Healthy Happiness

A random mess of things I find beautiful, inspiring, and amusing. // Forever on this journey to health and happiness. // Mental Health worker. // Grad student

[poems-and-word]

Poems & Words

[thisoneisforyou2]

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One day we’ll meet again

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This isn’t the end for us.

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Hookup culture at its finest

[cwote]

it is okay to put yourself before others 

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It's not selfish, it's necessary

[averagefairy]

ok can we agree that the WORST feeling is when you’re just sitting around consciously procrastinating and you’re just overly aware that each second that passes is more time wasted and you like watch hours pass and you’re STILL procrastinating and you CANT STOP and your panicked brain is trapped inside a body that refuses to be productive and inside you’re screaming but outwardly you’re just eating chips 

[emptywithout]

OH MY GOD THIS IS ME. This is exactly what happened on Sunday!!!

[sis-tafics]

Me rn

[dissertationdaze]

This was me binge-watching Steven Universe episodes and eating mac n’ cheese last night.

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Why is this me right now.

[thatssograd]

The Two Feelings of Grad School

I alternate between these two about every 6 minutes.

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Well this pretty much sums it up

[twintherapists]

Stages of Masters in Counseling

Interviee

Theories of Counseling - Psychopathology - Ethics Courses

Pre-practicum - Clinic Procedures - Basic Counseling Skills

Practicum

Self-care

Internship

Comprehensive exams

Graduation

Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners is just like

After completing your hours for licensure

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Pretty much..

[boy-so-pale]

[thepersonalquotes]

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If it had been any other time, any other place, we could have had it all..

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[saxifraga-x-urbium]

important

Have you ever thought “Man, I feel impossibly shitty and I don’t know why”?

Run through this checklist before you do anything else.

What have I eaten in the last 24 hours? Is it enough? If not, go and eat some food, you butt.

Am I hydrated? If not, put some fluids in your body, fool.

Have I slept an acceptable amount in the last 24 hours and preceeding few days? If not, do your utmost to have a nap. You need a reset, bro.

Have I been outside/partaken in whatever form of exercise I am capable of? You’re stagnating, homie.

Have I communicated with anyone? At all? About anything? In the last 24 hours? Sup, you’re not actually a lone wolf, and even if you’re just shouting BUTTLUMPS at someone over the intertubes, it’s better than shouting it at yourself inside your own head.

So basically: eat, drink, sleep, walk, and talk. If you still feel like emotional ass after that, start looking for more involved explanations.

[foxtalbotnegatives-deactivated2]

This shit is no joke.

[izcon]

All of these are extremely important.

[geardrops]

Adding: 6. Have I communicated too much? Am I overstimulated? Do I need some quiet time? Go stare at a blank wall in utter silence for a bit.

[dinosaurjam]

I try to go through this kind of checklist whenever I feel funky. It really helps.

[healthyhappiness15]

Some people don't understand that dealing with mental illness is extremely exhausting. We are not lazy. We are not "gross" for not taking a shower that day, or for not even getting out of bed. Some days we are just completely unable to find the energy to do anything at all.

[lunchlatte]

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Some days we need a little extra care

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