flaming extrovert

brain trust of a desperate creative

[shesgotwhatittakes]

While cleaning out my room I found a paper that my therapist gave me some time ago to deal with obsessive and intrusive thoughts. Sorry the paper is a little crinkled and stained, but I figured I’d post it in hopes that it will help someone like it helped me.

[shesgotwhatittakes]

Here it is again with text for anyone who can’t see the picture

That thought isn’t helpful right now.

Now is not the time to think about it. I can think about it later.

This is irrational. I’m going to let it go.

I won’t argue with an irrational thought.

This is not an emergency. I can slow down and think clearly about what I need.

This feels threatening and urgent, but it really isn’t.

I don’t have to be perfect to be OK.

I don’t have to figure out this question. The best thing to do is just drop it.

It’s OK to make mistakes.

I already know from my past experiences that these fears are irrational.

I have to take risks in order to be free. I’m willing to take this risk.

It’s OK that I just had that thought/image, and it doesn’t mean anything. I don’t have to pay attention to it.

I’m ready to move on now.

I can handle being wrong.

I don’t have to suffer like this. I deserve to feel comfortable.

That’s not my responsibility.

That’s not my problem.

I’ve done the best I can.

It’s good practice to let go of this worry. I want to practice.

[monsieurrobot]

[klorella]

[quotemadness]

Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.

Riccardo Tisci (via quotemadness)

[ourladykatya]

[flamingextrovert]

me trying to stay relevant

[mrsmckitchen]

📷: ralpharvesen

[bakedpotatocouture]

[quotemadness]

You’ll understand why storms are named after people.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (via quotemadness)

[russianwhore]

i love these dorks so much [x]

[thebutchriarchy-deactivated2019]

Medusa with the Head of Perseus, Luciano Garbati, 2008

[arbitraryimposition]

I adore how she carries his head low, at her side, and not aloft in triumph. This is not a self-aggrandizing hero lauding her great deed. This is a woman who wanted to be left the fuck alone.

[drunkenhills]

Also look at her body. The double hips. The asymetrical boobs. She’s thin, but she’s realistic as hell. That’s a real woman.

And the look in her eyes. Damn.

[tracyhomophobia]

Asking for a moment of silence for tap dancing Trixie 💫

[flamingextrovert]

MY GODDAMN QUEEN OMG

[elizabeths-banks-deactivated201]

#mood

[angiefalanji]

This work, not widely known, is called “Sfumato,” painted in 1972. Dali developed a new technique here, where he embellished the image after first taking paper and scorching and smoking it with a candle

[quotemadness]

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about them.

Lisa Kleypas (via quotemadness)

[pukeyj]

[soracities]

Euripides, from “Orestes”, An Oresteia (trans. Anne Carson)

[quotemadness]

You touch me like I am everything you asked god for. Underneath your hands I become poetry. This is the alchemy that you do.

T. James (via quotemadness)