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🌸🌈🪽 maple ♡ 23 ♡ they/it 🌸🌈🪽
💘 positivity ☆ magical girls ☆ recovery ☆ diary ☆ i fb from @smilepacts 💘
What No One Tells You About Getting Better
Everyone talks about the fall — the crash, the chaos, the rock bottom. There’s language for the spiral. There are movies about the wreckage. But no one really talks about what happens after.
No one tells you that getting better is boring. That it’s lonely. That it doesn’t feel like a victory most days — more like losing the only parts of you that made anything feel bearable. That it’s not some glittery phoenix moment. It’s brushing your teeth when you don’t give a shit. It’s showing up when you’d rather disappear. It’s learning how to fill hours that used to be soaked in vodka or distractions or whatever else kept the silence away.
Getting better looks like:
deleting someone’s number and still checking if they texted
buying groceries you’ll probably let rot because trying counts
standing in a room full of people and still feeling like you showed up to the wrong life
cravings that feel like grief
cravings that feel like nothing — which is somehow worse
realizing you don’t miss the substance, you miss the permission to not care
post-acute withdrawal fog so thick it feels like pregnancy brain but without the baby to blame
faking joy when someone says they’re proud of you and you’re mid-relapse
white-knuckling your way through 7pm like it’s a haunted hour
brushing your teeth like it’s a goddamn Everest expedition
taking a bath without a bottle of merlot and wondering how comfort got so clinical
having everything — your own apartment, a new job — and feeling lonelier than ever
moving back in with your family and realizing you’ve changed too much to fit the space you left
missing the person you were when you were drunk: fun, loud, untouchable
staying sober not because you feel strong, but because you’re scared of what happens if you don’t
wanting to scream “I’m a mess” at every person who says, “You look so good now”
Getting better is supposed to feel like coming back to life. But sometimes it feels like watching it happen from behind glass.
I'm glad that I'm still alive to have new experiences. Even after hard times, I'm grateful that I gave myself another chance.
its good to be kind to yourself, especially when you’re upset about things you feel “aren’t a big deal”. it’s okay to feel sad about something, even if that thing is small. 🌸
happy february.. I Love You... soon something delightful will happen for you
today & every other day, i hope you remember it’s okay not to have it all figured out. no one has it all under control, it’s an illusion!!! many of us are scared, tired and still trying to heal from things we’ve never told anyone. it’s ok to be messy and open and vulnerable and authentic. the only thing that matters is being true to your journey and not sinking into comparison over other people’s curated lives on social media. you’re ok!! you’re doing enough!!! you’re good, pal!!
Some days are for freaking out a little bit. Some days are for letting ourselves wallow or well up with emotion not because we refuse to cope but because the only way to start to heal is to release.
You cannot run a machine on empty. Food is essential to keep your brain thinking, your blood flowing, your muscles moving, and your heart loving.
You are not defined by the foods you eat. Foods are not "good" or "bad" - they are just food. It does not make you greedy, a failure, or a bad person to nourish yourself.
Be compassionate with yourself & allow yourself to enjoy a meal, even if it's just for one day.
Via The Nutrition Tea on Facebook. Reminders from Shana Minei Spence.
eating my little pudding after the gym — the sun is shining, and although life is still hard and i am still sick, things are starting to look up again ☀️🌷
Cure Whip doing all the girls' solo parts in Shubidubi☆Sweets Time.
you’re doing a good job. even if no one notices, you’re doing a damn good job.
💕may this february bring you lots of love and happiness !! 💕
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Very helpful! Thank you! :) 🙏
♡ I wanted to share this with all of you. Being neurodivergent and having anxiety/c-ptsd can be incredibly exhausting at times for me! (Especially the brain fog, low energy days, and when I have anxiety/panic attacks. Sometimes I have what I like to call rolling attacks because they can last days!) I hope this can help out disabled folk, mentally ill folk, heck even the average person!