a mental health recovery and resources blog

Priya. Twenty. Psychology Major. I have an obsession with teacups and coffee mugs. Studying to be a counselor/therapist, studying abroad in Spring 2014!!

[psych-facts]

Every morning, we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part.

[anna-grrrl]

[vodka-zamolodchikova]

[fragilegifts]

Sometimes recovery is waking up early to write in coffee shops and practicing yoga and eating lots of fruit and chocolate and sometimes it’s staying in bed all day and hiding from the world until you can stop crying. All of this is okay. What’s important is that you take care of yourself no matter what kind of day you’re having.

[positivelifetips]

[phillypu]

Sometimes you just have to recharge.

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It’s not that I don’t want to be with friends and chill. I love doing that! But sometimes I just need to have some alone time too!

[2ndhalfoflife-deactivated201712]

an Introvert Infographic

[trixalla]

One of the best explanations, hands down.

[liberomagazine-deactivated20161]

[spoiledrotten77]

[oddi-tea]

I broke nineteen days clean last night. :(

Aw babe, I'm sorry. Nineteen days is amazing, but the only thing that really matters is that you don't give up or give in. I'm sure you've heard before that "relapse is a part of recovery," and in a way that's true, but I think it makes more sense to say that it's what you learn from relapse that is part of recovery. You learn that you're strong enough to get up, accept things, and get back on track with your life. You learn that in the end, numbers and days - while they do matter - matter less than the overall happiness and stress-free life recovery brings. You learn what does and does not help your recovery process, so that you can make the necessary changes and keep going.

The important thing is: you learn.

Don't beat yourself up over this - it happened, and there's nothing you can do about it now except use it to push yourself even further in recovery. Acceptance. You'll be just fine <3

~Priya

[thlnkdifferent]

[graspingthebirdstail]

Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.

Wendy Flynn

[misterindia-blog]

Sometimes you should do things you’re not technically supposed to do, like sneak into abandoned houses and admire their beauty.

[oddi-tea]

Therapy of choice.

[2wentysixletters]

[oddi-tea]

All of this.

[towardshappiness2-blog]

[oddi-tea]

Update: Dear followers,

First of all I want to thank all of you for supporting me through all of the awful times I went through during recovery and for sticking with me even when I abandoned this blog for a few days or weeks and for believing in me. I wouldn't have gotten to this point if it weren't for you guys. At this point in my life I am healthy. I am completely weight restored (not just to a healthy weight but back to my set point, very close to where I started). I am pretty happy. My relationship has sorted itself out (those of you who have been with me for a few years - yes it's the same guy and I love him and we're doing well). I am seeing my life turn away from recovery simply because I'm moving past that point. I want to keep this blog and I want to keep inspiring other people (I have an ask in my box that's a few weeks old for me to share my story, and I will as soon as I can find the words for it), but I did have personal interactions with a lot of you that I feel like I'm losing and I would like to interact with you all more but I'm afraid to just because I'm not technically "in recovery" anymore and I'm not sure how to. I really would appreciate more messages in my box but I also realize that I haven't been making as many personal posts as I used to. That's because a very small percentage of my life revolves around recovery thoughts now. If you want to keep up with my personal life on a more regular basis, you can follow my instagram (cocoanutties) or message me here in this blog, on or off anon. I am keeping this blog and nothing is going to change, I just wanted to give an explanation for my lack of personal updates. Love always, Priya

[snuggleshazza]

[girlgrowingsmall]

Nothing to do with size. It’s about suffering. Regardless of how big, small, or so-called “average” your body may be, don’t make your one and only body suffer to achieve something so insignificant as an aesthetic goal.

[the-healing-nest]