Melancholy Mood

We all have moments of melancholy, we need to acknowledge them as much as the happy ones.

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[paper-wounds]

[perfectquote]

“Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.”

— Rae Smith

[wetheurban]

If you spent the first half of 2026 in survival mode, may the second half be spent in revival mode. It’s time to heal.

[perfectquote]

“You hear but are you listening? You exist but are you living? You look but do you see?”

— Unknown

[melancholly-me]

All valid questions...

[crabussy]

small tips for Enjoying Being Alive from someone who went from wanting to die to genuinely loving life. these won't fix your life but they'll make it a lot easier to want to live day by day. I promise.

tell yourself things you do not believe. it feels stupid at first but I've done this for years and now I believe it when I say "I'm good at this" or "I love myself" or "I deserve good shit!"

make a note of every mundane good thing that happens to you. mental or literal notes! could be as little as "the sky is a nice shade of grey, it's calming" or "I ate a piece of fruit today, I'm looking after myself" or "I talked to a friend". again, feels stupid at first, but I genuinely believe this is part of why I have so many "good days". trick your brain into storing things in your long-term memory that you wouldn't otherwise remember.

diet deficiencies can make you properly miserable. your physical health impacts your mental health more than you'd think. get some vitamins, some omega-3s and so on. whether from food or supplements. they can make quite a difference! your brain is responsible for a LOT of the way you feel, and giving it the fatty acids it needs to function at its best can go a long way.

[crabussy]

I know these all sound like stupid junk people who have never wanted to die tell you. I know they sound like dumb "self-help" tips written by people who have suffered mild anxiety at worst.

they're coming from someone who had multiple daily panic attacks for half a decade. someone who genuinely felt like he did not deserve to live. someone who hated himself so much he convinced himself he was irredeemably evil. someone who loves being alive these days, even though it's difficult sometimes.

you truly don't have to follow any of this advice. but just read through. store it in the back of your mind. come back to it when you want. best of luck. [:

[nedzira]

These are genuinely great! If I can add a small comment it would be to try to change scenery every now and then, take a different route home and go for walks. And make appointments to meet your friends!

[crabussy]

ABSOLUTELY. anytime I feel myself descending into a slump where everything feels wrong and bad and gross and hard, I go on a Weird Walk. I choose a familiar destination (the dairy, the beach, a specific hill) and intentionally choose a route I've never tried before. it's crazy but it makes me feel better almost instantly, even if the new walk is worse than my usual route. your brain CRAVES new stimulation! you are a member of a species with one of the most active brains in the animal kingdom. please try not to live like a hamster.

[upamilion]

realistically i dont think i fit in anywhere, but im just trying to enjoy life for what it is

[damagedpetal]

i wanna lie on the floor and not think for a month or two.

[shisasan]

𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟸 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟺-𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟹 [ᴛʀɪᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴇɪᴍᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜɴɢʙᴏʀɴ ᴊᴜɴᴇ 𝟸𝟾 - ᴊᴜʟʏ 𝟸𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟸]

[ID: July 2. Sad. END ID]

[bauer-aid]

[roua-poemului]

“Gravity, melancholy were in her blood.”

— Virginia Woolf, from The Selected Essays; “Dorothy Osborne’s Letters,”

[thoughtcascades]

i want a life that feels less like recovery and more like arrival

[thoughtkick]

“She doesn’t want to hear that she is flawless. She wants to hear that she is loved regardless of her flaws.”

— charmingwinds

[masterxdanx]

[quotefeeling]

“She is a beautiful piece of broken pottery, put back together by her own hands. And a critical world judges her cracks while missing the beauty of how she made herself whole again.”

— J.M. Storm

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

even if things haven’t been okay for a long time, that doesn’t mean they won’t improve in the future

[stricatul]

I don't judge anyone's darkness. I've seen my own and it almost took me with it.

[melancholly-me]

No judgement here...