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icreatewhatibelieve · 1 year

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Respond to negative thoughts as you would to small children who do not know any better; simply smile and show them a better way to be.

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#quotes #loa #law of attraction #manifestation #power of positivity #positive thought

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thiscountry · 1 year

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look ahead

#hummingbird #birds #cute #love #adorable #positive thought #original art #original photographer #animal video #photography

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7amnails · 1 year

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Motivation Of The Day | 7 AM Nails

#Thoughts #Motivation #Positive Thought #Change #Inspiring #Inspiration #7 AM Nails #Change the World

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your-heart-is-a-treasure · 2 years

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Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.

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octoberloved · 7 months

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cafeblossomss · 5 months

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the most helpful thing i have ever seen from neurodivergent internet spaces is “THERE ARE OTHER TIMES OF DAY TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH”. this has genuinely saved me from executive dysfunction spirals so many times.

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linusjf · 12 days

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Richard Simmons: Positive criticism

“Whenever I find something to criticize about myself–I will follow with a positive thought about myself.” ~ Richard Simmons http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/96436306

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#positive thought #richard simmons

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my-castles-crumbling · 3 months

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#random polls #my polls #tumblr polls #polls #poll time #i love polls #positivity #positive thoughts

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caringforourselves · 7 months

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trying your best does not mean putting an unbearable amount of strain on yourself.

#selfcare #tips for self care #mental health #selflove #positive mental attitude #positive thoughts #positivity #self care #self love #self care reminder

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wild-lavender-rose-musings · 3 months

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This is something I need to hear myself and I thought I would share it with you too. Don't get upset at yourself because you need more than one "mental health day" and can't seem to get back into the swing of things. You've been through so much, and even though it's been a while since "The Thing" (whatever that may be) has happened to you, it doesn't mean that you no longer need time for recovery. You've had a hard week. You're getting better, and you will continue to get better. But please please don't be so hard on yourself when you feel like the healing is "taking too long" or is "being drawn out". Just keep showing up and I promise you that things will slowly but surely continue to heal.

#laurel speaks #positive thought #positive thoughts #positive #positivity #mental health #healing #self awareness #self worth #self care #self love #trauma healing #good thoughts #recovery #emotional health #boundaries

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goldensunset · 7 months

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did you know? if you do your laundry you can get your clothes back

#fascinating stuff. let’s see if i (person with the worst executive dysfunction when it comes to doing laundry) remember it #i literally have this issue where i’ll let dirty clothes pile up in the laundry basket for an entire month #like it takes me that long to get around to it #and then- who would’ve thought- i find that i don’t have anything good to wear. strange!#finally did it last night and i’m like ohhh that was so difficult but the payoff finally #augh #peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #shut up about socks. idc.#this was a fun positivity post of sorts it’s about overcoming executive dysfunction #derailing into jokes about losing socks is. it’s not horrible but just boring and annoying #it was supposed to be celebration!! and encouragement!!!

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chrxsi · 3 months

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Having someone understand your mind is a whole different kind of intimacy.

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skatesfullofsunshine · 5 months

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Ya know sometimes I worry I'm not doing adulthood right, and then I remember that I'm breaking cycles that other people in my bloodlines wish I would continue instead, which makes me realize I'm doing better than I think I am.

#Personal #sunnyspeaks #Positive thought #Cycle breaker

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uncanny-tranny · 3 months

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I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

#mental health #mental health support #positivity #if anybody has ideas of their own definitely include them!#i just think being stuck with this feeling that you don't have autonomy and that you ultimately aren't an equal person or a person at all..#...in comparison to other people can be a really troubling and dangerous place to be in...#...and that isn't the person's fault for feeling that way. they didn't pluck those thoughts out of thin air...#...like i have felt that exact way all my LIFE because i have been abused for. probably 2/3s of my life...#...only within these past few years have i even FELT alive. frankly it's going to take a while to repair what i have been left with...#...so i know the feeling and i want to help others feel even a LITTLE bit alive. you deserve it...#...you deserve to take in a deep breath before slowly realizing 'oh my gd this is what it feels like to be alive' and SMILE about it #i want that for you even if it is brief. even if it is small. even if it is a whisper. i want you to feel alive #unironically getting rid of the idea of 'guilty pleasures' has made my life SO much better

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blueboyluca · 10 months

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“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

#dog books #this chapter was very sad reading #when you become aware of punishment #and its use and its prevalence #it's hard not to despair #again this is why positive reinforcement feels like absolution #maybe now my eyes are open I can make up for what I did #what I did because it's what everyone does #because it's more acceptable to punish than to do anything else #I've been having so many thoughts about punishment and society and justice #this book was very validating #another great validating moment in my jumbled thoughts #was listening to the You're Wrong About episode on justice #with Amanda Knox #it helped to ease the despair a little

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npdemu · 4 months

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you're allowed to be proud of things that others would consider small you're allowed to be proud of eating food you're allowed to be proud of drinking water you're allowed to be proud of brushing your teeth you're allowed to be proud of washing your hair you're allowed to be proud of going outside you're allowed to be proud of having a conversation you're allowed to be proud of getting out of bed you're allowed to be proud of just surviving this long you're allowed to be proud of things that others would consider small

#thought of this because i brushed my teeth just now #positivity post

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