[waadtariq]

“i have a problem with letting go of things with clenching my hands like a vice and holding on despite everything it’s why i keep all my memories with me carry them in my phone, on my walls in the little box inside my closet even though it’ll always remain closed i have a hard time letting go of people, of memories that no longer ring true i clutch them like i’d be bereft without them the conversations with people i don’t speak to anymore the photos i want to pull down from my walls the memories i no longer want to recall i never allow myself to mourn i hoard them and keep them close and i just can’t seem to let go.”

— i no longer want to meet new people because i’m afraid one day all they’ll ever be are memories i want to revisit, redo, ones that i want to stay in forever and would forever regret. memories that i would never let go of, but memories, nevertheless | wt.

[recoverr-a-deactivated20210530]

the thing about recovery is that you need to actively choose it.. even and especially when you relapse, you need to start again, over and over and over, as many times as needed. just know that by choosing recovery you’re on your way to something brighter, bolder and better. i love you.

[vollzeitherz-deactivated2026012]

as you get older, you start realizing that you are not always right and there’s a lot of things you could have handled better and many situations where you could have been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.

[admiralskywhale]

Cannot stress enough how much you need to get on this stir fry shit. Newly living alone and don't know how to cook? Stir fry. Saturday morning after a rough night and need to whip up something tasty and hearty in a hurry? Stir fry. Approaching your thirties and deciding you need to eat healthier, balanced meals? Stir fry. Pick yourself out a protein, a starch, and like three veggies. More if you want. Then, simply stir and fry

[anniespositivity]

Look at you showing up even though your heart is heavy. Look at you pushing through even though you feel the sadness weigh you down. Look at you staying in touch with family and friends, taking care of yourself by eating, sleeping and making time for your hobbies even though the world feels like it is falling apart around you. Just look at you persisting despite it all, my love. Take it slow - baby steps every single day. Don't let these hard days discourage you. You are so much stronger than you think. And things will get better sooner than you can imagine. I am incredibly proud of you.

[existential-celestial]

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”

— Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” in WHITMAN (The Laurel Poetry Series)

[samuelthetard]

[agere-stitch]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

[louisegluckpdf]

they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"

[ytpreviews]

It's not a cure but you have no idea how many times this image has helped me with my OCD

[notgreatthanks]

This tag has been more effective than any meds I’ve ever taken

[caydencrypted]

the wisdom ive learnt is that becoming part of a friend group 1) takes a long time and 2) involves a lot of feeling awkward and left out at first. there’s nothing terrible about this but if you grew up chronically lonely or have any kind of trauma relating to social isolation this likely feels Really Wrong and activates danger signals. but both fortunately and unfortunately it’s just how becoming close to new people works most of the time

[caydencrypted]

another thing that was not intuitive to me as someone who grew up an autistic loner: basically everyone on the planet is starved for connection all the time and almost everything people do is an attempt to reach out to another. most seemingly illogical interactions and behaviours can be explained by this. you have to take as many of these invitations as you can. even if you're wrong you still attempted to bring more warmth into the world

[artbylittlebug]

[petaltexturedskies]

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"IM004530" (2002), DONALD MITCHELL

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"i just can't get enough" (2009), jessica wilson

[jetix]

squeakstudio bead curtains

[yama-bato]

Mons (Belgique), la serrure de l’hôtel de ville.

[maliusaidh]