#reasons to stay alive

[positivelyqueer]

all you’ve got to do is pick one activity to do tomorrow. One thing to look forward to. Find a new movie or tv show you want to watch. Check out if there are any local bands playing gigs nearby. Find a random new skill to teach yourself. Do your grocery shopping at a different supermarket. Play stardew valley with someone. Find a new recipe to learn how to cook. See what movies are in cinemas near you. Find a niche museum or community centre in your town. Explore a new park. Go to a thrift store. Go sit in the library for a few hours. Get coffee with a loved one. You can’t leave yet, you’ve got that activity to go do. Keep picking activities. I love you. Stay safe.

#Hope #Positivity #mental health #mental illness #keep going #survival #reasons to stay alive

[fishingforwords]

hold on for better days.

neil hilborn, our numbered days || matt haig, reasons to stay alive || jenny holzer, survival series || tom odell, best day of my life || mary oliver, invitation || unknown ||

#web weaving #my weavings #on depression #on sadness #on hope #tw suicide #neil hilborn #our numbered days #matt haig #reasons to stay alive #jenny holzer #in a dream #tom odell #mary oliver

[dongsonglodang]

"Cuộc đời mỗi người rốt cuộc cũng chỉ cần một người như thế ở bên. Người vì sợ mình buồn mà bỏ qua tất cả mọi cám dỗ, luôn trở về bên cạnh nhau sau tất cả mọi điều..."

#Quotes #những điều đẹp xinh... #Anhminhchuplinhtinh #reasons to stay alive #coffeetime

[yatima]

Ok Tumblr it's your Elder here to remind you that yes, the Northern Hemisphere nights are dark and the cold is getting into your bones and maybe you think everything's going to keep getting worse forever and you'll just get older and older until everyone and everything you love is dead: but you're only partly right.

Because yes sure we are all gonna die but in the meantime and maybe even because of that, there's joy. Even if it's only a bird half glimpsed from a moving vehicle, even if it's only the warmth in a cup of coffee, even if it's only the memory of someone who adored you as whole-chestedly and unconditionally as you deserve to be adored, joy is real in the world.

And tomorrow morning as I write this, the sun will shine along the passage at Newgrange and the sun daggers will frame the petroglyph in Chaco Canyon, and that is evidence that the long slow celestial mechanics of reversion to the mean will pull us inexorably back to springtime and the first green things growing out of the earth. The elders before me built these monuments to remind me to remind you that the sun will return.

And in the meantime let's hold hands in the dark. Let's tell the bleakest jokes we can think of at funerals to try and get the bereaved to laugh. Let's hug each other to coregulate our tender nervous systems that are trying so hard to keep us safe and alive. Let's watch how fast the efficiency of solar power is overtaking that of fossil fuels (effectively free energy by 2035: let's live to see it.) Let's revel in gods like pigeons and coyotes that can learn to coexist with humans.

Let's remember that there are more ordinary people of goodwill than we can possibly imagine: people who observe stop signs and pull over to let fire engines pass and who pay their fucking taxes and never cross pocket lines: normal working people who are kind to animals and who love all children and who feel solidarity across race and class and gender lines. Let's be those people and raise our children of blood and choice to be those people, the infrastructure of the world, the sunbeams shining into the dark.

#solstice #hope #reasons to be cheerful #reasons to stay alive #love

[mixedbag-o-beans]

listen there a lot of reasons why having a dead friend sucks. but currently the #1 reason is THERE IS TEA ABOUT SOME WEIRD GUY SHE TALKED TO AND I CANT TEXT HER THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT! like wtf girl, i wanna kiki but NOOOOO YOU’RE DOWN THERE KICKING IT WITH THE GRIM REAPER.

#if y’all wanna hear it i’ll tell you #but i want her to hear it so BAD #this bitch is gonna make me pull tarot cards or something atp #how rude #grief #dark humor #dead friends #reasons to stay alive #you won’t be able to join the debrief

[bloodborscht]

The world may be so grating and dissonant but Andy is here and I gotta make him comfy and happy no matter what

#reasons to stay alive #Andy cat #my uploads

[bookishblogging]

If you need motivation to keep going:

Don’t kill yourself. Eventually, you will literally die no matter what. Why do it now when you could just fuck around and see what’s next until nature says it’s your time? Like yeah your situation sucks but like what if it gets better tomorrow? Or what if you die tomorrow via natural causes. Like it’s either gonna get better or you will naturally die and I think waiting for it to get better is a much smarter option bc option two is inevitable. If we were to do a cost/benefit analysis, waiting it out is much more effective usage of your time. You will get to the destination, our time will run out eventually, there is absolutely no rush to get there. I love you and you deserve to live out the rest of your days chasing whatever makes you happy! Is it not incredibly meta to say you didn’t kill yourself because you’re gonna die anyways?? Like hello stay alive and say fuck you to the institution or whatever. Literally be meta for your mental health.

