KIMIKO

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[kimiko24]

Hey guys~ just to let you know my demo album Unspoken Words is now out!! you can take aa listen here on my Youtube or Bandcamp. Thank you to those who've supported me and please look out for new things! Ya girl plans to create a lot more this year.

[alwaysadreamaway]

If I meow’d at you, would you meow back?🤔

[plumslices]

literally do it even if youre stupid <3

[yellow-cat]

(voice of a person spiralling) its embarrassing but i still havent figured out if its ok for me to be alive

[stickerd]

art colorful sticker 

[potiwan-deactivated20150922]

サンコー　昔ばなしのももハウス - Peach-shaped hamster house on amazon

[n0turg1rlfr1end]

are you talking to anyone?

The voices

[darkskywishes]

Not everyone gets better.

Some people with mental illness won't recover. Some with physical illness won't improve. Some will spend their entire lives managing symptoms that never fully go away. Some people with addiction relapse. Some overdose. Some die. People with eating disorders die all the time. And even when they don't, many are left battling the illness for life. Some people’s lives end in suicide.

Some illnesses are chronic. Some are progressive. Some are terminal. Not everyone's story ends in healing, and that doesn't mean they're not trying “hard enough”. It doesn't mean they're weak or lazy. And it definitely doesn't mean they don't deserve compassion, love, or support.

Yes—a lot of people do recover. Many people can get better. And that's a beautiful thing, and of course, something to celebrate. But this post isn't for those people.

This is for the ones who don't recover.

The ones who are still sick and perhaps always will be.

The ones doing everything right and still suffering.

The ones who aren’t inspirational stories.

I've seen a lot of criticism aimed at stories with unhappy endings—narratives where a character dies by suicide or “succumbs” to their illness. People call them bleak or irresponsible. But for many, that is reality. Not every story ends in recovery. Not every person makes it. Ignoring that only deepens the isolation of those who are still struggling.

The expectation that everyone can, or should, achieve full recovery is not just unrealistic; it's ableist. It treats health as a personal achievement, rather than something shaped by biology, access, trauma, environment, and luck. It erases disabled and chronically ill people. It punishes those suffering by tying a person’s worth to their ability to “get better.”

We live in a world obsessed with recovery arcs. But not everyone gets one. Some are doing everything they can—and still hurting. Still sick.

They are still deserving of care. They are still deserving of love. Even more, they’re still deserving of treatment, if they want it.

Tragedy is not a moral failure. Struggling is not a character flaw. And the people who don't get better still matter.

Stop demanding resilience as a prerequisite for kindness.

Support people where they are, not where you want them to be.

[only-knives]

gentle reminders for anyone who needs it:

you have inherent worth simply by being alive. you are not a failure or unworthy for struggling with your mental or physical health. you're just a human being in pain.

you are not a burden; you have a right to support, care, & community, and it is not your fault that this world isn't built for disabled & neurodivergent people.

your emotions matter. even if they're big, or "out of proportion" to other people. everyone experiences life differently, and you deserve people in your life that treat your emotions with respect & kindness.

you are doing your best. i believe you. you don't need to compare yourself to others, or your hypothetical best self. who you are right now, in this moment, is enough.

it's okay to struggle with change. it can be scary, stressful, daunting, and confusing. you're allowed to take your time in figuring things out. you don't need to have all the answers today. life is about experiencing, not being perfect.

i'm glad you're here. many more people than you believe are glad you're here. it's okay. you're okay. you may not feel okay, or may not be doing okay: but as a person - you're okay.

be gentler with yourself. you're worth it.

[ocd-room]

You're allowed to grieve the life your mental disorder stole from you.

[kosmogrl]

I have mastered the art of being hard on myself for things I would tell anyone else are not that deep

[germwormz]

Combat booooots

[calypsotrain]

i made lemonade and yummy food but thats not enougb to distract me from the fact that ill never be human

[hotvampireadjacent]

[dozydawn]

opal

[forestgreenandgray]

Hey do you know what rumination is?

Rumination is probably the most common type of OCD compulsion, but I rarely see anyone talking about it. I've talked to multiple people diagnosed with OCD who didn't even recognize it as a compulsion.

Basically, if you have OCD you have terrible intrusive thoughts. They can be about anything, but common themes are fear of being a bad person, fear of hurting someone, fear of contamination. etc.

Rumination is when you get stuck in a spiral. Rumination is when you spend hours catastrophizing, overthinking, analyzing, telling yourself it's going to be okay.

I'll say it again:

Rumination is a compulsion.

Rumination is a compulsion, and that means you have to stop doing it.

I did ERP (exposure response prevention) for my OCD with a therapist! For 9 months! And it did help, but the idea didn't really click until I found this website a couple years later.

And Oh My God. It made things make so much more sense, and I was able to pull myself out of an episode even though I wasn't in therapy or on meds at the time.

Genuinely if you have OCD, or even if you suspect you have OCD, I'm begging you to read some of these articles.

Like this was genuinely life changing for me.

Here are some of the ones that were most helpful to me:

Defining Rumination

How to Stop Ruminating

ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination

What to Do When You're Triggered

[ryebreadgf]

once I snorted a fat line of nuance and everything started depending. watch out