#self worth issues

[whumpster-dumpster]

"Please, just leave me! It's not worth the risk, I'm not worth --"

"You should know by now, I'm always coming back for you."

#whump #whump prompt #writing prompt #left behind #self worth issues #loyalty #protectiveness #dialogue prompt

[judas-redeemed]

i want to learn to look at myself the way i've come to look at the world. i get my breath taken away at the ever-constant, ever-changing sky. feel tears well in my eyes at the distant sound of children's laughter. but i can barely muster a smile at my own reflection. i have learned to love this world. to take the awful and the awe-inspiring and hold it close to my heart. one day, i will find space there for me too. i will wipe my own tears. tuck myself into bed. believe the good things about myself. smile at my reflection and mean it. i will hold myself in my arms, like the crying child i tried so hard not to be, and wonder: how could i have ever wanted to leave you?

#idk if this will be anything to anyone else #but. it's been on my mind a lot #i used to hate the world so fully #until i found things worth loving #& that's made me be able to keep going #im trying to find similar things in me #anyway. love u guys #on healing #on love #self care tag #self worth issues #judas talks #poetry #my poetry #writing #poem #poems #short prose #prose poetry #prose poem #poet #poets on tumblr #original poem #writers and poets #my writing

[whumperofworlds]

Whumpee feels like they don't belong to the team, so without anyone knowing, they leave the team.

Unfortunately, Whumper took the chance to kidnap them and use them as bait for their team, and Whumpee protests that the team didn't care and the plan won't work.

To their surprise and horror, the team did come, all of them worried over Whumpee's disappearance. But they're going to fall in the trap Whumper set up for them.

#whump #whump prompt #used as bait #team whump #self worth issues #kidnapping

[monstersandmaw]

I'm literally in love with your chronic sad boi drow but i have a feeling that if our tav's were in the same room, my tav (tiefling barbarian) would bully him 😭

He'd definitely let himself get bullied 😭.

Kaerlyn only really develops a backbone when someone else (other than him) is being picked on or threatened (tiefling kids in the grovel, a goblin in a cage, even gnolls under mind control). But when it's him, sadly, he'll let people just walk all over him and trample him into the dirt. He's got very low self-esteem, and almost no sense of self-worth. If he's doing things for people, he's useful and valued, but he sees nothing of inherent value in himself worth standing up for. 😭

I kind of headcanon that Halsin rolls his eyes when he sees it start happening and literally picks Kaerlyn up by the scruff of his neck like a wet puppy and hauls him away before he can let himself get hurt or taken advantage of.

#kaerlyn #drow tav #bg3 #ghosti plays bg3 #self esteem issues #self worth issues

[crash-bump-bring-the-whump]

Whumpril 2024 - Day 9 - Self-Doubt

Rex is still @cyberwhumper's boy and Vic still belongs to @bxtterflystxtches !! Vic also still has self-worth issues, oops c: This takes place in a fun little military au we have going on!

TWs: self-depreciation, self-worth issues, gun mention, military setting, nightmares, near death experiences referenced, magical exhaustion/overload mentioned

Click click click

They were at it again. Rex and Mariano were doing weapon maintenance. Victory's jaw tensed, looking back at his own gun. It didn't matter, he could still see them. He could see Mariano say something. He could see Rex laugh.

That made something in his gut twist.

It didn't matter. Mariano was Rex's spotter, they needed to do weapon maintenance together. He knew that. It didn't mean anything.

Click click click

It could mean everything. His own hands slowed and his eyes drifted back to the pair as he watched Mariano take the sniper rifle from Rex--Rex's baby, and start disassembling and reassembling it.

It was fluid, and smooth, and deliberate, like everything else the kid did. He made it look effortless. He made it look as easy as breathing. Just like his magic. He could summon plasma that rivaled the sun, clean and pure and brilliant, without so much as a stutter. He could jog miles and miles casually, before morning formation. He could handle Big Dog's big gun as effortlessly as the man himself did.

Click click click

Mariano was good. Good enough to be the wolf's eyes on the field, good enough to be a war mage, to bear those scars from training. He was barely nineteen. Victory's jaw ached.

His hands were scarred, too. Maybe not as deep or as dark, but he had them. His arms still bore the marks of blade training, and torch training. He wondered if they'd ever fade--the dreams sure hadn't. He could still feel Luis' careful touch as clearly as if he'd just left the training room. The hand that slid along his back as he knelt over the metal table, eighteen and furious and terrified.

