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things will change when you start to consider yourself as a person— a friend, a child, a stranger— and realize that you deserve comfort, care and love, too. you’re not the exception. practice talking to yourself, practice looking at yourself, practice thinking of yourself out of the frame you’ve been confining yourself to.

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made a really big poster about whale falls for uni this semester. enjoy

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a collection of motivational insights regarding content creation and creative hobbies

and of course the classic

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DO IT FOR HER

(her being you )

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Water yourself, even in toxic environments. Groom yourself, even in toxic environments. Pamper yourself, even in toxic environments. We are nothing if not a sum of our habits. Don't wait to escape to start being who you deserve to be.

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this is a sign to stop self deprecating so much. like that shit causes so much damage to ur well being.

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[achievement unlocked! A Truthful Reminder]

you are more loved than you'll ever know. it's hard to believe sometimes, but you are important. just as important as anyone else. you reading this? you're important to me. because you took the time to read this and look at what i had to say.

i may be a friend or a stranger, but just know that what i'm saying is true. you mean something to someone. you mean the world to someone. and this will be here if you need to hear it again.

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Dealing with awful travel anxiety and physical health symptoms. I'm hoping things will get better but lately I've been so severely nervous/stressed and can't really talk to anyone right now. Just keep me in your thoughts if you can, please. Thank you and hope everything is going well for whoever reads this. I appreciate you all so much. 💜

#anxiety #travel anxiety #health anxiety #chronic illness #my appetite is down again #and I had a migraine earlier today but I'm trying not to overuse my med for it #it went away eventually but only because I was able to rest... which is going to be hard to do tomorrow #I haven't slept yet either #but surprisingly it's earlier than I thought #BUT my friend lands in 7 hours and I am n e r v o u s #I'm so scared of getting sick on the trip and ruining things #or just being more quiet and anxious than she's used to me being #I'm praying I act like myself rather than let anxiety take the wheel #I'm the one who's more outgoing so I feel weirdly pressured if that makes sense? idk #and one of the highlights of the trip is supposed to be the food so if my appetite is a mess I feel like I'll be missing out #I'm just awful at eating when I'm super anxious #and awful at sleeping too #and just awful at being a functioning human overall #I already prepared for the trip in terms of packing and stuff #but I'm terrified of leaving something behind #and my obsessive and intrusive thoughts have been beating me down lately #I will try to do some breathing exercises in bed and watch a calm show or something #but yeah... the timing of this trip really was kind of eghhhh #hate when my brain decides to get stuck in an overthinking loop #also my body needs to get its act together #I know I need to be more compassionate with myself but guhhhh #if you read all these tags I applaud you #but also sorry for the rambling

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when you find yourself in Panic Mode and you got to get yourself out, or just feel like a change of pace right now, some steps to follow:

signal for Rest and Digest by sipping some water

purposefully inhale for 3 seconds, hold for 3 seconds, exhale for 3 seconds

shock your system by holding an ice cube in your mouth and focus on melting it until it's gone. remember to purposefully breathe.

move, stretch, and unclench your body where it aches to release the panic you hold

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It's very hard to not compare myself to others nearing their 27th birthday. But when I compare myself to myself, I can recognise that going out with friends for a nice evening of food, laughing and a film, is miles and miles away from the quivering mess of destroyed mental health I used to be. Someone who was trapped by a failed school system, multiple grooming incidents, a believe my neurodivergence was just personal failings and the totally unknown OCD.

I am the best 26, nearly 27 year old I could possibly be. And by 28, I will be better still, because I love every single version of myself I have ever been. Those girls deserve how I am, and how I will become.

So please, this disability awareness month. Look at yourself, and see the things you've grown in to. Look at how you've blossomed. It doesn't matter if you're still budding in a potted plant while others are huge rose bushes. Your roots are spreading, your petals are growing, and you are the best you can be right now. No matter where that is, THAT is a good thing. All your pain is valid and how you feel is real, but please don't give up. No matter how hopeless if feels, please stay alive another minute. An hour. A day. You really don't know when you'll suddenly stop wanting to die, because being alive got a bit better.

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things I didn’t know were symptoms of OCD that lead me to believe something was genuinely wrong with me

• fixating on breathing patterns, heartbeats and other senses

•always feeling dirty on the inside. feeling like I pollute the air around me with bad emotions and negativity (and believing no one likes my personality for this reason)

•health anxiety, constantly thinking I was dying from an undiscovered illness. (I.e having a headache and genuinely believing I have a cancerous brain tumor) and sounding completely insane when expressing concerns to others

•insomnia from being scared to go to sleep with the fear (that felt like knowledge) of not ever waking up

•seeing a word, reading an article or thinking about something and becoming fixated on it for months with the idealization that something is going to go terribly wrong if I w know every single fact about the specific topic or event that triggered me

•constantly thinking everyone around me tolerates me because they have to and never feeling like i’m the first pick for anyone (including my spouse) in a lineup of peers and loved ones

•constant fear of losing control and hurting myself or someone on accident even though i’ve never had a violent outburst before

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Reminder for those who need it. Don’t google that symptom, AHT. I see you! Stop it. Put the google down.

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to all my hypochondriacs/people with health anxiety the smartest thing I’ve ever done for my hypochondria is use a period tracker to keep track of my “symptoms” and mood

like genuinely helpful to be able to look back during an episode when I’m afraid my heart is going to give out or I’m going to faint or I have brain cancer or something, look at the same symptoms I felt several weeks ago and see that I was fine/nothing happened (the knowledge that it’s just repeated obsessions on sensations in my body seriously helps)

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