One More Day

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20 Beautiful Things

20 Reasons To Live

So I just relapsed after 4 months of not cutting, and I am feeling a little better now, but I figured, I might as well make a list.

1. The sunrise when it is purplish but also has oranges and pinks. It may be the prettiest thing besides...

2. The city at night. Listening to your music in the city, when all the lights have gone out and you are in your bubble of perfectness.

3. A good audiobook. Need I say more? Just hearing somebody read something amazing in an amazing way makes me so happy. 

4. When you nail the high note at the top of the song, and you can just hear how cleat and amazing it is and you want to hit it over and over.

5. The awful holiday movie that doesn't make any sense, but you somehow still love (cough cough Jingle All The Way cough cough)

6. Sitting out on a lake all along in a kayak with a cold drink and a good book.

7. Seeing your friends fall in and out of love. In and out of friendship. Watching them grow and change and develop. Being a friend.

8. Going to the small local amusement part really late at night, and losing all sense of what is embarrassing. Talking to complete strangers. Running across the park holding your close friend's hand.

9. Doing something stupid with your family. March Madness truly is madness in my house. All hell breaks loose, and it is amazing. 

10. The first day of spring when you don’t need a jacket, and you can feel the sun, and you just stand outside...

11. Just being around your best friends. They are the people who have always been there for you, and they mean more than anything. They are the ones who you want to live and die with. 

12. Seeing the old friends you haven’t seen in forever, and everything just falling into place. Everything just picks up where it left off, and you just feel right. There is something about being around the people who have known you since elementary school, is just soothing and calming, and you feel more like yourself than any other time. 

13. Fabric folded perfectly. Just the way all of the corners line up perfectly, and everything just fits into place. It is satisfying to me. 

14. A whiteboard at the library filled with so many story ideas, and they just keep creating more and more and more, and you just feel so creating and ready to conquer the world. 

15. A cold glass of water with ice.

16. Writing outside at night in the summer, sitting cross-legged on a chair, and the cool air washing over you. 

17. An outfit that just works. It all fits perfectly, and fits your mood, and looks good on you, and makes you feel confident. Just something to make you feel like the best you. It’s great. 

18. Sitting on the couch, with a computer, and just writing.

19. Getting home and having no homework.

20. Lists

These are just my things. Find what makes you happy, and just follow it. Enjoy the little beautiful things, whatever they are to you, and love them. 

**I started making this post at the end of December 2018. That is when the context is. I just wanted to acknowledge it.**

[weaver-z]

Most feral people on Earth:

Marching bands stopping to get lunch while on a road trip

Debate teams while getting dinner in an unfamiliar city

Theater kids at a restaurant after a show

[flutejesus]

You could just say “artists celebrating” and leave it at that

[onemoredaytolive]

As a theatre kid who just finished a show, and went out for custard with most of the cast and crew, I have a story. 

So, we got there at 9:30 on a Saturday after our last show. Half of us were acting high, and the other half were crying. If you know theatre kids at all, you can probably imagine it. So, we are up there, and one of my friends is apologizing, to one of these poor teenage workers.

Then I just hear in the background, this guy yells “CODE BLUE! WE HAVE A CODE BLUE!”

So, what I can tell from this information, is two things. 

1. They have a system for when theatre/ pep band/ other performing kids who have way too much energy and emotion after performances, so they all cram in to get custard, come in so that they can get all the food out in time. 

2. and that means it is bad enough that they have sat down and thought out a system for when we come in, and they all just seem so done with arts kids, and I get it. We are terrible. 

Anyways, after that, we stayed for another two hours and bounced from table to table slowly getting more food, and crying/ getting more high seeming. 

And this is why I hate the fact that I am a theatre kid and know that the people at the custard shop hate us too. 

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Help me Tumblr

I’m closeted to my parents. My mom is incredibly homophobic and she’s emotionally abusive, constantly asking loaded questions and insulting me. She constantly gaslights me claiming that “I never said that *my name*. Stop trying to make me look worse than I am!!” My dad has threatened physical abuse. My parents both believe that my social life is toxic, and are blocking anything that’s even close to fun. This would be a bad place to be in, but it gets a hell of a lot worse. I go to Stanford Online High School. My mom tends to over correlate EVERYTHING. She will immediately take me out of this school, which is a great fit for me, and send me to public school, which would greatly diminish my chances of getting into college. I drank 1 liter of oleander to try to kill myself, and it did absolutely NOTHING. I tried talking to a therapist(and this is where it gets bad). She decided to tell my parents that I need a psychiatrist for my depression, rather than, as she said, “I keep everything, and I mean everything, confidential.” If my parents find out I’m gay, I will probably be beaten and kicked out of the house. I have no options and my therapist is sending that email at 7pm PST today. I need somewhere to go or some way to stop this.  

