Candid Therapy Thoughts

My thoughts whilst working on my mental health as an adult human.

[currentlynotsleeping]

Remember that hope is something that you have to give to yourself. It doesn't appear out of nowhere, or come on a white steed or a shooting star. Mental illness puts you in a place where those kinds of things can't reach you anyway, so you have to be there for yourself. You can reach you. Give yourself something to hang onto.

[poems-and-word]

Poems & Words

[borderlinepdfeels]

[cherryandsisters-deactivated202]

[currentlynotsleeping]

Some people are very comforted with the idea of heaven; maybe because goodbyes are hard, or perhaps because the idea of being snuffed out like a candle flame is frightening.

But I think for many of us (me included), the idea of an afterlife is horrifying. If death is not when I finally get to lay down my burdens, then when? How long am I expected to carry on? It's not my body that's tired and worn thin, it's my spirit. When does it get to rest?

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[isolate]

here is your sign, if you needed one.

[wiredbipolar]

Me walking into therapy with my list of things to talk about:

[angelwithoutyou7-deactivated201]

​my grandfather was showing me some of his poetry from the 40’s

[sunlitsuggestions]

don't lose hope in yourself. a slip up, a relapse, an impulsive action doesn't define you. you're still doing well

[currentlynotsleeping]

Just a quick thought

I recently decided to go no contact with my abusive parents, and have received a surprising amount of resistance from friends, other family members, and even strangers

And I just feel like hol' up

Excuse me? I'm supposed to be okay with my abusers, I'm supposed to roll over and "forgive" (which generally means, continue to let them hurt me), because we have the great misfortune of sharing genetics?? That makes all the horribly toxic shit they've said and done okay?

The misplaced idea that because two people had sex and didn't bother to use protection, because they brought about and regretted my existence, that means I should owe them my life and my happiness and my unconditional forgiveness... does not

Vibe with me

How horrible is it that when someone leaves an abusive partner, that their courage is celebrated and validated-- but when I decide that I love myself enough to distance myself from my abusers, I get the ol' "your parents won't be around forever" and "family is the most important"

No shit, Karen!!

Family IS the most important, but you know who those people are? The ones who love and support you. And that's the family that I'm going forward with from now on.

[itxylopez]

[traumaeyed-deactivated20210519]

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[currentlynotsleeping]

I don't know my dudes, I'm not so sure. I feel like continuing to live... is a bad move?? Like not smart? Both my gut feeling and my educated mind are in agreement, it's a 0/10 for me

[c-ptsdrecovery]

[cockroachmotherfucker10]

[currentlynotsleeping]

Anybody else totally repulsed by their sexually mature body? Anyone else disgusted by the curves and physical urges of being an adult? I hate it