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Black like my soul

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REBLOG THIS IF YOU’RE PART OF THE RESISTANCE

markiplier

what’s all this then…?

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MARK YOU REBLOGGED IT! YOU’RE RESISTING!!

markiplier

Haha why would I resist such a fun fun game?

and why aren’t you wearing your mask…

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ambris

As someone who has dealt with depression for years, I can confirm this is incredibly good advice.

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just so you know, daniel harmon is an autistic writer, producer, and voice actor. it’s incredibly important that we don’t erase autistic creators; all of this is also important, but erasure is a huge problem and it’s so so vital for autistic kids to see (mentally ill and multifaceted) autistic adult creators and know that’s what they can grow up to be.

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I fight so she

doesn’t have to

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ohbaeme

Watching this makes me happy

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I did not see that coming

mrslean

yoooo

kidslutti-

This is the greatest thing ever the kid recording is losing his shit lmao

megurashkarchived

i am so gentle and kind hearted

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and stupid

cuppa-studies

Why is this so accurate…

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Little things that help moods:

- getting enough sunshine - opening the curtains - eating regular meals - short walks with your favourite music - don’t stay up until 3am - don’t try to relate to tumblr text posts - get off tumblr/social media if it’s unhealthy - shower - don’t stay in bed the whole day - plan out your day - listen to music - change your clothes - set yourself small goals - say yes to fun events - drink water, it takes 5 seconds - talk to a close friend - remind yourself: a bad mood can lie to you - you’re not unwanted or hopeless - you deserve love so be nice to yourself

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tyleroakley

Never has a graph been more of an accurate representation of the exact data it’s trying to convey.

averagefairy

ok can we agree that the WORST feeling is when you’re just sitting around consciously procrastinating and you’re just overly aware that each second that passes is more time wasted and you like watch hours pass and you’re STILL procrastinating and you CANT STOP and your panicked brain is trapped inside a body that refuses to be productive and inside you’re screaming but outwardly you’re just eating chips

cameoappearance

sounds like executive dysfunction to me

switching to new thing is harder than continuing to do previous low-effort thing, which is frequently compounded by new thing being more difficult/less fun/more important (thus having more associated fear of failure) and thus harder to start at all

liliflower137

Okay but I get that a lot and now I’m worried I have that thing and that actually so would explain a lot

cameoappearance

Executive dysfunction is a symptom, not a diagnosis in its own right. ASD and ADHD are among the most common causes, and clinical depression is either also a common cause or has a very similar thing going on, I forget whether the inability to motivate yourself to Actually Do The Thing that comes with depression is technically the same thing but “I want to do the thing but I can’t make myself actually carry it out” is a well-documented depression symptom either way.

jumpingjacktrash

yeah, depression and anxiety can cause executive dysfunction too. basically anything that stresses your limbic system can do it. which includes Just Having A Fucking Rotten Day.

i’m not a neuroscientist, so take this with a grain of salt, but my understanding is that there is a chemical switch that lets you turn the idea of Doing Thing into actually Doing Thing, and when certain brain chemicals are depleted by limbic stress, it can quit working right.

it’s kind of like you’ve formatted Do Thing beautifully on your computer, you’ve got the PDF all ready to go, but when you hit ‘print’ you get an out of paper error. you can’t fix that on the computer because the problem isn’t on the computer, it’s on the printer.

you can’t fix the Actually Do Thing switch from the willpower department, because it’s not a willpower problem. it’s more like a hand-eye coordination or sensory problem. it’s not accessible to the conscious mind. all you can do in the short term is rest and ask for help. in the long term you can organize things so your life isn’t so hard on the brain chemicals. if it’s because of a mental illness or neurological disability, medication can help. if it’s just from regular stress, you may have to do something like quit a stressful job or kick out an asshole roommate, whatever it is that’s making you so exhausted.

cognitive behavioral therapy is helpful in all those circumstances. it’s just a fancy name for troubleshooting your life with a qualified brain mechanic. hard work but SO effective.

the thing that never ever helps is beating yourself up for having a broken Do switch. that makes it worse. don’t do that.

theawkwardathlete

I’ve finally figured out why I’m having issues?!