Click click click

Luis' voice never felt that far away, either, as Mariano's low voice drifted through the open air. Luis had more of a lilt to his voice, he was more emotive overall, but Victory could still hear the similarities. It leached into his nightmares, that calm, even voice of Mariano's and his impassive dark eyes boring into Vic's very soul as his magic shorted and overwhelmed him, as he underwent a nearly-lethal internal meltdown.

Mariano watched him, in those dreams. He watched Victory Montez die on the bloodied training room floor with hardly a whisper of concern. He judged him as he faded, lightning still crackling hot at his fingertips and vision blurry. He watched as Victory Montez washed out of the war mage program, and began to wash out of life itself.

He watched as Victory proved to everyone that he'd never be enough.

The kid was watching him now, Victory realized with a start. Rex was, too. Both of them had stopped what they were doing, and it took a moment longer for Victory to realize that the shitty light bulb above his head was flickering. Face burning, he waved a hand dismissively and started packing his own things away.

The weight of their eyes was just too much to bear. He felt his chest aching, felt the crackle of his own magic racing around in his blood. He couldn't be Mariano. Not as he was, anyway.

He just needed to train more, is all. A few more hours at the shooting range. Going on more runs.

He could be good.

He could be brilliant, even.

He would show everyone just how brilliant he could be.

@lektricwhump @cyberwhumper @bxtterflystxtches @inscrutable-shadow @honeybees-125 @whumperofworlds

#whump #whumpril2024 #whumprilday9 #day 9 #self doubt #jealousy #gun mention #military au #modern au #self deprecation #nightmares #near death experience #but only mentioned and sort of symbolic #it's in a dream it's a little funky to explain #magical exhaustion #magical overload #self worth issues #victory #rex #mage of violence

[royjamieprompts]

Roy/Jamie prompt: Roy making Jamie call himself an ugly ugly boy with bad hair actually embeds itself into his mind and has him thinking the worst of himself. So when Roy makes the first move and says he actually wants to be with Jamie, Jamie has a full-blown panic attack and asks Roy why, why does he want to be with him when he's ugly? Roy's sick with guilt when he realizes how deeply he's hurt the man he's in love with. He's gonna do everything in his power to undo the damage and make Jamie realize how gorgeous he really is, inside and out.

Jamie is extremely confident about many things, but he does sometimes get too much in his head. He respects Roy's opinion enough that this really messes with him.

(This reminds me too that I saw someone ask somewhere if he got the walnut mist look because of Roy saying this 🤔)

#Roy x Jamie #royjamie #Fanfic Prompts #Self worth issues #Angst with a Happy Ending

[rosehipandroots]

“The San Francisco therapist kept telling me I shouldn’t be terrified of creative experimentation. “I don’t know what’s going to come out of me,” I told her. “It has to be perfect. It has to be irreproachable in every way.” “Why?” she said. “To make up for it,” I said. “To make up for the fact that it’s me.” ― Suzanne Rivecca

thinkin bout this lately

aka CAN I PLEASE JUST WRITE FOR FUCKS SAKE

#grrr bad low-confidence perfectionist *bonks* #ow #the words are not wording!! why!!! #why are there so many words in my head but not on the page!! #i am YELLING #im in this picture and i dont like it #i think too much #quotes #writing #perfectionism #self worth issues #writingrose

[annachum]

Eponine sadly thought she was ' ugly ' for quite some time

Yet she is actually quite pretty, albeit in a ' non conventional ' way ( similarly with Grantaire's appearance )

It wasn't until she has her big coming of age and self discovery arc and she and her sibs be working to flee from Monsieur and Madame Thenardier

Did Eponine eventually and FINALLY realize that she is definitely NOT ugly and is actually beautiful in her own way

Cosette isn't really aware of her beauty for quite some time

In fact, when she first entered the convent, she is literally convinced, sadly, especially thanks to the horrid abuse and bullying she endured at Thenardier, thar she is, in her words, ' Absolutely downright hideous ' ( man that literally caused Valjean and ALL the nuns and gardeners in Petit Picpus to feel heartbroken for her especially THAT )

It wasn't until through a series of therapies and recovering from her malnutrition did Cosette eventually and FINALLY realize that she is most DEFINITELY not ugly. At all

And that one's inner character can improve or soil one's appearance

And then sometime after she and Valjean left the convent and moved into that house in Rue Plumet, Cosette soon discovers her own beauty

And that is an extra push to often wear feminine accessories and flowers on her hair and all CUZ SHE NEVER EVEN FUCKING GOT TO DO THAT DURING HER HORRID TIME AT THENARDIER INN

🤯🤯🤯🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

#cosette #les mis #eponine #les mis hcs #the TEARS #self worth issues #they both DESERVE BETTER #they been through so much and eventually and FINALLY realize their worths! #the lark #rose in misery #mirror ladies

[wangxianficrecs]

❤️i'm the one for your fire by occultings (microcomets)

❤️i'm the one for your fire

by occultings (microcomets)

E, 43k, wangxian

Summary:  Wei Ying, virgin and noted heterosexual, gets hit with a curse of an unusual nature on his 30th birthday: Through physical contact, he can read the minds of others around him.

