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You don't know me but I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for sharing how you feel. You may think no one cares about you but many people do. For example, I care. I'm just a random person who found your tumblr, liked it and is now a follower. And I care enough to message you now. I can't say many things about your situation and if I say "it's going to be okay", it'll sound like I'm just saying the basic things. Life is hard, it hurts and being dead is easier than living. But... You just die. That's it. You vanish into thin air. And life may be hard but it can be beautiful, too. There are many reasons to live. It'll get better. You'll have many ups and downs, it'll hurt but at the end you'll be happy. Happiness isn't a choice, though. Everyone has to fight for it. Anyway, I know how it feels like. You are suffering and no one can see it. I have many little reasons to live. I tell myself "I want to finish Sherlock before I die" and stuff like that. I'm searching for things to wake up in the morning. And while I'm doing that I'm looking for other reasons to live so I'm able to tell myself why I should keep going and not take my own life. I tried to do it once. Before I searched for these reasons. I thought no one would care if I die. I thought it'd hurt no one. It did, though. I'll not forget their reactions. I still struggle with suicidal thoughts and I often think no one needs me and that I'm worthless but you know what? I want to have a happy life. I'll not lose this war. I DESERVE it as much as everyone else does. And you deserve it, too. You will find friends. A year after I tried to kill myself I got two friends and they both message me if I don't message them. I thought I'd never find good friends, that I'll always be alone. I honestly don't know if this helps you or just makes everything worse... but please, don't kill yourself. I don't know whether your relationship with your parents is good or not but if it is good, please tell them you want to see a therapist. And if you need someone to talk to, you can talk to me. I'd be happy to be here for you. And I'm sure you're more beautiful than you think. Don't compare your situation with others. It doesn't matter if other feel worse. It's important how you feel, YOU ARE IMPORTANT. If someone tells you "they have it worse", they're just idiots. Others don't matter, you matter. Why would I think about other people if you're the one who needs help? You matter, your situation matters, and if you need help, you get help. You deserve it more than you think. You are important, you are beautiful and you are definitely more than enough. I am so so proud of you for still being alive. (Sorry, English isn't my first language.)

I know this blog was deactivated and I received this message years ago, but I want to thank you, whoever you are.

Every time I feel crap or like I'm not going to make it, I always look back on this message and the fact that a stranger who I might never meet chose to send me a small kindness when I was at one of my lowest points. It helps get me through the day, and that's why it's been sitting in my inbox for years now - not because I was embarrassed by it or ashamed or anything. I just needed this reminder.

I also felt like I wasn't quite ready yet to answer it. Over the past few years, my mental health has gone up and down and I was never in a place to answer it, but now, I think I am. You might not know this, but up until fairly recently, I wanted to kill myself and was actively harming myself. These times come and go but this was the worst I'd ever been, and I didn't know if I was going to make it.

But I did.

I made it out of there and while I'm not singing now that I'm on the better side, I feel like I'm ready to answer your ask.

You're right about everything. The small things kept me going. My friends who check up on me when I'm down, my degree and research, my plushies, my girlfriend, my faith, my hobbies, my dream of having a shibe... You're so right about everything and I DESERVE to live. I DESERVE happiness. I DESERVE to be able to smile, especially after what I went through. Yes, I've made mistakes but that doesn't mean that I am somehow less of a human being or that I don't deserve happiness.

The situation with my family is... Complicated at best. They've hurt me in so many ways and I'll never be able to fully explain what they did and the damage they did to me, but I'm not in contact with them anymore. I went NC a few years ago, and while it hurts sometimes, I know I'm better off without them. I've been through therapy and I'm on meds, and things are looking up.

And you're right about people being idiots when they say "people have it worse", just because people have it worse doesn't change the fact that what I went through was traumatic and none of it should have ever happened. My trauma doesn't diminish other people's trauma, and trauma isn't a competition.

I matter, I am important and worth something and I am beautiful - its taken me so long to realise this, but all these things are true. Your words always helped when I felt ugly or ashamed or worthless.

I... I want to thank you, whoever you are... And I want to say that I love you and you deserve every happiness in the world

#me #personal #Asks #Tw suicidal ideation #tw suicide #Tw self harm #Tw: self harm #Cw self harm #Cw: self harm #Tw: suicidal thoughts #I'm doing better now #Well that was disgustingly vulnerable of me

ashes2caches

one time a guy friend told me he was quitting league of legends and literally two weeks later she was on estrogen. these events are intrinsically connected in my mind.

eightyonekilograms

There is still time [to stop playing league of legends]

griffonatrix

massharp1971

phantomrose96

After 13 years of this, it's still funny to me that detailing a full mental breakdown on tumblr is standard fare, but posting a nice selfie is a fraught decision.

loki-zen

this is the correct way around and every other social media site is wrong

savee-baby

DON'T LET POVERTY DECIDE WHETHER MY BABY LIVES OR DIES TODAY PLEASE.

