sassyoverthinker

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“When people treat you like they don’t care, believe them.”

— Unknown

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For everyone with social anxiety, this is a reminder that you don't have to be perfect in your interactions with others; you just have to be kind and that's literally it. That's all that's necessary of you. You don't need to say the perfect thing or anticipate what they would want you to say or even exude confidence if you can't.

Social anxiety tells us that we have to be perfect in in our social interactions, but no one is. Social anxiety sets us up for a level of expectation in our social interactions that we have no choice but to fail at, and then fall into a cycle of self-hate for failing and striving even harder for perfection.

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-"What world are you living in ?"

-"I don't know, mom. I got lost somewhere and I can't find myself again."

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"Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them."

- Phoebe Stone

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I need to keep all the darkness inside of me so it doesn’t devour someone else too

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Darkness was a presence. I learned to see in it, I learned to see through it, and I learned to see the darkness of my own.

— Jeanette Winterson

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I'm just not feeling life today

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They say I have to speak my mind more often.

But when I do, no one’s listening.

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You want to change but you're broken and useless. You've tried so hard, day after day, year after year, to be better, to get help, to do the right thing... What has it brought you? You're still here, aren't you? Shouting into the void, wishing you could feel okay... But happiness has started to feel like a dreamland you'll never reach. You're running out of patience. You're running out of time.

broken thoughts | 1am

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I’m not even sure how it can keep getting worse anymore?

But somehow it does. 

It. always. does.

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I don’t want anyone to take away the dark inside, cause after all those years I feel like it’s all I am.