#ramblings #mental health #positivity post #I love you #quotes #words #reasons to stay alive #motivation to keep going #mental health awareness #be metal for your mental health

[slut4poets]

reasons to continue living

the smell of candles, fresh air from the forest, summer sun, relatable song lyrics, home cooked food, the softness of the sound of a piano, soft blankets, cold pillows, hot chocolate during a winter storm, wind going through your hair, thin autumn gloves, colourful flowers, city lights seen from a distance, night walks, sunsets, rosy clouds, plane views, bookstores, libraries, the moon, stars, cool cars, picnics, bowling, trees, blasting music on your car speaker, blasting music on your headphones, vacation, roadtrips, pretty jewelry, desserts, rural wall art, rural photography, lovely outfits, clean bedsheets, deep convos at 3 am, fire camps, s’mores, reading, cute rocks, adrenaline rushes, kind waiters, cinema, movies, movie characters, laughing until your tummy hurts, unexpected acts of kindness, complimenting people, being complimented, surprises, birthdays, holidays, spending time with your pet, the smell of a freshly baked cake, paintings, drawings, poems, writing, amusement parks, water parks, rollercoasters, hairstylists washing your hair, haircuts, shared knowledge, traditions, learning about cultures, debates, feeling free.

#list #bucket list #poem #poet #thoughts #reasons #reasons to live #reasons to stay alive #music #picnics #moon #deep thoughts #live #forest #nature #humans #human nature #good things #good thoughts

[lena-oleanderson]

Still Life with Citrus from Side Wounds

#lena's poetry archives #poetry #poem #words #poets on tumblr #tangerines #citrus #oranges #fruit #reasons to stay alive #lena's seasonal depression poetry archives

[katswritespoetry]

#i love cats #cats #cat #grandmacore #grandma aesthetic #old people #wholesome #heartwarming #people watching #film photography #photography #reasons to stay alive

[positivelyqueer]

”It would be easier for other people if I didn’t exist”

Oh, I’m sorry? When did you start existing for the approval of other people? When did you stop being crescent moon palms and iron tongue and soles scuffed on the pavement? When did you stop being grass between your toes and starlight reflected in your eyes and the answering choir of all your cells? When did you lose the pounding, thrumming, singing course of your lub dub heart through your ventricles and veins? Fuck what would be easier for others. You did not come from a burning star to be smothered and convenient.

#Suicide mention #hopepunk #suicidal #mental health #mental illness #hope #reasons not to #reasons to stay alive

[littleoddwriter]

Reasons to stay alive

Hey there! As I'm currently struggling immensely with staying alive, due to an ongoing BPD episode, I wanted to write down my personal reasons for staying. I'm sharing my list because I thought it might help others to perhaps be reminded of things they don't usually consider in those dark spots. Feel free to add onto the list, create your own, etc. Share it. Keep it private. Whatever feels best to you. <3 And please remember that there are no silly reasons. If it means you're going to stay another day, it is a perfect reason!

My favourite band

Renfield (2023)

Going to the cinema to see horror movies I've been looking forward to

Also, the Barbie movie

Getting to spend more time with my plushies and dolls

Seeing what my The Simpsons calendar brings each day

Attending the Horror Convention next year

Season 3 of Chucky

Buying more Chucky dolls, plus Glen(da) and Tiffany

Getting to wear my new jacket

Medically and socially transitioning

Watching TV shows with my dad that are on our list

Writing the fanfics I've been wanting to write for months and years

Writing my original story and publishing it as a book

To be a teacher

(...)

#i always thought my reasons were pretty dumb because it's nothing profound or whatever #but all these things are incredibly important to me and always why i refrain from making an attempt after all #tw implied suicide #reasons to live #reasons to stay alive #mental health support #this has been running through my mind the past couple of days and so i decided to make it a reality #because it's really hard for me to just tell myself these things #thus a written down list that i have somewhere where i always see it sounded like a good solution #ronny.exe

[dongsonglodang]

"Sống ở dị quốc tha hương ngôn ngữ bất đồng, nhân chủng bất đồng không phải là cô độc. Tâm hồn không chốn quay về, mới là cô độc." (An Ni Bảo Bối)

#anhminhchuplinhtinh #những điều đẹp xinh... #Dalat #wanderlust #reasons to stay alive

[angelnumber27]

feeling better after a period of deep pain >

#reasons to stay alive

[chirasul]

so i am over 30 years of old, and i know what you're thinking. you're thinking: "i am 18-21 years old or so, and while looking at boobs at the internet is cool for now, it's gotta get old someday, right?" and i'm here to tell you that: no. it never gets old. and that is just one of life's little treasures

#reasons to stay alive

[gillian-anderson-in-the-tardis]

people over 25, help this depressed 19 year old out! what are some of the best parts of aging and living a long life? what’s worth sticking around for?

#mine #mental health #life #depression #tw depression #reasons to live #reasons to stay alive