Today, I watched baby Qais stare silently at other children playing nearby. He tried to stand and follow them, but pain forced him back to the ground. He lowered his head, and I watched my child's smile disappear.

savee-baby

He did not cry. He only looked at me with eyes asking a question I could not answer: "Mama, when will I be able to walk and play again?" That question shattered my heart more than anything else.

savee-baby

I have nothing left except this desperate plea. I am begging you as a mother whose child still dreams of walking without pain. Please donate today and help give baby Qais the chance to smile, walk, and live again.

Please donate now Gofundme

savee-baby

I am begging you as a persecuted mother in Gaza, watching my baby bleed in front of me, unable to stop it. Please donate now and help me save his life before it’s too late.

kittybroker

This is Pink! He's an old, clingy boy and yowls like a banshee until you pet him. How much?

Howling and yowling old banshee Pink screaming his way onto the market for only $24.59!

maureen2musings

Lavertezzo & Foroglio, in the Ticino region of Switzerland

carlo_wiewaswo

littlefangs00

Gaara Portrait!

Don't correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it turned out pretty cool

cringeunworthy

I'm gonna get so much mileage out of this one

c4rr0tzzz

Who needs flowers anyway?

ohwhatagloomyshow

do you remember why you followed prev

yes :)

no :)

Remaining time: 6 days 4 hours

9ofarc

I love when people are weird. Do your thing diva

akajustmerry

there is a tragic thing that sometimes happens to characters in franchises/long-running series that i like to call Jack Sparrow Syndrome or Jack Sparrow-ing. it's where you take a character (sometimes more than one) who was originally conceived as Not The Protagonist (But Very Important), and you make them a Protagonist, and in this process, everything that made them a good Not The Protagonist (But Very Important) character either a) makes them a terrible protagonist or b) has to be completely overhauled to make them The Protagonist.

I call this phenomenon Jack Sparrow Syndrome because Jack Sparrow in the original POTC trilogy is Not The Protagonist; he's more akin to The Trickster or Mastermind or The Cunning Fool archetypes or some combination of these, which is what made him so compelling in the first 3 movies. None of these are compatible with being a Protagonist (at least not in the conventions established by POTC as a franchise) because the audience has to know what the protagonist's motives are to have any interest in the plot. a huge part of why Jack Sparrow *WAS* compelling in the original trilogy was that we (the audience) and characters around him never quite knew What His Deal Was.

a huge part of why the last two POTC suck ass (apart from the fact they're Just Bad) is because they made Jack Sparrow The Protagonist, and in doing so had to make him legible to the audience in a way that requires fundamentally altering the character's function in the story, and therefore fundamentally altering the character altogether. Often, for the worst. Jack Sparrow is far from the first or only character to suffer this fate.

I'd argue an early significant example of Jack Sparrow Syndrome is Lestat De Lioncourt, who was so fundamentally altered by becoming The Protagonist between IWTV and TVL that reading the books back to back had me seriously questioning if they were even written by the same author. Earlier still, one could make an argument for later Sherlock Holmes stories. Another example is Loki in the MCU, who went from being the literal god of mischief to a fucking COP for all of reality in his own show. I would also argue Spok suffers from this in many Star Trek reboots/spin-offs. There's another, more recent example, which is actually what inspired me to make this post, but the author doesn't deserve the attention.

When I explain this concept to people, they often suggest that I am talking about Flanderisation. While there can be some crossover, Jack Sparrow-ing is not reducing a character to their surface-level mannerisms, but it can appear that way. Often the character's typical mannerisms are ramped up to cover for a drastic character overhaul that places them in a more prominent role than they were designed for. Jack Sparrow-ing is taking a character who was never meant to be the Audience Way In. making them thus, and completely changing them in the process. While there are *some* examples where taking a Side Character and making them the Main Character has worked, it is my opinion that those are exceptions and not the Rule. It is also my opinion that this is one of the more tragic things that can happen to a character you love very much. thank you for coming <333

EDIT/NOTE: in case it doesn't go without saying, 99% of the time Jack Sparrow-ing is driven by a desire to maximise profit from a popular character(s), rather than out of any genuine desire to elaborate on, grow, or explore the character - which is why the problem exists at all.