To The Words I can't Express...

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[imatmywormrightnow]

I seem to be living a very expensive lifestyle called eating food regularly

[theconcealedweapon]

[mister-contemplation]

The main rule of reality is not to get lost in your illusions.

Milena Koffi.

[borderlinereminders]

The other day, I asked my partner, “What are you doing?”

Simple question, right?

Except… he suddenly got defensive. His tone changed. I could feel tension building, and I had no idea why. So I took a breath and asked, “Wait, what did you hear me say?”

He paused, thought about it, and said, “I thought you meant ‘Why aren’t you doing anything?’ Like you were mad I was being lazy.”

But that wasn’t what I meant at all. I’d genuinely just been curious.

And that moment reminded me how easily things can go sideways when we assume intent. Our brains, especially when we’ve had messy pasts, trauma, or relationship anxiety, tend to fill in the blanks with the worst possible meaning.

But that one question, “What did you hear me say?”, turned what could’ve been an argument into understanding.

It gave both of us a chance to clarify before our brains made up a story that wasn’t true. I was able to explain, and he was able to listen. Understanding what I meant changed his tension entirely.

Sometimes the fight isn’t about what was said. It’s about what was heard.

“What did you hear me say?” can defuse a storm before it starts.

[saying]

[corneredanimal]

i have suffered less than christ but have complained way more abt it

[kosmogrl]

firm believe that not everything happens for a reason, sometimes things are just cruel. and they shouldn’t have happened and it’s not supposed to be a lesson because we never deserved such thing.

[yesterdaysprint]

Aldous Huxley in The San Francisco Examiner, February 18, 1933

[kosmogrl]

[ashstfu]

i don’t think people understand how much of life is grief. not just people dying, but losing the version of yourself you thought you’d become. grieving the city you had to leave. the friends you lost not in argument, but in silence. the summer that will never come back. the feeling that maybe you peaked at 12 when you were reading books under the covers and believing in forever

[untouched-chords]

It’s very upsetting right now because I didn’t do my research properly and lost a proper opportunity :( :( and I don’t know where to vent

[sprouttheambassador]

running errands like kurt vonnegut

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⬆️ like so

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running errands like kurt vonnegut

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⬆️ like so

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[kendallsbooked]

“I’m sorry someone let you believe you were hard to love, because, Blue, it’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”

-- The Right Move by Liz Tomforde

[impuls1ve]

i listened to my body and it's asking for substances

[fairycosmos]

god forbid a woman is boring and a low achiever and likes to drink