Enter Lan Zhan, hot former rival and current coworker, whose true thoughts about Wei Ying are nothing like he expects.

(A loose Cherry Magic AU.)

My comments:  Ah, tropelicious! It just serves up everything you could want: involuntary mind reading, sexual fantasies, gay awakenings, veerry insecure wei wuxian and his self esteem issues, very hot sexytimes at the end. *chef's kiss* 

Excerpt 1:  Is he still cold? Should I offer my other coat? He will say no if I ask him directly. Does he run cold when he sleeps? I have spare blankets if he

Wei Ying quickly moves his arm away. A ridiculous, flustered warmth has risen to his face, tingling against the cold.

It is rapidly becoming evident that, in a horrible turn of events, Lan Zhan may actually be a decent person in addition to being beautiful and very competent at his job.

This cannot stand, Wei Ying thinks, very put out by this discovery. It ruins the whole — their whole thing if Lan Zhan secretly doesn’t hate him.

Excerpt 2:  It’s just that — if they’re friends, then there’s no — there’s no friendly way to think about gagging someone and tying them up, right? With clothes or without, but the without does seem significant here. Wei Ying may be a virgin, but he’s definitely no prudish, innocent maiden. If Lan Zhan considers them friends, then that means — when he’d been thinking those things earlier, it means

It doesn’t bear thinking about. It’s not even a possibility.

modern au, cherry magic au, (I’ve never seen Cherry Magic and didn’t need to so don’t worry if you haven’t either), wwx thinks he’s straight, modern cultivators au, touch telepathy, curses, modern with magic, mind reading, bewildered wei wuxian, thick as a brick wei wuxian, oblivious wei wuxian, POV wei wuxian, self-worth issues, involuntary mind reading, lack of communication, wei ying has drawn many inaccurate assumptions, enemies to lovers, misunderstandings, pining, hurt wei wuxian, protective lan wangji, hurt/comfort, getting to know each other, sexual fantasy, lots of them, feelings realization, gay awakening, coming out, light angst, crushes, drunk lan wangji, emotional hurt/comfort, love confessions, first kiss, first time, top lan wangji, bottom wei wuxian, getting together, favorite, @microcomets @wanlangji  

(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

#wangxian fic rec #wangxian #mdzs #the untamed #cherry magic au #modern cultivators #curses #modern with magic #oblivious wei wuxian #POV weiw uxian #self worth issues #lack of communication #enemies to lovers #misunderstandings #pining #hurt wei wuxian #protective lan wangji #hurt/comfort #getting to know each other #drunk lan wangji #emotional hurt/comfort #top lan wangji #bottom wei wuxian #favorite #i'm the one for your fire #occultings (microcomets) #medium fic 15k-49k #nc-17

[k0rew3ntst0d1e]

...

So I purged a little, it was quite hard idk why like it wouldn't work very well (if I can be grateful abt that bc it means I didn't purge much in the end)

Like always I hate myself for doing that, hate that it makes me feel better, hate this feeling of 'ur just doing that bc u want ppl's validation and make them think U have an ed for real...

I'm so weak...

And I really feel like I'm not doing 'bad enough' to be valid in my eating/body issues, like what if I'm doing it 'to be like others' (my partner has an ed), 'to feel included' or smthg

#ed disorder #not pro ed #ednos #ed #tw b/p #b/p tw #purging #purg1ng #tw purge #throwing up #tw vomting #mental illness #actually mentally ill #disordered eating #eatingdisorder #eating disorder #eating disoder trigger warning #neg self talk #i hate myself #self worth issues #imposter syndrome

[grumpycakes]

Okay, note to self, we cannot be trusted with TikTok past… idk 9pm.

We are adhd and have raging executive distinction.

Also we don’t like not going to bed till after 4am. It’s not fun.

Similarly, do not go to reels on insta when your 30 min TikTok reminder gets you to close TikTok. It is the exact same issue.

Next time, let’s try and follow that instinct in our brain to go get ready for bed at 11 38.

