Lesbian, Bipolar, Anxiety, Survivor

**This blog can be triggering** These are the words that define me, and if you share one, or many, maybe this blog can be therapeutic for you too.

[nellprints]

begin again as many times as you need !   (buy a print)

[smiles-advice]

It’s okay to live a life that doesn’t make sense to other people

[anxious-and-in-pain]

So things could have gone better. It’s alright. Take a deep breath. That was the best I could do in that moment. I am going to be okay. I am still learning and growing and making mistakes does not make me lesser. Actually, every experience makes me a little stronger, even if it does not feel like it right now.

[cwote]

Look at you! You’re living perfectly fine without the person you thought you needed.

[yamelcakes]

I need to plaster this on every surface of my house tbh

[firstwehealthenwefight]

Suicide prevention hotline to have three-digit number for mental health emergencies: 988

When the months-long process is completed, U.S. residents will be able to call 988 for help in a mental health emergency.

[smartstudy]

Hey guys. I’m glad to be finally posting my “mental breakdown survival guide”. As you know I struggle a lot with mental health, and so I have been through a lot of breakdowns. So many that I actually dropped out of university after 3 weeks in 2016 and had to take the whole year off. Because of this, I’ve made it my mission to help others with mental health issues as much as I can, so you don’t have to go through what I’ve been through.

Anyway, here is my guide. I tried to keep it general, and actually useful. If you have any questions or additions please feel free to add them.

And as ever, if you want to talk to me about studying with mental illness or want to see a post on a specific topic, please feel free to message me.

[remy-labelle-purple]

[Image text: Saving Your Grades From A Mental Health Crisis

What To Do Before, During, And After

by SmartStudy.tumblr.com]

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[furiousgoldfish]

one rational braincell: there can be more than one task done during the day

all other braincells: you know what, now it’s zero

[unstablemotions]

People being genuinely nice to me freaks me out. You want to drive me home because it rains, even if that would take you 5 min longer to get home yourself? You are waiting 30 sec for me to pack my things after class so we can leave together? You acknowledge my existence in a positive manner?

I always feel like I owe them something after that which I can't live up to, but apparently people are sometimes just nice without expecting something in return or secretly being annoyed with you

[lmm-43]

You never realize how fucked up someone treated you until you explain it to someone else.

[youwillbeokayy]

choosing to recover is hard.

it’s hard to let go of the heaviness. it starts to feel like home. it gives you a place where you feel like you’re allowed to wallow and stew and self-destruct.

but it’s lying to you.

home is not tears and emptiness and cold, lonely nights. home is genuinely smiling at yourself in the mirror. home is you picking yourself off the floor, just as you always have. home is contentment. home is recovery. home is growth.

- i hope you all find your way back home some day.

[buttpoems]

[preschooldr0pout]

[thxtfuckup]

[infpisme]

[recoversuggestion]

harm reduction is better than nothing.

if you absolutely cannot recover right now, you are 100% still allowed to use recovery resources and coping skills to keep yourself medically and emotionally stable.

eating two small meals a day isn’t full recovery, but it’s better than eating nothing.

purging twice a week isn’t full recovery, but it’s better than purging twice a day.

never be afraid to make recovery-oriented choices because you “know you’ll never be able to keep it up.”

taking care of your body is ALWAYS good. your best is all you can do, and sometimes your best just isn’t full recovery yet. that’s okay.

harm reduction could save your life. don’t ever think that your small steps towards recovery are meaningless.

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

strive toward meaning it when you say you’re

“fine”,

then strive for “okay”,

then strive for “pretty good”,

then strive for “really great, actually”.

one day you won’t be lying anymore and that’ll be one heck of a day.