Positivity for PTSD and CPTSD Survivors

This is a safe place for all people with cptsd and ptsd. Here I hope you'll find calming pictures, advice on self-care and healing, and general positive vibes.

[afeelgoodblog]

My kittens

[positiveautistic-deactivated202]

Mine

[imgayalso-ouch]

Here are some floral pride canes I made, feel free to repost with credit 💖

Image description: ten digital drawings by @fibromyalgicgay of canes on top of different pride flags with flowers near the bases and handles of the canes. The pride flags in order are the LGBT/gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, asexual, demisexual, aromantic, pansexual and polysexual pride flags.

[the-queer-and-beloved]

Could you possibly attempt a queer one? :)

-Kiwi

[imgayalso-ouch]

Of course @the-queer-and-beloved ! I will try to remember to do so tomorrow. Could you attach/send me a picture of the one you’d like me to do?

[the-queer-and-beloved]

Thanks so much! I believe this is the most commonly used queer flag:

[imgayalso-ouch]

Here you go! Sorry that it isn’t as good as the other ones, I had to remake the template because apparently it didn’t save, whoops :)

(Image description: a digital drawing of a black cane with flowers near the base and the handle. The background is a messy drawing of the queer pride flag, a tan background with two purple arrows pointing downwards in about the middle of the cane.)

[gay-gudetama-stims]

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[astraldemise]

emotional support mollusk

this is the emotional support mollusk

little pancake..

[trans-guy-positive-blog]

[funfettiaesthetic]

[arosonist]

I did the math, we need only 300 more posts total to get #aromantic trending. Please Please PLEASE even if you're not aromantic, make posts under the tag!

Anything at all! About how you support aromantics or how you think the flag is pretty!!! Anything!!!!!!

[frogitivity]

Friendly Flowers

[minuty]

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad that you’re alive.”

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[elkinei]

bumblebees love lavender

[theclosetedwitch]

Tips for the Closeted Witch

- Use poppets made from old cloth/scraps of clothing 

- cut open tea bags and use the herbs inside in spells/magic

- sigils / symbols / spells can be decorated to look like art. Tell your family your sigils are just modern art.

- find stones/plants/ herbs outside and use them in magic

- make moon water: its free, and doesn’t look at all suspicious.

- CLEAR YOUR SEARCH HISTORY!!!

- Libraries are great places for research. Not your family’s computer.

- Kitchen magic is easy and discreet.

- Practice at night when everyone is asleep. 3 am is the witching hour anyhow.

- Get oil diffusers/ salt lamps / candles because you are TOTALLY into “aesthetic “  … and definitely NOT a  closeted witch ;)

- bath magic is very private. Pretty much anything you do in the bathroom is not going to be intruded upon

- Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket: spread out your magical items/supplies so that they are in different hiding spots; that way if you one stash is discovered you still have the other supplies hidden elsewhere

- Write your book of spells in code or in another language that you understand

- Tell your family you are into harry potter/ Sabrina the teenage witch/ charmed to justify your interest in witchcraft

- make tarot cards out of regular playing cards and use in divination

- Tell your family that you are sincerely interested in geology and that is why you are collecting so many stones. Get some earth science posters if you need to make the excuse more believable.

- Epsom salt can be used in magic in place of regular salt, and keeping a bag of epsom salt in your bathroom doesn’t look as weird as having a stash of black salt in your room for no apparent reason

- Yarn can be used for  tying/ binding spells and you can just tell people its for knitting

- keep your book of shadows/spells in a small book discreet handbook and keep it on you at all times if you are afraid of having your things searched

Please let me know if you have other tips for closeted witches :)

[profeminist]

Matthew Hodson: “ 20 years ago, 2 years after the arrival of combination therapy that effectively treated #HIV, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s LGBT newspaper ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline. It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.”

[naamahdarling]

Y'all need to appreciate that this was practically fucking *yesterday*.

[libragender]

Queer Chevron Flags!

Agender | Trans | Non-Binary

Genderfluid | Bigender | Genderqueer

Quoigender | Genderflux | Demigender

[gay-mood-board]

Greyromantic cupiosexual moodboard for @maugin

[aggravatedaroallo-forpositivity]

Some Cupio positivity and a lesson, because I feel like this identity is definitely under-represented

Here's the definition, if unknown to you.

Now that we have that out of the way, some positivity!

CUPIOROMANTICS ARE VALID AS HECC AND DESERVE MORE REPRESENTATION! We might not be a large group of people but there are for sure enough of us to take over a small island.

Yes, cupioromantics want a relationship, yes, they do not experience romantic attraction. That's it. That's all there is too it. No. You are not allowed to question it or ask why we want a relationship since attraction isn't experienced. No. You're not allowed to question us.

There are several romance-favorable cupioromantics out there. But you know what? There are some romance-repulsed and romance-neutral ones out there too, and they, just as much as the romance-favorable Cupios, are hella valid.

Some Cupios don't have a relationship ever. You know what they are? Still Cupio.

Some Cupios do have a relationship. You know what they are? Still Cupio.

Being Cupio is what you define it to be. It might be different from how I describe my experience being Cupio is and how the person reading this might describe their experiences as a Cupio is, but it's still hella valid and cool. Being a Cupio is so cool.

And you know what? Those cupiosexuals out there? You're doing amazing, and you are just as valid as the cupioromantics.

You are the one who gets to decide what being Cupio means to you. You and only you are the person who gets to decide that.

Here's the flag, which has amazing colors-

And just a little addition, wanting a relationship doesn't make us any less aromantic. Wanting/Not Wanting a romantic relationship is completely different from experiencing/not experiencing romantic attraction

Here's the reasons for the colors on the flag, I thought that would be interesting to add-

NO DISCOURSE ON THIS POST. POSITIVE ADD ONS AND POLITE QUESTIONS ONLY.

[the-cosmic-latte-starry-skies]

It will come when your heart is ready to carry it.

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Cupiosexual aesthetic with lo-fi and strawberry milk