Welcome to the Recovery Fort

Like a blanket fort, but better! Made especially for you to recover in. This is a self-help, mental wellness and comfort blog. This is a safe place. Take as much time as you need inside the fort to recover. Feel free to message me to chat for a bit about everything and anything. I'm here for you.

[brok3np4radise-deactivated20250]

Never stop being a good person because of bad people.

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[kelpforestdwellers]

i don't know if anyone needs to hear this but it's not a moral failing to need distraction. it's okay if listening to music or a podcast or putting on a TV show is what you need to get through tasks you don't enjoy! it's helpful to build the ability to go without it in case eg the internet goes down or something, but when you have access to it, there's no shame in using it.

[dimpledthings]

that next step? it’s probably gonna be a difficult one. but you can do it — you’re strong enough, and wise enough not to underestimate it

[weltenwellen]

Natalie Díaz, from "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word", Postcolonial Love Poem

[galactic-angellic]

gentle reminder to just be soft with yourself. I pinky promise you really really deserve it. I’ll stamp it and everything.

[slfcare]

as the colder months approach: i wish you all a healthy, calm end of the year. i wish you tasty cups of tea, comfortable clothes, warm beds, nutritious meals in safe homes, good music, new friends and unwavering health. you deserve good things now.

[violetvibrations]

@ gaialects

[angiiireads]

You’re not a failure just because you’re not where you thought you’d be by now.

[thepeacefulgarden]

Whatever it may look like in this moment. Whether that was, "I got out of bed!" or "I absolutely crushed my entire to-do list!" or "I heated up a can of soup!" or "I cooked a five-course dinner from scratch!"

[loveyourlovelysoul]

It is not easy to change our thoughts' pattern: remember we have been thinking for years, maybe since the day we were born, in a certain way that only recently found out to be toxic.

Especially because of this, it takes time to change to a new pattern. You cannot pretend to be done in a day or a week: our old thoughts will always try to take over because they are what we are used to think. It'd be like pretending to get fruits out of a seed.

Be patient. Keep choosing your new thoughts intentionally every day, especially when old ones reappear. It takes kindness with yourself and lot of practice to change any habit, this one in particular. Do not be worried or scared about hiccups or fallbacks. Just go forward on your new path, and don't give up.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"Doing your best" means doing what you can WITHOUT harming your mental and physical health, not doing stuff regardless of that.

[positivelypositive]

🌻

here to remind you...

...that it's okay. you are okay. it's alright.

things may not be perfect or even good but you will get through these tough times. you are stronger than you realise. believe in yourself ✨

[ladybluebottle]

You will be okay. You really will.💗

[ca-createart]

[aropride]

if u have intrusive thoughts i love you no matter what i love you regardless of how terrifying ur intrusive thoughts are i love you

[aropride]

would like to say that while this applies 2 all intrusive thoughts it's specifically about harm ocd and pocd. you're not a bad person & your intrusive thoughts are not who you are. i love you

[free-my-mindd]

[cryptonature]

It takes work to curate your online spaces, but if you don't do it, corporations will do it for you using a couple harmful key principles. 1) Negative emotions hold your attention better than positive emotions. 2) Calm/contented people are less likely to spend money.

[queeranarchism]

Curate your online spaces starter pack:

Blacklist, block and mute at will. You don’t owe anybody anything.

Turn off those notifications.

Decide when you log on. Don’t use social media at breakfast if it will stress you out all day. Don’t use it before you go to bed if it will keep you up. Find a fun ritual to replace it, like a video game or craft thing.

Consider which platform allows you to avoid topics that upset you. For example: tumblr is kinda shit for fan fiction because everything ends up in the same tag. The older forum-style platforms are much better for finding content you enjoy and avoiding content you don’t.

Leave online communities that don’t spark joy. You don’t need to stay in a place where everyone is always fighting. You don’t need to stay in communities where you are afraid to speak your mind or to make mistakes.

Ask yourself: could this ‘debate’ also be a conversation instead? Don’t debate people who seek debate to upset you. Don’t debate people who seek debate to get an audience for bigotry. Don’t debate people who seek debate to win instead of to learn. Don’t debate people who do not acknowledge your humanity.

Repeat to yourself: doomscrolling is not activism. Nothing in the world gets better just because you read, liked and reblogged posts about how terrible things are. 

[Tweet by Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV: “O best beloved, if you are doomscrolling Twitter today, ask yourself if there is anything you can personally do. If there is, do it. If there isn’t, remember that anxiety is not activism. Your misery does not improve the world a single iota.”]

[dduane]

THIS. And a half.