#no is a complete sentence

[zoestorm]

I am once again tapping the sign

This time around, the sign reads as follows:

"No" is a complete sentence; it does not require any further information. If you say no to someone, and they refuse to accept it until you elaborate on why you are telling them no, they are in the wrong: you set a boundary, and they are violating it.

#mental health #interpersonal relationships #boundaries #no is a complete sentence

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#no is a complete sentence #say no #boundaries #always an option #redraw #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom "I don't want to," is always a good enough answer for any social request. You don't need excuses beyond that. Anyone who doesn't respect your, "I don't want to," is not worthy of your friendship or social time. You are allowed to say, "No." emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 2:50 PM · Feb 4, 2024

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[cocofetti]

Why do ppl look so shocked when you flat out tell them NO? Like no anger or nothing, just no. They always end up asking some dumb question to the affect of “Why this attitude? Where is this coming from??” It’s coming from me, deep down in my spirit, sincerely telling you fuck that. Respectfully.

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[sailor-rowling]

#j.k. rowling #jk rowling #jkr #pro jkr #no is a complete sentence

[mymidwestheart]

#no #boundary #no is a complete sentence #love yourself enough to set and keep the boundaries you need

[dailiadelc]

#boundaries #boundary holding #family #family relationships #no is a complete sentence #no is a full sentence #respect #self love #self care #self respect #neurodivergent #neuro spicy #adhd #spectrum #autistic #audhd

[fredhugesfan]

You are not obligated to engage in sexual activity for the sake of ideology. Sex is not a form of activism, charity, favor, or duty. No one is entitled to sex, nor is anyone owed it; sex is not a necessity for survival, and abstaining from it will not harm anyone.

Saying "no" is sufficient on its own. You are not required to justify your decision, and there is no such thing as a wrong or insufficient reason to decline. Refusing sex does not make you a bad person; it is not immoral or violent.

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[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#no #it’s ok to say no #no is a complete sentence #cat #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #stand up for yourself #boundaries #communication

[6peaches]

Kaveh Akbar - No Is a Complete Sentence

The body happens and we consequence up.

When I said I’d eat even your baby fat, what I meant

was collect your meat and deliver it to me, I’m tired

of chewing the same bones day in and day out. Look me

in the eyes and stop being sad— they just discovered the skull

of a mammoth in a pumpkin patch a few miles from here.

As a boy I had a filling punched out of my mouth. I found it

the next day in a tuft of onion grass and tried to bite it back into my tooth.

The mammoth was a dumb beast, all low forehead and too-close

eyes. The real world doesn’t care about our spiritual conditions,

just asks that we be well enough to smile at its clamor.

What can I do for you, little vermin? Little casket

of gold? Milk splashes into a bowl and coronates

itself with a crown of droplets. I too have been trying to exalt

my own body, but there is no switch to flip for this. I fumble toward grace

like a vine searching for a wall. Any drunk can tell you willpower’s

useless, but that doesn’t stop us from trusting it—the drowning

man surfaces three times before sinking completely. Are you

going to finish that tongue, my love? I’ll chew it up for you, spit it

down your throat. No blame lies with the weak, with the steam

curling off the pot of hemlock tea. God can always see us,

but he can especially see us now. You owe me nothing anymore, you still-

twitching vein pulled from a neck, you wiseblood, you wise new blood.

- No Is a Complete Sentence by Kaveh Akbar

#poem #poet #Kaveh Akbar #No Is a Complete Sentence

[dortheastaun]

#poem #not my words #nayyirah waheed #no is a complete sentence #no is no

[esperantoauthor]

I know I’ve made progress in setting boundaries when my response to my “No” being questioned is just utter bewilderment.

Me: No.

Mom: What do you mean ‘no’?

Me: What do you *mean* ‘what do you mean no?’?!