I probably won’t see any reblogs due to not being on tumblr 24/7 (parents) but I need help. If you can help, my email is [email protected]. If you can’t, spread the word please. My life, quite literally, depends on it.

[strengthins0lidarity]

!!!

[onemoredaytolive]

I can't help, but if you can this person really needs it.

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Ok so this post is extremely long and I put it all together for my blogs Feeling sad page but as I don’t have a huge amount of followers I realize so many people are not seeing this information so I’m posting it here too!

alternatives without harming yourself:

holding/squeezing ice.

splashing your face with water.

getting a rubber band and snapping it against your skin (this could hurt, though it’s better than other ways that people usually choose to self-harm).

take a hot shower or bath.

eat something sour. it will take your mind of the urge. (lemon, sour lollies)

massage where you want to self-harm.

get a red pen or red paint and draw/paint over where you usually self-harm.

remind yourself as to why you shouldn’t do it. (scars, harms organs, leave memories etc…)

describe what you are feeling. (is the urge/pain in your chest, fists, legs, arms, head).

killing yourself will not help. it is not a solution.

you have your whole life ahead of you. you have so many more years that you can accomplish things in. for example;

having a family.

getting married.

to watch the sun rise.

to watch the sun set.

to save someone else’s life.

finish school.

get your dream job.

to laugh.

to smile.

to go camping.

travel to new places.

to wake up every morning to the person you love.

friends.

family.

to keep that promise you made.

to accomplish a goal.

to meet your idol.

to listen to new music.

theme parks.

video games.

chocolate.

to be able to look back and say “i made it”.

what you’re going through is temporary.

in case you need to hear this:

you are loved.

you are wanted.

you are needed.

you are beautiful.

you are handsome.

you are important.

you are not alone.

you are okay.

you are strong.

you are worth it.

you are smart.

you are not a failure.

you are useful.

you are going to be okay.

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50 tips on the management of adult attention deficit

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add/adhd medications: are adhd drugs right for you

adhd medication side effects, drug types, precautions

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5 ways to deal with urges and cravings

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anger management: 10 tips to tame your temper

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controlling anger — before it controls you

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ten commandments of anger regulation

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identifying and managing anxiety

11 assorted anxiety tips for anxiety sufferers

how to work through feelings of isolation

tips and tricks for dealing with anxiety

anti-stress breathing tips

how to stay under control with severe social anxiety

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coping

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how to cope with depression 1

natural depression treatments

ways to deal with depression/stress

tips to help overcome loneliness

10 tips on how to work through feelings of social isolation

8 tips to overcome loneliness

ways to deal with depression/stress

having a bad day?

make a comfort box

10 things to do when you feel like crap

how to find a new normal in the middle of depression

you are not alone in the way you think you are

reasons to stay alive

how to stop trying to think yourself into happiness and actually arrive there

cheer me up

help guide (dealing with depression)

help guide (helping someone with depression)

medication

what to expect with antidepressants

finding the right anti-depressant

chat room

healthfulchat

healing well

eating disorders

recovery

281 reasons to recover

eating disorders and emotional eating test

relapse prevention

bloating, indigestion, & feeling too full

why you must eat

learning to love your body

tips to stop restricting

dealing with weight gain

10 steps to bulimia recovery workbook

coping with exercise addiction

tips to help with bulimia recovery

help guide (emotional eating)

help guide (binge eating)

help guide (bulimia)

help guide (helping someone with an eating disorder)

help guide (treatment and recovery)

stop hating your body

body positive zone

self care 101

self esteem

30 day self esteem challenge

developing positive self esteem

learning-to-love-yourself

something fishy

ways of coping with eating disordered behaviors

the addiction help center

friends with illness

how to deal/talk with bipolar and depressed people

what to do when your friend is talking about suicide

what to do if someone you know is overdosing

what to do if your friend is hurting themselves

how to help someone who is suicidal

here’s what you tell someone who wants to commit suicide

tips for looking after someone with depression

friends with metal illness?

