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You do not have to apologise for taking up space and setting boundaries, because this is your life and it is your right to exist loudly and proudly, to choose what you allow in; it is your right to say no, not to go with the flow, and to eliminate everything that will hinder your growth.

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“If you’re reading this, there’s likely a part of you that is holding tight to something secret and stigmatized. Whether that’s your sexuality or your diagnosis or something else, it’s OK if that’s not a part of you that you want to offer up right now—or ever. But you shouldn’t have to live in the dark and not just because that’s the place stigma calls home. You deserve the light. You deserve the “and” that comes from fighting stigma: You can be HIV positive and find love. You can have bipolar disorder and hold down a job and maintain friendships and pursue your passions.”

— Claire Biggs

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“May this be a reminder that you can and will survive impossible times. Healing somehow happens. Hope and love, wonder and joy, they somehow show back up. Life is always worth living, even in the midst of pain.”

— Jamie Tworkowski, “No Holiday Can Define You”

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Andrea & Leo Couture “Fairytales” 2020 Collection

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“I operate from a headspace of depressive highs that plummet into lingering and manic lows. I call it a depressive high because I know just how fleeting it will be and how weighted I will still feel; just because the sun is shining doesn’t mean the snow will melt. A manic low because as high as some can go, I experience an equally enthusiastic and intense low soaring down, down, down.”

— Jamie Agresta, “Here I Stand”

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“Tonight, I do the best I can to quiet the thoughts. Tomorrow, in the light of day, I will reinforce the idea that instead of self-abuse, I will practice self-care. I will work hard to reframe these thoughts differently, in a way that is empowering. Tomorrow, I will say, ‘Today, I will be better.’ It may be another hard day, but I will remember what I wrote tonight. And regardless of what transpires, I will not worry about the next week or even the next day. I will stay steady where my feet are and work to change my present, rather than fear the future.”

— Emmy Farstad, “Where My Feet Are”

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romanticizing mental illness is dangerous and misleading

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Artsy depression: haunted eyes, good at art, emo hair and eyeliner on point

Actual Depression: bloodshot eyes, no longer trust themselves with pencils, has not showered in five days

Quirky OCD: organized books, clean room, color coordinated outfits

Actual OCD: Intrusive thoughts, flipping the light switch 8 times so you don’t stab your brother, picking holes in your skin

Cute eating disorders: Slim trim and beautiful, shyly refusing a second helping, dancer aesthetic

Actual eating disorders: Puffy cheeks and eroded teeth from excessive vomiting, hair growing over your freezing body and refusing to eat carrots because they’re too high in carbs

Adorable anxiety: just a smol bean, soft, must be protected from the world

Actual anxiety: crying so hard you throw up, shaking, losing sleep over a period after the “okay”

RPG PTSD: flashbacks, vietnam, u don’t know what i’ve been through kiddo

Actual PTSD: Buying your first pregnancy test at twelve, flinching at high fives, i can’t feel my hands where am I what year is it

Cartoon ADHD: look a squirrel, something shiny, fidgety loveable bufoon

Actual ADHD: rereading the same page over and over because it doesn’t make sense, hasn’t done the laundry in four months, hyperfocusing on a mushroom knowing you have work to do

stop making terrifying realities seem cute. it’s disrespectful for those of us who are actually struggling

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Fucking preach.

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Uwu smol baby autism: adorably awkward, huggable, acts cute when confused, has some sort of rainman talent and a perfect memory in general

Real autism: worrying about whether you’re interpreting people’s cues correctly/making your tone sound correct for the context, or whether they’re about to get wierded out and uncomfortable bc of something you said, sensory issues that drive you nuts, not being able to adapt to sudden changes in plans and freaking out, melting down or shutting down when stressed by stupid things

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Reblogging for the autism part that is just too real

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“Cool” Emotional detachment: The person is stone cold, so cold that Polar Bears say “man, they’re one cold person”. In reality, it’s more like: God, why can’t I feel anything? Am I truly happy? Why do I feel so empty? Why does my heart feel so hollow? Why can’t I cry? Why does it feel like there’s an echo inside of me every time I laugh or talk or do anything.