I only *look* okay

24y/o. Female, student. Multiple chronic illnesses. I have been officially diagnosed with: EDS (hypermobility subtype), POTS, GAD, social anxiety, panic disorder, OCD, idiotpathic hypersomnia, chronic migraines and am suffering from impostor syndrome.

[abcsofadhd]

I wanna make a point very clear.

Boys are DIAGNOSED with ADHD at 3 times higher rather than girls. This doesn’t mean that ADHD is more prevalent in boys, just that its criminally underdiagnosed in girls. 

It’s commonly acknowledged that there are differences in how girls and boys exhibit their symptoms, with boys tending to externalize it and girls tending to internalize it (lending to higher rates of anxiety and depression). 

ADHD is considered to be a physically hyper boys’ condition so girls are left to suffer in silence, or misdiagnosed as BPD or Bipolar.

[depressionmeal]

Depression meal 3705

tried to have a bowl of cereal but we were out of milk so i ate nothing instead

[anxietyproblem]

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[positivity-in-pain]

♥️♥️

[yamelcakes]

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

[im-here-for-the-content]

Transcription of image titled, “Quick List: When Are Apologies Appropriate?”

SAY SORRY WHEN: (Column on the left side)

You’ve crossed a boundary

You become aware that someone felt hurt by an action of yours

You were mistaken about something

DON’T APOLOGIZE FOR: (Column on the right side)

Taking up space

Consuming resources

Existing

Expressing yourself

Asking for something

Asserting yourself

Putting yourself first

Being different

Disappointing others

Choosing what works for you

For saying no

For saying yes

For being happy

For being sad

For being upset

For having needs

For having feelings

For having wants

For being

[whitepeopletwitter]

[rage-is-my-fire]

[Image ID: A Tweet from @daniel_swensen that reads: If you suffered in life and want other people to suffer as you did because “you turned out fine,” you did not in fact turn out fine. /end ID]

[determined-mind-deactivated2025]

[girlwhorpsalot]

I needed this.

[mentalmentalhealth]

Thank you to all the people who posted this so I ended up seeing it. I really needed this right now. Thank you!

[aro-ace-christian]

Yeah… Not gonna lie… I cried…

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

We need more people like this

[armillary-spheres-lover]

Goddamn it stop making me feel human

[dreamsrainandwitchythings]

The therapist I wanna be.

[positivelyqueerace]

Text in the image:

“I’m a therapist and keep this poster in my waiting room, apparently it’s saved a few lives.”

I don’t like the phrase “a cry for help.” I just don’t like how it sounds. When somebody says to me, “I’m thinking about suicide. I have a plan: I just need a reason not to do it,” the last thing I see is helplessness.

I think your depression has been beating you up for years. It’s called you ugly, and stupid, and pathetic, and a failure, for so long that you’ve forgotten that it’s wrong. You don’t see any good in yourself, and you don’t have any hope.

But still here you are: you’ve come over to me, banged on my door and said, “HEY! Staying alive is REALLY HARD right now! Just give me something to fight with! I don’t care if it’s a stick! Give me a stick and I can stay alive!”

How is that helpless? I think that’s incredible. You’re like a marine: trapped for years behind enemy lines. Your gun has been taken away, you’re out of ammo, you’re malnourished, and you’ve probably caught some kind of jungle virus that’s making you hallucinate giant spiders.

And you’re still just going, “GIVE ME A STICK. I’M NOT DYING OUT HERE.” “A cry for help” makes it sound like I’m supposed to take pity on you, but you don’t need my pity. This isn’t pathetic. This is the will to survive. This is how humans lived long enough to become the dominant species.

With NO hope, running on NOTHING, you’re ready to cut through a hundred miles of hostile jungle with nothing but a stick, if that’s what it takes to get to safety.

All I’m doing is handing out sticks.

You’re the one saying alive.

[ultimate-science-nerd]

I legit cried at this. I’ve needed to hear it put this way. Bless this post.

[tea-rabbits]

Every time I see this post I stop to read the whole image. It always helps — even on the good days.

Because it wasn’t weakness. It wasn’t shameful to seek help. It wasn’t pathetic to “cry for help”. I was looking for a stick, be that from myself or from someone else. I was trying to find a way out. I was trying to heal myself.

[aurora-nerin]

this is fuckin incredible. 

[positiveautistic-deactivated202]

Losing weight is not your life’s purpose

[i-hate-chick-fil-a]

Headline should be “ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER HAVE BOYS THAN GIRLS BECAUSE ITS “LESS WORK” LEARN THAT ITS ACTUALLY NOT LESS WORK AND THEY ARE RAISING IRRESPONSIBLE MEN.” Yeah this is why we need womanism.

[i-hate-chick-fil-a]

[positivity-in-pain]

NO

[mygardenoffantasies]

You cannot run from the past, but you can learn to accept and move on from it

[kuutamosonaatti]

Sämpycat in snow

[thiefofgenders]

[livingfortherainydays]

[femaleshits]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

7 Tips for Being Braver

1. Remind yourself that feel scared is very normal! Peace and bravery exist alongside fear. So don’t be afraid of your feelings of fear.

2. Make the decision to act despite your feelings. Don’t allow them to control you, or to hold you back in life.

3. Accept your limitations; they are areas of growth. You’ll get there step by step. So be patient while you change.

4. Set aside the opinions and the judgments of others. Go after what you want, and who you want to be in life.

5. Learn everything you can about a scary situation. That will help you to prepare, and develop skills you’ll need.

6. Remind yourself of the all times you’ve stepped out in the past, and have taken a real risk – and that paid off in the end. Allow that to inspire you, and to reinforce your courage.

7. It’s ok to ask for support and help from others. We all need a boost and encouragement at times.

[cloudblack]

Children who feel they cannot engage their parents emotionally often try to strengthen their connection by playing whatever roles they believe their parents want them to. Although this may win them some fleeting approval, it doesn’t yield genuine emotional closeness. Emotionally disconnected parents don’t suddenly develop a capacity for empathy just because a child does something to please them. 

People who lacked emotional engagement in childhood, men and women alike, often can’t believe that someone would want to have a relationship with them just because of who they are. They believe that if they want closeness, they must play a role that always puts the other person first.

— Lindsay C. Gibbon, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

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Oh, no, my wig

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