable 🌱

- you deserve to be treated with kindness

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

[tinybugnotes]

baby steps! 🌱

- small steps still move you forwards!

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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we’re all just trying to get by 🌱

- we’re living through hard times and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed or scared

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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Your best is the best you can do! 🌱

- healing from trauma is not a linear process - it’s okay to struggle with things you thought you healed from

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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we’re all learning! 🌱

- working on yourself is a continuous process and it’s okay if you aren’t where you want to be just yet

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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we all have our own challenges! 🌱

- seven billion people are experiencing today in a different way - be kind to each other (and yourself)

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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Your best is the best you can do! 🌱

- be gentle with yourself

- you can only do your best

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

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you can be tenacious and flexible 🌱

- it’s okay to “give up” on the things that no longer bring you joy or fulfilment - deciding that something is no longer worth your energy and taking a step back from it does not make you a “quitter”

#inspiration #quotes #happiness #positivity #positive #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqa #mental health #recovery #healing #daily reminder #positive reminders #positive reminder #reminder #self love #self care

[tinybugnotes]

25% is better than 0%. trying a little is better than not trying at all. eating a protein bar is better than nothing. using dry shampoo is better than not showering. cleaning one section of your room or house is better than not cleaning any of it. writing a paragraph of your essay is better than not starting it. whatever you can manage today is okay. you can try again tomorrow. little steps are to be proud of.

#positivity #reminder #reblog

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If you're still doing name associations (no worries if not though!!) nísa? <3

of course! love ur blog! nísa sounds so pretty!

Nísa - wedding gowns!, bright vibrant flowers, pastels (pink and yellow!), fluffy white cats with bright eyes!, white sandy beaches, the harp!! and bunnies!

#this makes me so happy! #reblog

[tinybugnotes]

i just wanna ask how do you do self love? i feel like i'm not good in self love, i constantly trash talk about myself. i could say i hate myself down to the depth, whenever i did nothing wrong i think i always put the blame of myself. at this point, i really don't know how to start. i just don't know myself.

I think the big thing I would say is that self love is a skill. It's something you have to work on and learn - And even when you've gotten good at it, you will have times where it's harder or you slip up. And that's okay! Here are some little things that come to mind:

One of the things I try to do is treat myself as if I'm a third person. When I force myself to think 'but would I ever think that about someone if it wasn't me?' or 'would I ever say that about someone else?' it helps me to avoid being unnecessarily harsh on myself. We're always hardest on ourselves - I'm definitely guilty of that - so forcing yourself to look at yourself in the third person helps a lot. What would you say in this situation if your friend was the one having this problem, not you? How would your thoughts change?

This is pretty generic therapy stuff, but let your feelings happen. I am really bad at having thoughts/feelings that upset me or I'm ashamed of, and then getting really down on myself for having them. Learning to let emotions and thoughts come like a wave - they come, they're here, they leave (and it is inevitable that they'll leave, even if it takes time) helps me in the moment. Learning this took a while for me, but it helps me a lot now and eventually you stop realising you're doing it consciously. You don't have to acknowledge them or think about them, but they will come, so learning to let them come and go in their time helps a lot.

I would say, start small. Self love takes all these different forms, and some might seem monumental compared to others. So start small: Start a skincare routine, buy yourself something nice, put on a nice outfit - whatever. For me, I wear eyeliner almost every day now, even if I'm just going around the house, and it's because it makes me feel pretty. That's my only reason. And it's the little things that I think really add up!

Be aware that you can't control everything! Again, this is one I really struggled with, but: Society has unrealistic expectations and you can never meet them. No matter how kind you are, some people just don't trust kindness. I try to keep this in my head: "self care is not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you". Learning to assign worth to certain opinions and not others is also a skill, but really helps, and you will get there.

We really are our own worst critics, and self love is a skill you need to develop - but it's worth doing. I've been working on it myself and I am so much happier for it. Have patience with yourself and work on it. I also suggest doing some research - there are lots of great lines and articles about learning to love yourself, far more than I can cover here. Do some research and try to implement the steps that call to you.

