goodthingsarewaiting:

inkskinned:

inkskinned:

me, watching people surpass me in literally every possible way: haha! great for them :) also! starting at noon i will be burying myself under leaves and decaying slowly, feel free to stop by!

nevermind!!! i wrote this at a dark time in my life while my recovery was just getting started!!!!!! while sometimes i am still insecure and feel left behind, im learning to celebrate my own successes as being important!!! no matter how small they are!!!!!

it IS great when other people succeed!! i’m proud of them!!! i am also proud of me and you and any other person who has survived the slow decay that is mental illness!!!!!!!!!! we got buried by our minds but instead of rotting we turned ourselves into trees!!!!!!!!!!!

Blossom like this yo^

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Allow and accept the different feelings you experience – knowing these will change throughout the day.

2. Don’t judge yourself for having negative feelings.

3. Don’t believe every thought that pops into your head. Some of these are true, but many will be false.

4. Slow down and take life at a manageable pace.

5. Stay in the present; do one thing at a time.

6. Let go of the need to control everything.

7. Practise being curious; notice little things.

8. Use your 5 senses to become more aware of what is happening all around you in the world.

9. Nourish and take care of your body and mind.

10. Practice contentment and gratitude.

foggysuggestion:

this year, help me become more accepting of myself, more fearless, and less hard on myself. help me learn how to truly be myself, to love my weaknesses, and to speak my mind more often. help me learn i am worth the world.

flowerais:

a gentle reminder that you did well this year. you met new people, learned new things and felt new feelings. you did so many things that made you scared. you picked yourself up off the floor after feeling completely defeated or heartbroken. there were some really tough nights but you survived them all. you made people happy just by existing. you accepted many goodbyes but the serendipitous meetings made up for them. it was your own hard work that paid off but you always downplay it or compare yourself to others. that’s not fair on yourself. you’ve come so far from the first day of this year. you have more wisdom and strength now. yes, other people seem more “successful” but does that even matter? please don’t think so lowly of yourself to only think about your failures. 2018 was your year of growth. I hope you take a moment to be kind to yourself, and believe that 2019 will be even better.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Write it down, and try to summarise your thoughts and feelings in a short paragraph.

2. Set aside a specific time, and a specific amount of time, to think about the issue.

3. When you find yourself overthinking again, interrupt your thinking by distracting yourself.

4. Remind yourself that many problems solve themselves, and disappear, with time.

5. Change your environment.

6. Engage your brain in a demanding task.

7. Exercise or do something physical.

foggysuggestion:

i will find strength, and i am going to heal.

adizzycollegekid:

spoonie-living:

Pain scale? More like pain in the booty. No two people seem to read it the same way, and chronic folks tend to downplay their pain.

So here’s an idea: when asked to rate your pain, provide a number to rate your distress levels in addition to your pain levels.

Some examples:

“I’m at a 5 on the pain scale, but my distress is basically a 1 because this is my usual.”

“I’m at a 3 on the pain scale, but my distress is a 7 because this is new pain and affects a part of my body that’s very important to my work.”

It’s a great way to consider how your pain is impacting you—and to get a doctor’s attention where it’s actually needed.

OP is a genius

notquiteaghost:

it’s sort of ironic that the original article on spoon theory costs so many spoons to read, so i decided to write a brief summary for people who need it

• spoon theory is an analogy
  
• in it, spoons = energy
  
• you get [x] number of spoons a day ([x] amount of energy), & doing things costs [x] number of spoons ([x] amount of energy)
• for example, you get 10 spoons today; getting up costs 1, making food costs 2, making a phone call costs 2, watching a tv episode costs 2, etc
  
• the purpose of spoon theory is to explain to abled/healthy people what being disabled/chronically ill is like, in a way they might find easier to understand
  
• it highlights how little energy disabled/chronically ill people have when compared to abled healthy people, how much more energy things can cost, & how careful they have to be in prioritising what they spend that energy on
  
• disabled/chronically ill people also use it as a way of talking about their energy levels
  
• if you say “i’m low on spoons”, you’re not just saying you’re low on energy; you’re saying you’re low on energy because you’re disabled/chronically ill
  

here’s the link to the original article