[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

my biggest fear is i'll spend my whole life being the caretaker and never the one whose taken care of. and while I love giving, i'm feeling empty like what else do I even have left to give?

[stricatul]

Everyone talks about how hard it is to trust people after you've been hurt. But barely anyone talks about how hard it is to trust *yourself* when you've had your gut instincts and convictions skilfully undermined by someone.

[disgustinggf]

[tjalexandernyc]

entering this great new phase of my life where, when someone treats me like shit, instead of going "oh man I guess I'm a piece of shit" I can whole-heartedly go "christ alive, what is wrong with you? you can't treat people like that" and it may sound simple but it took a long time to get here and there's no fucking way I'm going back

[resqectable]

“Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.”

— Sylvia Plath

[weltenwellen]

Ada Limón, “To Be Made Whole”, On Being with Krista Tippett

[weltenwellen]

Rebecca Solnit, Hope In The Dark

[weltenwellen]

Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark

Paul Eluard, “Right in the Middle of the Month of August”, Selected Poems(trans. Gilbert Bowen) (x)

[ivynightshade]

fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky’s ‘i am an observer, but not by choice.’

[text id: my fist has always been clenched around the handle of an invisible suitcase. / i am always ready to leave. / there is not a single room in this world where i belong.]

[stay-close]

“Actions speak louder than words. Next time someone tries to convince you that they care, look at what they do, not what they say.”

— lieinlove

[ashstfu]

i do not ghost purposely i just have no idea what to say ever

[ashstfu]

and i have no concept of passage of time

[depsidase]

[coloredcompulsion]

[keskaowl]

tags from coloredcompulsion:

[2urban2fantasy-deactivated20241]

“Could you be the chosen one?”

“I am very much the guy who’s here.”

[lifewithchronicpain]

[thereadmind]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Georgia O'Keeffe

[soul-from-another-era]

Unconditional love isn't a free pass to hurt me.

[minimalistquotes]

Don't make the mistake of being so understanding and forgiving that you overlook the fact that you're being disrespected.

[resqectable]

“It’s better to have nobody than someone who is half there, or who doesn’t want to be there.”

— Angelina Jolie

[what-iz-life]

You deserve a calm relationship that's good for your mental health, heart, and nervous system. A lover who's your bestie, your safe space, and soothes your soul during stressful situations. Life is tough enough – you deserve someone who brings you peace, not problems.