Finding the Light

mental illness is sometimes a dark forest

[positivedoodles]

[polycule-blog]

Let’s be careful not to turn this into a conversation of ableism and immediately blame mental illness for acts of extreme violence. Here’s what the science says:

The vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent.

The public is misinformed about the link between mental illness and violence.

Inaccurate beliefs about mental illness and violence lead to widespread stigma and discrimination.

The link between mental illness and violence is promoted by the entertainment and news media.

[cwote]

its okay to not have all of the answers, you just need to keep moving forward each and every day :)

[recoveryisbeautiful]

[loggednightmares]

GUYS LISTEN UP

This app lets you record appointments, your sleep, your mood through the day, you can add a diary entry for each day. It also lets you log your medication, episodes of self harm, panic attacks, binge eating, and you can add and customise your own ‘events’, such as flashbacks, dissociation, mood swings, anger, psychotic episodes or ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS that you want to keep track of

This is really helping me at the moment because it helps me to sum up each day, and spot patterns in my behaviour

It’s called ‘mental rec’ and I really recommend it

[rickgrimesbabyface]

It’s gross as fuck to tell people that no one will love them until they love themselves. Loving yourself is hard. Listen: you are loved, you are worthy of love and respect, and you can be loved even on the days when you see nothing in yourself to love.

[mentalmentalhealth]

I really needed to hear this right now, so that you for posting!

[mentalmentalhealth]

[untrusteveryone]

SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO STILL TRIES TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AFTER DEPRESSION HIT THEM HARD. THERE ISN’T ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE INTEREST AND MOTIVATION AGAIN BUT PUSH THEMSELVES TO DO STUFF ANYWAYS. YOU ARE FIGHTING A DAILY BATTLE WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND YOU’RE STILL COMING OUT ON TOP, YOU’RE ALL BRAVE AS FUCK

[mobius-life-blog]

"I have a fever” - Me

Except that is not what I said.  I said the reason I had to confer with my group long distance was because I was suffering severe can’t leave the house anxiety.  I was then told that not everybody had access to skype, so no, this is not possible.   Perhaps if I’d said I had a fever, the whole group would have been willing to work with me on a solution, rather than just half of them.

[themedicalstate]

[themedicalstate]

6 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout

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[perkins-psychology]

[purplebuddhaproject]

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

 Eckhart Tolle (via purplebuddhaproject)