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on living with mental illness

[chibird]

You can’t control some things, but you can control how you act and react in 2018! Do great things everyone! :D

[nateswinehart]

You gotta have a plan…

[marialfromanotherplanet]

@piecesofblue

[chibird]

Right now I’m the bunny! Your definition of a good day will change with the day too, depending on your environment, priorities, and self! 1st Patreon goal hit!!! ;u; 💕I’m so thankful to everyone, those who can support me with pledges and those who can’t but still comment, like, and share my work! You all are the best- thank you for helping me keep Chibird going.

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[chibird]

It’s so important to realize that while you can’t control if bad things happen, you can control how you react to them. Something really disappointing happened to me yesterday, and I took my time to cry about it, but now I’m trying to move forward and know it’s not the end of the world!

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[piecesofblue]

Working hard on this one today :)

[piecesofblue]

...so why can't I?

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[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Behind every strong person lies a broken child who had to learn to stand up and take no shit.

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[piecesofblue]

For me, bad episodes mean no energy...loss of movement...loss of speech. Eventually someone finds me and half carries me to a bed. Then I lay there - often fully coherent inside my head, wishing I was normal.

[meanwhilepoetry]

a good thing to do for your friends with anxiety disorders: if you have a question you need to ask them or something you need to tell them, explain the subject of the question/the statement in the same message as your opening one!

so basically: instead of saying “can i ask you a question?” and sending just that (which, as a person with an anxiety disorder, makes my anxiety go into hyperdrive) go “can i ask you a question about ___?”

it’s a little thing but honestly few things make me anxious like “i have a question for you” or “there’s something i need to tell you” without immediate explanation. thanks!

[briedoof]

“call me, nothing is wrong, just wanna talk on the phone” would be so much better than “Call me.”

[endlace]

Actually please to all of this please.

[awkwardprincessally]

YES PLEASE.

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

YES THIS OK????? Like I have trained my husband to say “nothing bad, I just need to call you because it’s too much to type.” It helps SO MUCH. Just let me prepare myself, because I guarantee my imagination will take me to much much darker places.

[revanchistsuperstar]

Might I add, if someone with anxiety has just said something to you that’s a lot to process, and you need some time to think about what to say in response, please consider a quick “I’m not ignoring you, I need to think about what to say and I don’t want to say the wrong thing.”

Because that definitely saves your friend with anxiety a lot of strife and assuming they’ve ruined your friendship forever. Nothing is crueler than a “Seen 2:25pm” when it’s 10am the next day and you’re waiting on a reply to a huge confession.

[howto-joelheyman]

Normally I don’t acknowledge my anxiety very much but to any of my friends this would genuinely be helpful. Thanks 

[thatworldinverted]

Bonus: even if you don’t struggle with anxiety, this can really help cut down on miscommunication caused by text-monotone! My roommate and I use these a lot to keep from accidentally getting into arguments.

[marialfromanotherplanet]

@piecesofblue

[voyagehour]

i’ve been feeling rly sluggish and a little down, so just to motivate myself and remind myself 

[marialfromanotherplanet]

@piecesofblue

[piecesofblue]

It may seem like such a small thing, but I am ridiculously proud of my shower today. Some context: keeping a clean house is difficult when I only have enough energy for 2, maybe 3 normal functioning sets of half an hour in a day. Yes, I live with other people, but these other people also have full time jobs and varying degrees of mental illness, so even between all of us, maintaining is hard. I get easily overwhelmed by the amount of cleaning that needs to be done and this will often spiral me into not functioning and therefore not cleaning at all. The new plan: I started at the back of the house, and every day I make a plan to clean and organize one small section of the house. It doesn't have to be perfect but it has to look nice, with everything in its place. If something else takes the spoons allotted for it on a given day, I just move it to the next day. In this manner, I have finished two rooms and today I tackled the shower. I had to take a break last week, so being able to get back on my plan was a huge win for me. The result: Not only is my environment cleaner, which is really beneficial to my mental state, but I also feel accomplished and feel self-loved. I don't feel bad when I have to skip a day, and I feel absolutely great when I complete a task. :)

[michellepsychologist]

By Emm Roy

[singlecareergal-deactivated2018]

These are lovely - and important - reminders.

[positivedoodles]

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