[lagala-je-grade]

[teenagecrush]

[radiantquotes]

[thepersonalquotes]

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[teenagecrush]

[teenagecrush]

[wnq-writers]

“She was a hurricane but when you loved her right she was only the wind.”

— kenzie lawson

[wowthesaddestpersonalive]

How to tell it’s getting bad again

Physical pains (sore jaw, old injuries acting up)

tired tired tired tired

Can’t think/can’t stop thinking

Sleeping too much/not enough

Early waking

Can’t make eye contact

Picking or scratching at skin, nails, hair, etc

Forgetful

Sex repulsed or sex obsessed

Lonely in crowds

Unjustified assumptions (my friends all hate me)

Too much/too little food

Everything tastes bland?

Headcolds/the flu out of nowhere

Distancing yourself

Spending too much time in bed

Not showering/brushing teeth/brushing hair/taking care of your body

Not able to do laundry

Not turning in assignments

Forgetting about assignments

Zoning out

Defensive

Overly emotional/painfully numb

[gosh]

“I can’t believe this is happening all over again.”

— I’m so tired of everything. (via coral)

[lavendersisterhood-deactivated2]

When applied to a family, the gaslight treatment is a special form of dysfunction. It happens when you, a child, receive messages or encounter experiences within the family which are deeply contradictory. 

Messages which are opposing and conflicting; experiences which can’t both be true. When you can’t make sense of something, it’s natural to apply the only possible answer:

“Something is wrong with me.”

Today, scores of children are growing up under a gaslight of their own. And scores of adults are living their lives baffled by what went on in their families, having grown up thinking that they, not their families, are crazy.

I have seen gas-lighting cause personality disorders, depression, anxiety, and a host of other lifelong struggles.  Receiving contradictory messages that don’t make sense can shake the very ground that a child walks on.

The Four Types of Child Gas-lighting:

Keep reading

[wishingto-disappear]

i’m always the one getting left out of everything

[iglovequotes]

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[thegoodvybe]

[zarathustra-would-be-proud]

[hxxligan]

Relationships don’t take your anxiety away Relationships don’t take your depression away Relationships don’t stop the bad thoughts Relationships don’t stop your mental illnesses

[thepersonalquotes]

http://www.personal-quotes.com

[melisica]