never make a suicide joke again. yes this includes “i wanna die” as a figure of speech. swear off of it. actually make an effort to change how you think about things.
find something to compliment someone for at least 4 times a day. notice the little things about the world that make you happy, and use that to make other people happy.
talk to people. initiate conversation as often as you possibly can. keep your mind busy and you wont have to worry anymore
picture the bad intrusive thoughts in youe head as an edgy 13 year old and tell them to go be emo somewhere else
if someone makes you feel bad most of the time, stop talking to them. making yourself hang out with people who drain you is self harm. stop it.
“The double agent for the patriarchy is basically just a woman who perhaps unknowingly is still putting the patriarchal narrative out into the world. Is still benefitting off, profiting off and selling a patriarchal narrative to other women. But it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You know, just because you look like a woman, we trust you and we think you’re on our side, but you are selling us something that really doesn’t make us feel good. You’re selling us an ideal, a body shape, a problem with our wrinkles, a problem with ageing, a problem with gravity, a problem with any kind of body fat. You’re selling us self-consciousness. The same poison that made you clearly develop some sort of body dysmorphia or facial dysmorphia, you are now pouring back into the world. You’re like recycling hatred. I find that really dangerous and I think it’s unacceptable and I don’t care if you’re a woman. I think constructive criticism is needed for anyone to ever evolve. For our gender to evolve we need some sort of constructive criticism. As long as we do it in a somewhat careful way. (…) So many of the worst things in the world have happened motivated by greed. And I just don’t think that’s an acceptable excuse anymore. How much money do you need? Really how much money do you need? How much money do any of these huge influencers who are worth millions or billions sometimes… why are they still promoting appetite-suppressant lollipops to young girls? And it’s not a fight against obesity. They have young, already slim girls, in their adverts for Flat Tummy company, this company that are absolutely everywhere, and they’re even being advertised in some of the most mainstream magazines, women’s magazines, and they have a billboard in Times Square. The money is built on the blood and tears of young women who believe in them, who follow them, who look up to them like the big sister they never had. It’s so upsetting and it feels like such a betrayal against women.”
Jameela Jamil explains why she thinks the Kardashians are “double agents for the patriarchy”
my entire life changed when my dentist told me that the only time my teeth should be touching is when i’m chewing. every single time my teeth are touching i have to separate them. and i noticed that i clench my teeth a LOT.
Shrek might be a meme nowadays but that last part where Shrek and Fiona kiss, and Fiona remains an ogre and Shrek tells her it’s because she’s already beautiful is so good and was years ahead of its time.
me replying to messages 10 days late and blaming it on my busy schedule to hide the fact that my depression has me thinking simple correspondence is an actual workload:
At a couple of low points in my life, with boredom and depression, I’ve learned that I can cheer myself up IMMENSELY by just going online and learning how to do something NEW. The internet (and your local library) and just FULL of resources to learn new skills and hobbies. So here’s a list of things you might be interested in trying! Please, do reblog with your own suggestions to add to the list! Think I might try shorthand next… IT’S GOTTA BE MORE LEGIBLE THAN MY USUAL HANDWRITING!
–Brain-teasers
diagramming sentences
symbolic logic
IPA/APA
con-lang, worldbuilding, mythopoeia
shorthand
new language (even Elvish or Klingon!)
tree/plant identification
html or other coding/programming language
forms of solitaire
sudoku, kakuro, futoshiki, slitherlink, etc
kids’ chemistry kits
–Relatively cheap arts and crafts
acrylic painting
embroidery
basic instrument (like otamatone, harmonica, or penny whistle)
I can’t remember a queen who was better loved than my granddaughter. The common people loved her. The nobles loved her. And what is left of her now? Ashes.