themellowmarshmallow

A public diary of a private depressive

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If you're into silly little comics and cookie loving zombies give these a try! You can follow on instagram @himello if you'd like to (link given below)

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Her Blue Sky (Spoiler free review)

Her Blue Sky or Sora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo is a 2020 anime film from CloverWorks (yes I googled it because I wanted to sound professional). I've been meaning to watch it for a while because the trailer had me hooked!

Basically it's the story of two sisters each finding their way in a life and a guy who lost his way in life intertwined with musical subplot. I personally liked the message it gave plus the frog quote was one of my favourites! From what I got it showed that your dream is yours and sometimes you can be happy right where you are. And that if you loose your way there's always hope to find yourself again. It gave me some motivation to chase my dreams again.

I love that it has little unexplained mysteries in it. The animation was pretty good. The music was okay I guess but it didn't play a major role in the plot. It has the director of Anohana so of course they're gonna try everything to make you cry like a little baby.

Recommend: 10/10

Feel good approved: Yes

Enjoy!

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So I've been meaning to talk about more feel good movies. I made a list earlier and people seemed to like it. I'm trying to make a part 2 but until then I figured I'd talk about some movies I watched recently. I'd love to hear some recommendations in the meantime! :)

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Featuring Mr Potato (probably my favourite character from Love With Flaws)

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Can I just point out how amazing this dark aesthetic is?

It so perfectly shows how people feel. So dark and gloomy and alone. But then they transition into the brightest and happiest colors, almost as if to show us that you can be happy - whether it be on your own, or together.

Stay Gold!

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My tips to make life a little bit better #1

You know how when you do something big like an exam you get rewarded for it? It feels good right? But then there are those small or private victories that only you know about.

Well I decided to find my own reward, which appeared in the form of a song almost a decade old now. That song is Sky's still blue by Andrew Belle. (It was on my top 10 song list as well if you remember!) The lyrics were simple but so meaningful. I made sure to only listen to it when I felt like I had gotten through something difficult to keep it that way. Whether it was an exam, an on stage event or just a really difficult day, I'd listen to it and know - I'm listening to this. I did make it through.

So I hope you guys can find a song that means something to you and make it your reminder that you survived. If you don't have one you can always use mine :)

This turned into a kind of long post but this is something very personal and important to me so I wanted to share it properly. Thank you so much for taking the time to read the whole rant! Gonna go listen to it again because it was a hard day :)

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My top 10 feel-good songs (English)

Sky's Still Blue - Andrew Belle

Good Life - G-Eazy ft. Kehlani

High Hopes - Panic At The Disco

Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya

The Greatest - Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar

Honeysuckle - Greyson Chance

Forget Me Now - Against The Current

I Like Me Better - Lauv

False Confidence - Noah Kahan

Chun Li - Nicki Minaj

There songs always make me smile whenever I listen to them. Try them out!

(It was very difficult to pick 10 and I feel bad about cutting some sooo I might make another list!)

ENJOY!

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Series to binge for a perspective reset

These are series that I've watched that I still to this day carry with me. I guess you could say they taught me something about life that I couldn't have learnt anywhere else. Do give them a try if you still haven't!

Avatar The Last Airbender

Violet Evergarden (Anime)

Itaewon Class (Kdrama)

SKAM (Norway)

3 nen A gumi (Jdrama)

Love With Flaws (Kdrama)

House MD

Love With Flaws (Kdrama)

The Good Doctor

Extraordinary You (Kdrama)

ENJOY!

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~ I want to live ~

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One of my favorite quotes. It gives me some hope that maybe feeling certain things is not a bad thing.

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Movies that break your heart ( in a good way )

So for a while now I've been making a list of movies/series to watch whenever I'm feeling down. It's obviously my personal preference but I figured since I'm doing this tumblr diary thing I might as well put it out so other people might get something out of it.

I have different categories of pick-me-up movies so I'll post them separately. Sometimes I feel better about myself when I watch something really sad.

If I'm getting technical this is probably because our brains tend to compare us to others so we feel like our life isn't so bad. Or you just enjoy feeling something even if it is sadness.

So here it is and enjoy! ( I will add more later )

Call Me By Your Name (English)

Better Days (Chinese)

A Silent Voice (Anime movie)

The Half Of It (English)

Jojo Rabbit (English)

The Teacher's Diary (Thai)

Weathering With You (Anime movie)

All The Bright Places (English)

My Sister's Keeper (English)

The Help (English)

Taare Zameen Par (Hindi)

Secret Superstar (Hindi)

Five Feet Apart (English)

Please do let me know about any movies that should be up there because it is still a work in progress and I want to include all the good ones.

So which movies broke your heart and why?

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Our hearts and our bodies

This is a very interesting quote I remember from Call Me By Your Name. It's not because it's saying our bodies and hearts will eventually grow weary. It's the idea that we are borrowing them, almost like a car on a long drive, that we can take anywhere we want and do whatever it is we please. Because at the end of the day we're gonna have to give it back whether we like it or not.

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Social connections - do we really need it?

In my experience being the super introverted person that I am, I find it very difficult to make friends. Like real friends. I can put up a very good "social person" facade when I'm around people but it's very difficult to keep it up. I have searched about this a lot and one thing I've found out is that yes - humans generally feel good about themselves when there's social connection.

BUT...

Here's what we've been missing!

Social connection doesn't mean having a movie style gang of good old friends. In most cases that's not true but our stupid brains still believe them. Let's be honest. Most of those "bff gangs" are people blowing it up to show that they have the dream team of friends.

Social connections don't need to be with people you know. It can be with anyone! Yes friends and family count. But also strangers, neighbors, people on the bus etc etc. And if you do have atleast one person who genuinely looks out for you connect with them.

Important point ( I've learnt the hard way ) People with anxiety or introversion will find it hard to make friends of course, this is what I've experienced anyways. But good people will find you and you will find them. Never settle for people who couldn't care less about you just because you feel like you have to show people you have friends. Just don't.

And if you don't find anyone? There's always you! And of course me :)

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So I watched All The Bright Places on Netflix today and Let. Me. Tell. You. I was blown away. I feel like a lot of people found the movie to be amazing and sad but for me (and probably for more people as well) it was more about understanding how Finch felt. When he died it was almost poetic because maybe he did go to the other world. Is it bad that I wished I could have gone there as well? I have to live. And I want to. So I'm gonna take a page out of the book (or more accurately movie) and write a reason to live each day. Some days I don't need it but oh are there days when I really really do. So here goes nothing!

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Guess who's back and sadder than ever?

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“I’d like to hold you in the mountains, like to kiss you by the sea. Take you far, far from here to a place where you feel free. Cause we are safe, we are true, we are going to make it through. Crashing worlds, falling stars, breaking all of who we are- I want infinity with you.”

— Courtney C. Stevens, Faking Normal

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Beautiful ♥️

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I'm back

So I have been on hiatus and I don't know how long I'll be back for but here I am! Next post will be about me definitely what his "blog" sorta thing is gonna be about. So watch out for that! Much love ♥️