what to do when someone is suicidal

help guide (helping someone with depression)

grief and loss

help guide (coping with a breakup or divorce)

help guide (coping with grief & loss)

help guide (coping with pet loss)

help guide (supporting a grieving person)

help guide (the five stages of grief)

ocd

coping and treatment

natural treatment options

treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd)

additional treatment options for ocd

residential treatment for ocd

medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd)

a new relationship to your obsessions

how to find help for ocd

ocd: exposure therapy versus medication

cognitive therapy for ocd

chat rooms

healthfulchat

ocd-uk

perfectionism

coping

how to overcome perfectionism

learn to manage perfectionism

how to overcome perfectionism & procrastination

perfectionism - stress management

10 steps to conquer perfectionism

perfectionists coping with failure

ptsd

coping

coping with flashbacks

self help strategies for ptsd

coping with traumatic stress reactions

post-traumatic stress - self-help guide

understanding and coping with ptsd

coping with ptsd

schizophrenia

coping

living with schizophrenia

coping with schizophrenia

schizophrenia coping and recovery

schizophrenia: coping with delusions and hallucinations

paranoid schizophrenia coping and support

treatment

an introduction to the treatment of schizophrenia

treatment of schizophrenia

drugs to treat schizophrenia

common drugs and medications to treat schizophrenia

treating schizophrenia successfully

self-harm

cut something that’s not real skin

half of us

help guide

recover your life

self-injury outreach & support

how to care for cuts

resisting cutting

25 ways to avoid self injury and prevent self harm

tips to help stop cutting

99 coping skills: things to do instead of cutting

what to do when someone sees

how to fade/cover scars

alternatives for cutting 1

alternatives for cutting 2

alternatives for cutting 3

alternatives for cutting 4

alternatives for cutting 5

self-love

how to stop putting yourself down

self confidence

how to improve your self-esteem

how to be ok with yourself

tips on self-love

confidence

learn to love yourself

when told you are not pretty

emergency compliment

lessons for self-love

suicide

coping with suicidal thought

what to do when someone is suicidal

how to help someone who is suicidal

here’s what you tell someone who wants to commit suicide

help guide (suicide prevention)

help guide (dealing with suicidal thoughts & feelings)

therapy

how to get free therapy

getting a therapist - a brief step-by-step

psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist or counsellor?

50 signs of good therapy

50 warning signs of questionable therapy

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the quiet place

things to do when you feel bad

when you’re not having a good day

reminders

self care suggestions

take a break

the thoughts room

90 second relaxation

the dawn room

the comfort spot

control a rainstorm

calm

how to make changes in your life

imalive

crisischat

7 cups of tea

kids help phone

positive love network

trans lifeline: 877-565-8860

depression hotline: [phone]

suicide hotline: [phone]

lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

trevor project: 1-866-488-7386

sexuality support: 1-800-246-7743

eating disorders hotline: [phone]

rape and sexual assault: 1-800-656-4673

grief support: 1-650-321-5272

runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

exhale: after abortion hotline/pro-voice: 1-866-439-4253

[synodicsean]

Dont forget about Crisis Text Line! 

Text HOME to 741-741

[bristlee1]

for those who might need it

[groupthinker]

the one that stuck out to me was “save someone’s life”

[onemoredaytolive]

For anyone who needs it. I know I have...

[onemoredaytolive]

Last Year, This Year

Last year I moved towards becoming the new me. The me who loves herself, and is happy with herself. The me, that won't shut up when she talks about what she is passionate about. The one who will wear what she wants and say what she wants. The one who doesn’t care what anyone thinks about her. The one who takes time to love herself. The one who enjoys her life and the people and experiences in it. 

This year, I want to continue these. I want to become more myself. I want to show who I am, and not just my surface value. I want to be okay showing the scars, long healed that have made me what I am today. I want to show the newer bruises and cuts. I want to be okay with the battle going on inside of me. I want to learn how to control and diminish that battle, but I also want to learn how to be okay when the battle is happening, because it is always happening. 

I want to become the real me. Not the best me, but the real one. I want to show the world the real me without fear. That is what i want my new years to be. 