#setting boundaries #mental health #family #personal #no is a complete sentence

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[theexodvs]

Perverts who talk about "real™ sex ed" are gangster until it's time to…

1) …tell young men that they might have compulsive sexual behavior disorder; that denying the existence of this condition is nothing more than orgasm-driven DSM fundamentalism; that they might continue to suffer from CSBD, even with committed sexual partners, into their mid-thirties and beyond, no matter how extroverted they are; and that quitting sexual behaviors immediately produces the best outcomes.

2) …inform young men about porn-induced erectile dysfunction.

3) …explain that differences in physiology mean no man can ever use "intoxication" as an excuse to blame his ex/teacher/victim/partner he got pregnant of "rape."

4) …discuss the history of seduction laws and their coexistence with so-called "gendered" rape laws; explain that “gendered” rape laws in some states are accompanied by gender-neutral or male-inclusive sexual battery laws (such as Georgia), or by provisions that define textually gendered laws as having gender-neutral applications in practice (such as Virginia), or are not “gendered” enough to actually prevent women from being arrested for sex crimes (such as in Idaho).

5) …explain the differences in male and female sex drives.

6) …tell young women how to tell men, "No."

7) …tell young men that pornography is a factor in most divorces.

8) …tell young men that it takes two to tango. Yes, with their teachers.

9) …tell young men that, short of sterilization, consent to sex is consent to fathering children.

10) …discuss the porn addict-to-trans pipeline.

11) …dispel the notions of any link between masturbation and prostate health.

#sex ed #csbd #sfw #PIED #sex drive #libido #no is a complete sentence #no means no

[cast-adrift-in-the-endless-sea]

Why don't you listen to me? No is a complete sentence. It means I don't want to. It means leave me alone. It means, you're making me uncomfortable. It means stop. When you think my no means try harder, it shows that you don't care what I want. You don't care about me.

#heartache #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #mental health #mental illness #spilled words #listen #no is a complete sentence #no is no #uncomfortable #stop #don't care #care #tw abuse #emotional abuse #me

[shyshadows430]

Questions for my Rapist

How can you look your daughter in the eye and smile, KNOWING what you've done?

Do you protect her from men like you?

Do you ever look at your little girl, IMAGINE HER, being pinned down by a man who doesn't take the word no for an answer?

A man who finds pleasure in her pain? Doesn't care how much he hurts her? Someone who could rip her in half and not care?

Better question: Do you reminisce about what you've done? I, on the other hand, can't stop thinking about it. It haunts me no matter where I go. I sometimes check your social media to make sure you're not following me, my body starts to shut down whenever I think I see you out in public. Do I deserve this fear? Did I do something to warrant it? I blame you for my fear of having male friends. I'm constantly second guessing myself about having to stay alert when I DO trust them. I trusted YOU because I was new to town. YOU were supposed to have my back and keep me safe. My dad was friends with your mom. I thought you'd protect me... I guess I was just your pawn. I should've guessed that was the case since you singled me out and invited me to work on homework at your place while your mom wasn't home.

“The entire time I was fucking your ass, listening to you scream, it made me harder.”

“If I would've known you felt this good, I would've done it months ago.”

“So same time next week?”

Sound familiar? I doubt it, you used me and threw me away like I was garbage. My feelings never mattered that day. You even tried it again when you “kindly” walked me home. “Boyfriend material” is what my dad called you. If only he had been alive long enough for me to build up the courage to tell him what you were really like. 

To make it worse, you told EVERYONE at school I begged for it. So, before I even had a chance to explain myself I was already labeled as a cheating whore. I was nothing to you except a hole to fuck. You even pretended you were fucking my best friend instead of me. I begged, pleaded, PRAYED for you to have a change of heart, to stop trying to rip my pants off of me, to stop laughing as I screamed out for help, to listen to me as I cried from how much it hurt, just ANYTHING to get you to stop.

Once again: Do you imagine your daughter with a man like this?

Or have you learned your lesson?

#no is a complete sentence #no means no #panic attack #tw ptsd #thats called trauma babe