Instructions For A Bad Day

Cole, 29, US, bipolar 1 trans, queer, He/Him

[kpw13]

World bipolar day and trans day of visibility fall back to back on March 30th and 31st. Iv come a long way. 4 years ago I was actively manic and psychotic and just starting the long journey towards recovery. Both my bipolar and my transness have made me who I am today and without them I would not be as empathetic and understanding as I am. Struggles of any kind can either make you angry and resentful or they can make you gentile and more understanding of others. I am here and thriving today because I refused to let my struggles with my illness and my identity get the better of me. I am stable and healthy and 5 months on HRT today because I refused to let my past pain overshadow my current joy and happiness.

[marxism-ex-silium]

So glad I get to experience homosexual desire. One life and thank god I'm not straight

[liberaljane]

[eggsdoodz]

ily <3

[snow-nose]

ID: colored pencil art of two cats walking pressed together with their heads bashed into each other, surrounded by pink starbursts and various doodles, with green writing that says "thank you for loving me! when i'm still learning how to love me!" the artist's signature is eggs doodz. end ID

[t4nku]

I legit needed to hear this

[nevershootamockingbird]

[ Begin ID: Screenshot of text that reads "Honestly I don't think you're getting enough credit for how crazy you're NOT acting right now" / End ID ]

[amormedarei-deactivated20200116]

[sevaria]

every trans kid is a blessing

stickers and prints here

[wetheurban]

You deserve a life that feels full, calm, and deeply yours. One that feels spacious and honors your joy. One that feels good to wake up to. One that you want to experience, not escape.

[wetheurban]

Be intentional with your heart. Be intentional with your words. Be intentional with your thoughts. Be intentional with your time. Be intentional with your energy. Be intentional with your life.

[borderlinereminders]

The other day, I asked my partner, “What are you doing?”

Simple question, right?

Except… he suddenly got defensive. His tone changed. I could feel tension building, and I had no idea why. So I took a breath and asked, “Wait, what did you hear me say?”

He paused, thought about it, and said, “I thought you meant ‘Why aren’t you doing anything?’ Like you were mad I was being lazy.”

But that wasn’t what I meant at all. I’d genuinely just been curious.

And that moment reminded me how easily things can go sideways when we assume intent. Our brains, especially when we’ve had messy pasts, trauma, or relationship anxiety, tend to fill in the blanks with the worst possible meaning.

But that one question, “What did you hear me say?”, turned what could’ve been an argument into understanding.

It gave both of us a chance to clarify before our brains made up a story that wasn’t true. I was able to explain, and he was able to listen. Understanding what I meant changed his tension entirely.

Sometimes the fight isn’t about what was said. It’s about what was heard.

“What did you hear me say?” can defuse a storm before it starts.

[transvegansurvivor]

[canisalbus]

✦ Lastborn ✦

[canisalbus]

[canisalbus]

The reviews are in 🎉

[dogspouse]

there are people with genders you will never comprehend and people fucking in ways you will never understand and people making art you just don't get and that shit RULES

[dogspouse]

this applies even to the genders you think are cringe or "why cis people dont take us seriously" and kinks you think are gross and scary and the art you think is disgusting and pornographic btw

[coyotette]

[official-ornithology-posts]

Official ornithology post

[allbornscreaming]

Here, I can take up the whole of the sky / Unfurling, becoming my full size / And look at me burst through the ceiling / Aren't you so glad you came? / Breathless and begging and screaming my name / Screaming my name

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE — Everybody Scream (dir. Autumn de Wilde, 2025) ✧

[yaoimurder]

i hope im not just a mutual to you but also a "why the fuck am i following this guy again"

[animatedtext]

I'm more than my flat chest! I'm mentally ill