You deserve healthy communication. You deserve safe communication. You deserve direct communication. You deserve to feel safe expressing yourself. You deserve to feel safe expressing your concerns and asking questions. You deserve to have friends, family, and chosen family that listens and honors you, your voice, and your choices in life. You deserve to be considered, respected, and included, even when you're not in the room. You deserve to feel emotionally supported by the ones you love.

Woah! Back up! Are you apologizing to them because it’s the right thing to do or because you are trying to soothe yourself by gaining their forgiveness?

anyone else glad that the “killing idea” was forgiven but not forgotten by stede? and that he wasn’t trying to throw it back in ed’s face, but used it as a reminder that, just because stede’s made poor choices, doesn’t mean it cancels out ed’s?

Just remember that it is important to build your skill in recognizing the individuals in your life who are healthy for you versus those who are not. Continuing to keep yourself close to the wrong people can put you YEARS behind where you could be in life, or might take you back to places that you healed from long ago. Lessons don't always need to hurt.

𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕

emotional safety in a relationship is so necessary for building love, trust, & intimacy with people

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 – 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕❜𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.

The surprise pregnancy didn't really change much around the house. Boo still spends all his nights fending off the various haunts and ignoring the fact he's about to be a parent.

Bonehilda spends all her time knitting and ignoring the fact she's about to be a parent.

the glowing heart thing

Author: @chrissy-n-eddie

Rating/Warning: Explicit

Chapter Count: 1/1

Description: There are things that Chrissy says these days that she thinks… probably if she didn’t have Eddie she would’ve taken them to the grave. But he looks at her and they just spill out.

Tags: Alternate Universe, established relationship, healthy communication, we love you, Eddie is embarrassed, Chrissy is curious, smut, Chrissy POV, one-shot, status: completed

One thing my partners and I do that makes me feel so validated is that 100% of the time if one of us brings up something that is bothering us, the others will *thank* the person for bringing it to our attention.

Never once have I been made to feel like expressing concerns was anything but a compliment to our relationship.

When was the last time you stopped and took time to truly thank someone close to you for how they’ve helped you?

So, I decided to switch up fandoms for my New Years fic and started this.

Based on this prompt

Title: Endless Road to Rediscover

Summary:  Life is going good for Danny Fenton. He's the Ghost King. His parents have accepted his secret identity. He's even getting good grades for once. So, when he decides to open up about his life before the Fentons, he makes a series of choices that will change not only his life, but that of his long-lost brother forever.

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom

Tags:  Danny Fenton, Damian Wayne, Jazz Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Jack Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Communication, Good Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Danny Fenton and Damian Wayne are Twins, Ghost King Danny Fenton, Bruce Wayne's C+ Parenting, Bad Grandparent Ra's al Ghul, Supportive Jazz Fenton, Jack and Maddie Fenton Act Like Actual Scientists, mostly - Freeform, Brotherly Bonding, Damian Wayne is Robin, Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom), new year's fic

Casual abuse or misdiagnosis of troubling psychosocial phenomena prevent us from healing and developing agency for our own lives.

While no one needs to gatekeep these technical terms, it could be helpful to reflect with an open mind and consult with a trusted professional.

The overarching message? Stay grounded and curious, then observe the grey as much as possible before applying rigid labels.

Society & media: “Direct communication isn’t romantic, your partner should be able to anticipate your every need…”

Me (autistic) to my autistic partner: “babe it’s pretty cool I found someone I can have a healthy relationship with…”

Me: *suddenly starts actually crying* bc having a healthy relationship is the most beautiful thing and it actually is SO romantic being able to state my needs plainly and be told simply “oh yeah baby, here you go” by my partner without any passiveness or weirdness??? and trust completely that they will communicate their needs to me and I won’t ever have to guess and don’t have to worry that I’m missing some important social cue or have to start probing bc I’m sensing passive aggression… and like I could go on and on bc I never knew this level of safety was possible with another person??? and why can’t media glorify THIS??? Like why did I have to go through the trauma of toxic relationships to find out this was the real deal 😭