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i hope this email finds you a broken husk of a man

It was a silly age, twenty-five; too old for teenaged dreaming, too young for settling down. Every corner was a possibility and a dead end. Work? At what? Marriage? Work and marriage? Where? Who? What can I do with this degree?

Toni Morrison, Tar Baby

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DBT Steps for Increasing Positive Emotions

BUILD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES Short Term:

Do pleasant things that are possible now.

Increase pleasant events that prompt positive emotions

Do ONE THING each day from the Adult Pleasant Events Schedule - see Emotion Regulation Handout 8

Long Term:

Make changes in your life so that positive events will occur more often.

Build a “life worth living.”

Work towards goals: ACCUMULATE POSITIVES

Make a list of positive events you want

List small steps towards goals

Take the first step.

ATTEND TO RELATIONSHIPS Repair old relationships Reach out for new relationships Work on current relationships

AVOID AVOIDING Avoid giving up

BE MINDFUL OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOCUS your attention on positive events that happen REFOCUS when your mind wanders to the negative Be UNMINDFUL of worries

DISTRACT from: Thinking about when the positive experience WILL END Thinking about whether you DESERVE this positive experience Thinking about how much more might be EXPECTED of you now

More in-depth here: Paying Attention to Positives

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themedicalstate

6 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout

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mjalti

wanting to dismantle beauty standards but also defining yourself by them

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video of the year

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keep the rave alive da

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xeppeli

It makes me happy knowing that we have an entire subgroup of twitter users that prepare some freshly cut pinapple for their significant other before they visit. This is very sweet.

rahmanjolie

You...didn’t get this.

motiya

when you feel alone and work is overwhelming just remember that you’re a part of someone’s best memories. no dialogue just your presence, in exploring somewhere new, a reassuring smile and support you gave, or in lots of laughter and sun. it helps the days feel worth more, even if today felt like it didn’t count, it did. you exist in so many ways you can’t measure.

employer: so what would you say is your biggest weakness?

me: probably just like who I am as a person

Me: *makes a small irrelevant mistake*

My Brain, banging pots and pans together: YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUCKED UP YOU FUC

Me: *makes huge mistake that will directly affect my future horribly*

My Brain, lounging on a lawn chair with shades on: ....acknowledged