oblivion.

sad

[distressedd-andd-depressedd]

tired.

[distressedd-andd-depressedd]

xx

[eibmozotco]

[tomrisben]

[succubarbie-deactivated20190205]

occupation: very sleepy girl

[knowing]

[centrumlumina]

Here’s a thought I had about how therapy & treatment works (vs how many people imagine it works). This is based on my experience with depression and chronic illness, but I hope it applies more broadly as well.

Imagine you have to take a road trip on a deserted road alone. Halfway through the trip your engine starts to splutter and the car breaks down. What do you do?

A lot of people imagine that therapy and treatment is like calling a mechanic to come and fix your car for you. You make the call, and then you just have to wait around until the mechanic has fixed the problem, and your car is good as new! Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. There is no on-call mechanic. No-one is able to fix this car except for you.

Instead, it’s like you pull a toolbox out of the trunk, pop open the hood, and dial up the mechanic on the phone. You have to try and describe the problems as clearly as possible, and follow the advice they give you as well as you can.

Sometimes you won’t understand the advice, and you’ll need them to explain it again or suggest something else. Sometimes you’ll do what they say and the car still won’t run, and they won’t be able to explain why, only give you something new to try. Sometimes you’ll think you fixed the problem and start driving, and the car will break again two minutes down the road. No matter what happens, it’s going to be hard and messy and frustrating work.

But at the end of it, not only will your car be running again, but you’ll know how to fix it now. Which isn’t to say that you’ll never need another mechanic again, but next time you get stuck, it’ll be that little bit easier to handle.

So keep at it everyone, and good luck on your journeys!

[amargedom]

“So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that’s not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered. I have found this very useful to think about over the years, and I find that it is a lot easier and more bearable to be sad when you aren’t constantly berating yourself for being sad.”

— John Green (via minuty)

[bigbrokovu-deactivated20190612]

Don’t scroll past this.

Reblog to let your followers know that they should never start cutting.

I know this website makes it seem like that shit is normal but trust me, it’s not. And once you start, you’ll never really start and it will haunt you for life.

It never gets easier, it never stops hurting, it isn’t (and will never be) “cool” or “the only way out”

Please don’t start. If you already are cutting, tell sometime and get help, it’s not as scary as it seems and you will be better off by it.

If even one person reads this… Please. You matter.

Don’t start.

[society-made-me-do-it]

Don’t start please don’t

[lovelysuggestions]

- Reminder to eat today if you’ve forgotten to

- Reminder to shower if you haven’t gotten around to it lately

- Reminder to take a breath, drink some water and to walk around outside

You will get where you’re trying to go, take care of yourself in the meantime.

[distressedd-andd-depressedd]

Hope you are well

i very much am thank you for asking 🥰

[amargedom]

“You have witchcraft in your lips.”

— William Shakespeare (via goodreadss)

[amargedom]

“Your body is the house you grew up in. How dare you try to burn it to the ground.“”

— Sierra Demulder (via goodreadss)

[flowury]

[flowury]

1 mil notes & 2 yrs later. still happy

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

this is a sign that if you’re not where you want to be, you’re still young and your future is what you make of it. so don’t give up on your dreams thinking that you started too late or you don’t have time. you have plenty of time to master a new skill or chase your daydreams. you still have time and you can do it.

[sal33]

You’d lose your mind trying to understand mine

[draco--malfoy]

After two hours of dramatic emotional breakdown and a cup of ramen later I realized that I was in fact hungry and not sad.