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whatever you’re going through right now, you’ll make it out. keep fighting.

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stop scrolling!! (please)

if you see this, remember that you are loved and beautiful and amazing 💞

you are a masterpiece and you can and will reach all your goals. don’t stress & stay healthy!

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hey if ur ever feelin shitty use this

[matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll]

Holy shit I’m trying not to cry.

[infestationofmymind]

i really needed this one tonight

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omfg

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Do it!!!

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I need to cry

[its-murderous-business]

EVERYONE DO IT

[wormsdyke]

I fully expected to be Rick rolled and I was instead very, very pleased

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Y’all I usually don’t post unrelated ts content

But do y’allselves a favor and click

[hotcocoandmarshmallows]

It works can confirm, and it isn’t a rickroll.

[onemoredaytolive]

That was beautiful.

[bold]

i understand when ur 13 and u just realized u have a mental illness and ur so relieved to know there are other ppl going thru the same thing as u, its easy to slip into the idea that your newly labeled thoughts and behaviors are normal and okay.

they are not. suicidal thoughts arent normal. violent impulses arent normal. delusions and hallucinations arent normal.

now that you have a name for this behavior you need to seek help. dont let tumblr trick you into thinking unhealthy coping mechanisms are the only ways to deal with your mental illness. dont let it fester, dont let it worsen. seek as much help as you can. actively try to better yourself.

[bananonbinary]

The key thing is, they are VALID thoughts and behaviors. I know that word gets thrown around a lot here, but It’s important to be able to recognize, “i’m not making these up, i’m not ‘crazy’, it’s real and has a reason behind it.” The second step tho, is to say “which of these behaviors are benign, and which are damaging? And what can I do about the damaging ones?”

Sitting on the floor because sometimes my anxiety makes me feel exposed about sitting in a chair? pretty benign, it’ll probably go away eventually when I address the anxiety better. Forgetting to eat and then overeating until I feel sick? harmful, I should take steps to correct it immediately.

[movedtozixxie]

Distract Yourself

Some more alternatives to self harm:

A Nintendo Gamecube/Wii emulator for PC

A Gameboy Advance emulator for Android with instructions on setuphere

French Toast Roll Ups recipe (with strawberries and nutella, though worth trying chocolate bits and melted chocolate maybe???)

Bacon And Egg Toast Cups recipe

An application that allows you to write with words!

A list of pretty awesome songs

One of Jack And Dean’s best YouTube videos

Eggless Cookie Dough recipe

Boggle The Owl

BRAWNDO THE THIRST MUTILATOR

Supernatural episodes (adblock is recommended)

Torchwood episodes (adblock is recommended)

Doctor Who episodes (adblock is recommended)

Gravity Falls episodes (adblock is recommended)

Helpful websites:

best learning website ever

can’t remember the name of a song?

check the trust level of any website

consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight

find the name to the song

is this website down for me or everyone?

Less confusing view of the world time zones

need a random number for a contest?

never hit a dead end with a broken link

self defense tips(x)

survival tips

upload anything from your iPhone etc. to your laptop

wanna know how stuff works?

watch movies/draw/everything??? with your online friends

How To: 

how to improve your self-esteem

how to look busy at work/school

how to love yourself

how to pull an all nighted but do well on your exam

how to study well

how to survive College

how to write an essay

Life Tips:

life tips

life tips for college

life tips for lazy people

99 life hacks to make your life easier

playlists // don’t be down / happy, happy, happy / cheer up!! / feeling down? / upbeat / for when you’re feeling sad.. / be happy! / songs to listen to when you are feeling sad. / anxiety/panic attacks / dashboard session /nostalgic. / it’s okay, not be okay. / anxiety’s lullaby / don’t be sad / songs that make you feel better / hey man, it’ll be okay. / note to self. / forget about it / baby don’t cut 

cheering up // emergency compliment!! / paying for people’s groceries /random acts of kindness caught on film / free hugs experiment / tipping servers $200 / little acts of kindness / 27 videos that will make you happy /givesmehope / textpost blog!! / the everything post / repeat after me. / feel like you lost something? / you are not alone. / just listen to this / cute yahoo answers / nail art tuts / bad x-factor auditions / need a hug?  / you can do anything 

