wow it sounds a lot nicer than it feels
Iām trying to live by my values. The āsevenā values I chose for myself in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group are Adventure, Empowerment, Independence/Autonomy, Lifelong learning/Transformation, Creativity, Healing, and Honesty. I was supposed to choose 6, but I chose seven then tacked on the ones Iāve been thinking about since my autumn retreat for the Writing Center two Septembers ago.
I post a lot of love stuff on Tumblr. This is funny because I didnāt even think about Love as a value until just now, writing this. But itās one of my long-lived goals in life to find it. Right now, however, I have to work on loving myself as I wish to be loved. Iām not perfect at it. But these pictures remind me of how I want to be loved, and when I look at them, I practice sending myself the affection I see between the people in the photos to myself.
In some sense, theyāre about memories. In another sense, theyāre about hope for the future. For so long I didnāt believe I was worthy of full acceptance and caringāboth my failures and my successes celebrated, in one way or another. And even though depression is living in the past, and anxiety is living in the future, this practice is somewhat balanced by how they remind me to care for myself now.
I can easily be honest with myself that I donāt want and canāt handle striving for accepting another person into my life right now, and I especially canāt risk falling into old habits. It takes one moment of intensity to change my brain back to an old, negative pattern, and many weeks to alter one neural pathway for the better. But Iām doing it. Iām healing. And I respect myself for it. And that is something I have not been able to say with honesty for most of my life.
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Unblock me on messenger
Maybe?
It's Tyler
You're the only one who ever messages me on anon here.
My mental health is Terrible. 2. I can't afford another hospital stay. 3. I'm literally in Korea and being buddies would only incur tragedy.
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Anikin Skywalker's true origin story.
"I hate sand."
Kim Taehyung vs ā¦ sand š„
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i dont think id be mad if i dyed tho
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the keeper of oranges
[id: a watercolor painting of a tabby cat in a straw hat, surrounded by boxes of oranges. /end id]
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respect yourself enough to say,Ā āi deserve betterā.
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