much more mundane, but acceptable

"Trees cover up a multitude of sins"

[betterlyf]

Hobbies and recreational activities can add excitement and spark in your life and can add to your emotional well being. Here are few benefits

 1.Hobbies are a great stress reliever-  It allows you to take your mind off of the demands of your daily life and help you release emotions when often words fall short.  

2. Hobbies enrich your perspective- Regardless of what type of hobby you take up, you will certainly be exposed to new people and ideas. Having a hobby will help you grow in many ways, including exposing you to diversity, new opinions, and new ways to look at life.

3. Hobbies improve your self-confidence and self-esteem-  Hobbies help improve a person’s sense of identity, usefulness, and well-being, and eliminate feelings of worthlessness and self-doubt.

 How about taking 15-30 minutes each day and devoting that time to a new passion?

[tiredbrainearthling]

How it works - Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

CBT is based on the concept of 5 areas being interconnected and affecting each other:

situations

thoughts

emotions

physical feelings

actions

For example, your thoughts about a certain situation can often affect how you feel both physically and emotionally, as well as how you act in response. 

How CBT is different:

pragmatic – it helps identify specific problems and tries to solve them

highly structured – rather than talking freely about your life, you and your therapist discuss specific problems and set goals for you to achieve

focused on current problems – it's mainly concerned with how you think and act now rather than attempting to resolve past issues

collaborative – your therapist will not tell you what to do; they'll work with you to find solutions to your current difficulties

CBT aims to stop negative thought cycles (when certain thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions can trap you in a negative-feedback loop and even create new situations that make you feel worse about yourself) by breaking down things that make you feel bad, anxious or scared. By making your problems more manageable, CBT can help you change your negative thought patterns and improve the way you feel.

[tiredbrainearthling]

5 ways to build lasting self-esteem

Everyone is in favor of high self-esteem — but cultivating it can be a surprisingly perilous quest. Psychologist Guy Winch explains why — and describes smart ways we can help build ours…

When our self-esteem is higher, we not only feel better about ourselves, we are more resilient as well (emotional wounds less painful, bounce back quickly, less vulerable to anxiety, less cortisol and lingering cortisol)

Improving it is no easy task: our self-esteem is rather unstable to begin with, as it can fluctuate daily, if not hourly. multiple factors: comprises both our global feelings about ourselves and how we feel about ourselves in the specific domains of our lives

Here are five ways to nourish your self-esteem when it is low:

Use positive affirmations correctly: you can’t trick yourself with positive affirmations that are confounded by your current beliefs. tweak affirmables them to make them more believable. For example, “I’m going to be a great success!” (in borat’s accent)

Identify your competencies and develop them: do things you are good at, find more opportunities to exploit your strengths.

Learn to accept compliments: tolerate compliments (not cat-calls) and practice a simple set of responses to use them automatically when you get good feedback (”thx u bb”).

Eliminate self-criticism and introduce self-compassion: substitute self-criticism with self-compassion. Avoid being mean to yourself - would you talk to a friend like that?

Affirm your real worth: When you invariably get rejected, make a list of qualities that are meaningful within the specific context. Apparently you will also need to take this a step further and write a brief essay about why that quality is valuable, but i think i will just do this bit in my head.

[tiredbrainearthling]

The 12 Best Science-Based Strength Training Programs for Gaining Muscle and Strength - Legion Athletics

If you want to know the 12 best strength training plans for getting strong and building muscle as fast as possible and which one you should use, then you want to read this article.

4-Day Thinner Leaner Stronger Workout Routine

Monday Day 1 - Lower Body (Legs and Glutes) Barbell Back Squat - Warm-up and 3 sets 6 reps at 40kg Leg Press - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 45kg Romanian Deadlift - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 45kg Hip Thrust - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 35kg Tuesday Day 2 - Upper Body and Core Barbell Bench Press - Warm-up and 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 25kg Seated Dumbbell Press - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 12kg Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 12kg Crunch 3 sets to technical failure Wednesday Day 3 - Pull Barbell Deadlift - Warm-up and 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 45kg One-Arm Dumbbell Row - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 15kg Lat Pulldown (Wide-Grip) - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 12kg? Barbell Curl - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 18kg Friday Day 4 - Lower Body (Legs and Glutes) Barbell Back Squat - Warm-up and 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 40kg Dumbbell Lunge (In-Place) - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 15kg Lying Leg Curl - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 15kg? Glute Blaster - 3 sets of 4 to 6 reps at 10kg?

[birdonahotdog]

How does it feel to be an adult?

exhausting and everything is expensive

[oniongarlic]

[bisexualredactedenergy]

[tiredbrainearthling]

thesis title:

abstract: hi welcome to me venting my bad mental health on social media, attemping to use this blog as a platform for my research findings, as I search to answer the following questions 1) why do i hate myself 2) why do i self-sabotage and 3) will i ever be able to continue to play a sims game past the third generation? To do this, I will use google, spend all my money at bookdepository.com, and ~actually make an effort~

[classsictrash]

“omg she’s his fucking aunt. you can’t seriously be into this!”

me:

[buttwyatt]

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im in love w her a lil

[accordingtodevin]

A guide by me.  Webtoon Instagram Facebook

[escabye-deactivated20190922]

Reblog this if Ben is a hoe

[tortoistor]

movie tropes that will never get old to me:

a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back

fourth wall breaking

“give up all your weapons” and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets

*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen

alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going “oops” in the most casual voice

“fuck you” “well if you insist”

[nerdgasrnz]

#alternatively alternatively: *terribly loud crash w/ sirens and cat screeching*#person: *off camera* ‘I’M OKAY’ (via @zenlida)

[pics-that-make-you-go-hmm]

[ninacoladas]

I get so annoyed when people are like “we don’t need to be teaching sex ed to kids and teens who aren’t having sex” then why are we making kids and teens do fire drills and lockdown drills if no emergencies are happening???? because when the time comes they’ll know what to do to stay safe you stupid onion peel

[tinylionroars]

you stupid onion peel

[transgenderer]

name one difference between birds and children

[eleanorbearder]

CHILDREN HAVE EYEBROWS

[gothswiftie69-deactivated202102]

think again

[tiredbrainearthling]

[tiredbrainearthling]