You got this. Remember that we're our own worst critics, and we're all trying to learn to love ourselves. You're not alone and you will get there! ❤

#tiny bug talks #anonymous #tiny bug's asks #tiny bug's advice #positivity #positive #self love #self care #therapy #mental health #mental illness #support

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I started reading your quotes today and they are so amazing so i started liking them. I’ve been fighting depression since COVID pandemic started back in March 2020. So i thank you every day for positivity ❤️❤️💖💖💖💗💗🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈😍😍😍😍

I am so so happy my quotes could reach you in a time when you needed them! That's all I've ever wanted for this blog 🥺

Thank you so much for this sweet message, and if you ever need to chat you know my DMs are open here ❤❤❤

#tiny bug's asks #This was such a lovely message to wake up to ;__; #Thank you! #queensydne

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thank you for what you're doing <3

I’m only sorry I’m not more active anymore - but I’m so glad it’s still reaching people 😭🙏

#tiny bug's asks

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Hey I saw your post about people secretly hating you and I feel that a lot, especially lately since I had a fight with some friends and feel like I am a nuisance. My question is basically how do I deal with them never writing me first? I always start the conversation and they have never ONCE written me first. On the one hand I would like to wait and see if they do but I am also scared to do so and I feel like it’s not my place to demand them to also write me sometimes.

Hi! I’m sorry I’m so late to reply to this... Whe you sent me this DM, I was actually in the EXACT same position. Like. I’m actually a little freaked out (not badly but just like WOAH) because you worded exactly what I was going through :’D so I wasn’t super online.

Unfortunately... I don’t really have an answer for this. I actually spoke to my friends and said look, I’m constantly alone, nobody writes me first, I don’t want to be demanding... and they took it really well. My only suggestion is to try and communicate to them, but sadly I don’t know how well that might go down... These things are hard :(

I’m sorry I can’t be more help, but I think if you communicate that you’re worried about being too demanding but you’re feeling super alone, they might be more receptive. They can’t read your mind, remember, so communication is the only way to get any changes - that’s something I forget a lot. I just expect people to know how I’m feeling, you know?

I’m sorry I can’t help more, but I’m here if you need anything 💕

#tiny bug's asks

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When I was having chemotherapy all I ate were the foods I was craving. Don’t be ashamed if you can’t eat the “right” foods - I ate iceberg lettuce, doritos, and pear drop candies!! Eat what you CAN, and WANT, to eat. ❤

And you also don’t even need a justification for eating what you want to eat. If you want to eat something “unhealthy”... You don’t need to justify that.

friendly reminder that if you have a hard time eating due to nausea or other chronic illness ickies, just eat what you can eat. even if it’s not particularly “healthy,” getting calories in your body to help it function is more important.

#reminder #food tw #food #food / #tw food #cw food #food cw

[tinybugnotes]

Some reminders if you feel like everyone secretly hates you:

This is my biggest anxiety symptom, and something I struggle with a lot. If you’re feeling like people don’t really like you/are pretending to like you in order to be polite, or maybe your friends are tired of you, or that you’ve upset the people you care about... here are some little reminders ♡

People will not spend their energy on people that they don’t care for.

People will not spend their energy on pretending to like someone they don’t actually like.

If you haven’t spoken to someone in a while, that doesn’t mean they’re annoyed or upset with you! (The question I always ask myself is, “why would they be annoyed with me? Have we had anything significant happen between us?”)

Especially with online friends, as close as we feel to each other, we don’t know all the ins-and-outs of one another’s daily lives. Someone could be busy, or distracted, or maybe just don’t want to talk at that moment.

You are not a bad person for feeling lonely or worrying about this - the fact that you worry shows that you’re a good person who wants to make sure there are no issues, and if there are, you want to identify and fix them. Bad people don’t worry about whether or not they’re bad people.

A lot of people share these same thoughts... Some of us just verbalise it more than others. This is an extremely common worry, and sometimes we don’t realise that someone is feeling this way because they don’t verbalise it. You’re not alone in feeling this way.

#reminders #positive #positivity #positive reminder #positive reminders #reminder #daily reminder #tinybugnotes #mindfulness #anxiety #mental health #depression #mental illness #mindful #happy thoughts #happy