[feral-ballad]

Fariha Róisín, from Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

[Text ID: “I never fought back, I learned how to cry silently, I bore my sins.”]

[glowcowboy]

holding my own face in my own hands and screaming “there is no connection without an open heart! you must be brave! you must be honest! you must be true!” in the mirror

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

[free-my-mindd]

For your own peace of mind and sanity, don’t try to make sense of everything.

[amayobera-deactivated20250513]

ngl I needed that reminder

Not everything in this universe will make sense to you, just enjoy the beauty of existing

[movedtofailhag2]

you need to be earnest. you need to tell people that you love them. you need to speak on how you’re feeling honestly. you need to be sentimental. you need to stop letting the fear of other people laughing at you have so much control over how you express yourself. you need to get over yourself. you need to be embarrassing but true.

[derangedrhythms]

Rebecca Perry, Beauty/Beauty; from 'Kintsugi 金継ぎ'

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

From Waiting for This Story to End Before I Begin Another by Jan Heller Levi (via hush-syrup)

[lifeinpoetry]

Sometimes, I cry so hard I can feel it in my ribs. / I feel like the real me is backed into a corner inside me

— Ama Asantewa Diaka, from "Saturday Evening WhatsApp Message," Woman, Eat Me Whole

[ruhlare]

[screamon-deactivated20230625]

lucille clifton

[engulfes]

taking care of myself like i am still the little girl i used to be buying myself flowers like i am my own lover cooking for myself like i am my own best friend.... and i am all these things truly :-)

[chloeinletters]

"the time will pass anyways" has truly rocked me to my core since reading it and changed my life.

[stuckinapril]

it’s so fun being a securely attached person and not getting anxious over people leaving your life bc you finally recognize if they’re so quick to leave then maybe they were never worth your time to begin with and there’s nothing you could’ve done differently to change that

[stuckinapril]

i’ve seen how detrimental basing your entire identity around a person can be. the moment you identify yourself as someone’s girlfriend, mother, whatever, you are truly shooting yourself in the foot. nothing screams codependency more than getting joy through the existence of somebody else. especially w how volatile humans are. it’s the very definition of not having security in yourself

[stuckinapril]

i’d say the best thing i have learned this year is to just let people be who they naturally are. no psychoanalyzing them, no overthinking my actions, no asking what i could possibly do to keep their presence in my life. i just bring my best self to the table and always move from a place of love and respect. how that person responds is ultimately up to them. if that causes them to exit my life, i just let it happen. i will never be in the business of changing people. people are only ever ready to change when they’ve made the conscious decision to. all i can do is check myself and be kind always.

[remanence-of-love]

[okayysophia]

🧿🧿🧿🧿

[yazxnextdoor]

Reblogging every time I come across this , sorry not sorry 🥲🙏🏾

[melaninadorned]

Claiming it