cool stuff // music thing / how to lucid dream!! / teach yourself guitar (wow)/ learn a new language / creepy websites / the color game / make a mind palace / explore the world / make a temporary tattoo! / musical sea creature // babies experiencing things / 7 day positive challenge / if you forgot how beautiful the world is / draw a nebula / watch documentaries /sugar cookies recipe / 100 things to do / anasomnia / kawaii emotions /100+ games / make your own font

depression // how to love yourself / alternatives to self harm / what am i feeling? / if you feel like crap / dealing with depression / let go of your past./ what is depression? / depression & cutting/things to do instead of cutting/ alternatives to self harm / the cure to sadness! (in under 3 minutes) /things to do when you’re sad  / feel good 101: depression/ stop cutting, create instead

anxiety/stress // soundrown / build stuff with sand / rainymood / chill out /zen garden / managing stress / social anxiety tips / PTSD forums / anti-anxiety masterpost / a place to think / calming manatee / the dawn room /100,000 stars / types of anxiety disorders / anxiety attack tips / anti-anxiety foods / using a thought diary / panic attacks & anxiety /

eating disorders // bloating in recovery  / why you must eat / what is ED recovery? / learning to love your body / how to eat a fear food / helping someone with an eating disorder / 281 reasons to recover /

asking for help // telling people how you’re feeling / how do i tell someone when im afraid? /  how to ask for help / anxiety forums / 

movies, documentaries, tv // action movies / disney movies / scary movies/ movies for angsty teens / my mad, fat diary / mean girls / blue is the warmest color / submarine / teen wolf / the vampire diaries / pretty little liars/ american horror story / bob’s burgers / the mindy project / ultimate teen movie masterpost / hannah montana / sherlock / american beauty 

ART:

colour

the psychology of color

how to mix skin tones

color harmony

a ton of colour palettes

how to contour/highlight

colour meanings

how to colour

how to draw…

how to draw hoods

how to draw boobs in shirts

how to draw hair

how to draw faces

another face tutorial

how to draw hands

how to draw mouths

how to draw expressions

more expressions

cargsdoodle’s body tutorial

how to draw arms

how to avoid same facing

how to draw clothing folds

references

drawing references

hairstyle references

eye references

a ton of clothing references

ear references

kneeling/sitting references

kissing references

downloads

adobe creative suite 2 free download

sai brush downloads

sai brushes

alternative to photoshop

photoshop for free

mypaint drawing program

a ton of free art programs

other

pixel art: a beginner’s guide

an AWESOME tutorial masterpost

my art tag

glitch effect tutorial

[yeahdaddypearl]

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[anxietyproblem]

@anxietyproblem​

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[onemoredaytolive]

When my anxiety and depression hit me, 9/10 times, it's at night......

[onemoredaytolive]

5 Things That Make Me Happy (Tagged)

Hey!

So @sparksandstarsandstories tagged me in one of their posts for a thing that they got tagged for. Essentially, I have to write 5 things that make me happy.

1. Writing. Writing has saved me hundreds of times. When I feel too overwhelmed, it is amazing that I can get my thoughts out of my head. Also, I have made so many friends through my writing on Wattpad, and they are amazing. Also, writing just makes me happy. It refreshes me and just lets me be happy for once.

2. The internet. The internet is probably the place I can be the most myself. The place I can just be me and not have to hide any of me. Nobody who knows me in real life, knows about this blog, so I feel so comfortable posting here truthfully, so thank you interwebz.

3. Printers and three-hole punches. I love both of them. For some reason, the cleanness of a newly printed sheet of text fresh off the printer feels amazing to me. Same for three hole punch. It looks so clean and fresh, and I can put it in a binder. I don’t know why I like them so much, but I do lol.

4. Singing. Music. Show Choir. Anything along those lines. I love music and dancing, so they make me so happy. They let me just push my thoughts away for a few munites. I’m into very good at singing. I’m not very good at dancing. I’m not very good at any of this, but it still makes me happy.

5. Tea and hot chocolate. No explanation needed. 

Oh, shoot. Now I need to tag people lol.

@letboyswearclothes  , @fuckyeahasexual ,  @thefangirl126 , @the-fit-geek , and @ whoever wants to :-)

Love ya guys!

[sparksandstarsandstories]

I close my eyes

and tilt my head to a starry sky,

and I pray to it,

take me now.

-k.a.

[myburdenalone]