Cause we deserve rest. We deserve peace.

And no anxiety, we did not fail. We are still on this earth, breathing. There will be tomorrow.

And any rest is better than no rest at all.

#irl shit #mel babbles #mel whines #things I have to tell myself so I don’t negativity spiral #I want to make content on TikTok without consuming any TikTok #but I also want to know the good internet jokes/trends #adhd issues #low self esteem issues #anxiety issues #self worth issues #positive affirmations #not a failure

[whumpster-dumpster]

I see your Royal Whumpees and I applaud them but see also: Royal Caretaker, giving Whumpee all the luxuries of royal treatment while they heal, and Whumpee finally considering the idea that they may be worthy of good things (while also trying not to let themself hope, wondering if it's all just a manipulation or a fantasy and they'll be kicked to the curb as soon as they can stand)

#whump #whump prompt #writing prompt #royalty #caretaking #self worth issues #self doubt

[squiddokiddo]

Sometimes I get so overwhelmingly angry when I remember awful and malicious things that people have done to me.

But I've also realised that my hurt and anger is completely valid and justified, that person did something to hurt me on purpose and they have zero remorse.

Yeah, I am upset and angry and I have every right to feel this way.

I have some serious self worth issues and even though it's not the most positive thing and being at peace with such strong emotions is hard, I think recognising that it was wrong of them to treat me that way is a step towards improving my self worth... Hopefully. Healing is messy.

I'm doing a Gordon and making a positive out of a negative.💛💛

#managing emotions #mental health #anger #hurt #self worth #self worth issues #mean people #sfw interaction only

[iamfrankie99]

Quirkless

by Femmie

253k 68ch

Summary: Katsuki loses his quirk to All For One when he gets kidnapped at the training camp and his life is a mess. On one hand, for the first time in his life he can feel emotions other than anger and stress now that his body isn’t fighting the nitroglycerin it produced, on the other hand, he has absolutely no clue how to deal with said emotions. How the tables have turned; is this karma for how he treated Izuku all their childhood?

Frankie’s comment: A looooot of angst, like, a shit ton for real. But also, Izuku is so supportive and the plot has so many twist that make you go daaaamn! Also? the starting idea in itself is interesting; I had never thought about the possibility of Katsuki’s quirk having such side effects but it does make a lot of sense and I’m all for realistic and logical fics, I love them when they make sense and this one makes a loooot of sense. It’s pretty long and somewhat repetitive especially in the last 20ish chapters but I’d say it’s worth it😍🧡💚

READ HERE

#bkdk #quirkless kacchan #All for One #kidnappings #angst #so much angst #katsuki is depressed #suicidal thoughts #self-harm #self worth issues #supportive Bakusquad #supportive Izuku #Support course Katsuki #getting together #hurt/comfort #happy ending #ua students

[scarletv0id]

Herbert has lost so much time to being locked away. So while he tries to begin his work again Dan is not as keen on the idea.

#re-animator #reanimator #beyond re-animator #beyond reanimator #herbert west #dan cain #daniel cain #danbert #fluff #self worth issues #self worth #angst #comfort

[ninereadytoanswer]

also (bc of a thing in fic I read*) now thinking about a d/s au with - kind of darkish dom lan zhan? he doesn't have what dark lan zhan has going on, he's - at or just somewhat above where he begins in canon, very internalized his society including issues thereof. but he's in the privileged group in an intimate oppression his society has and he's not getting to have that just not affect much of anything.

and (sub) wwx - very much with his bad self worth issues, and I think lan zhan got him in some way where the alternative was pretty not great and he considers lan zhan to have done a nice thing for him. and he's himself and the world doesn't fit him at all and he does feel bad, because society and because wwx and because he does love lan zhan. (and he kind of takes it for granted that lan zhan doesn't really want to put up with all his trouble and probably eventually will get tired of him like anyone would.) Just having images of wwx - 'Sorry, Lan Zhan. I'll behave. I'll try to be good for you.' in that way he has

*(fic: oppressive d/s au, sub xue yang pov, sl/xxc/xy things)

#the untamed #wangxian #lwj #wwx #ds aus #constrict!wwx #self worth issues #self effacing #n!f #rprompts #thought sparked #I write #abuse cw #ok I know that isn't really called internalized and that is important but what is it called #crossposted from discord #did that thing where I wrote something on discord hoping it would help me post it #and glad that worked bc was thinking mb try audio or #dom!lwj #sub!wwx #in which I like the exact same thing some more #has comment #no self effacing is not the word argle