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Chapters: 6/10 Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rhaenyra Targaryen & Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys) Characters: Rhaenyra Targaryen, Alicent Hightower, Viserys I Targaryen, Otto Hightower, Grand Maester Mellos (A Song of Ice and Fire), Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon, Lyman Beesbury, Harrold Westerling, Gwayne Hightower, Hobert Hightower, Bethany Hightower, Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon, Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys) Additional Tags: Otto Hightower Bashing, Alicent Hightower is an Idiot, Bad Parent Viserys I Targaryen, Viserys I Targaryen Being an Idiot, Smart Rhaenyra Targaryen, Rhaenyra getting revenge, BAMF Rhaenyra Targaryen, Team Black for the WIN, Not Team Green Friendly, Not for team Green fans, Bad Parent Otto Hightower, Misogyny, Period-Typical Sexism, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Emotional Manipulation, Manipulative Hobert Hightower, No beta we die like Lucerys, Lady Hand Rhaenys Targaryen, Bullying Summary:

Viserys marriage announcement to Alicent led Rhaenyra down a dark path to get revenge on her father, her former best friend, and anyone who had weakened the House of the Dragon.

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I'm in my late twenties and mental health-wise, I'm able to manage my anxiety and depression way better than in my mid twenties.

Therapy did wonders for my mental health and learning coping mechanisms and how to re-frame my thoughts helped a lot.

I'd say that I still have the fear that I'll be feeling that way forever, but I'm still trying to improve myself.

Is it possible to “beat” mental illness? Or does it depend on type/circumstance?

“Beating” mental illness is actually the norm, not the exception. Most people who have a major depressive episode never have another one. 80% of people who survive their first suicide attempt never make a second attempt. 93% of Borderline Personality Disorder patients achieve remission. Up to 74% of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder achieve significant clinical improvement in their symptoms, and 20% achieve full remission. Half of Generalized Anxiety Disorder patients achieve remission after the acute phase of treatment. Even disorders with relatively low rates of remission - bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoid personality disorder - generally become milder and easier to manage as you age. Psychiatric symptoms tend to peak in your 20s and generally drop off as you get older, especially if you seek treatment. 

This is why the narratives we use to talk about mental illness matter so much. Right now, the dominant narrative is that mental illness is “an imbalance in the brain” and that it’s largely something that people are born with. There are upsides and downsides to this. The upside is that it promotes the idea that mental illness is not the ill person’s fault, and it helps us understand that mental illness can impact anyone, regardless of their life circumstances. The downside, however, is that it’s sort of given us this idea that mental illness is inborn and unchangeable. People have taken on the idea that “that’s just how my brain is”, when the reality is that, for most people, mental illness is less of a stable trait for them, and more of just a shitty thing that they are going through for a little while. The idea that mental illness is just “in your brain” also erases the very real connection between your life circumstances and your mental health - while it’s very true that a wealthy person in a happy marriage can become depressed, it’s also very true that living in poor conditions and being in an abusive marriage can be the cause of depression, and that improving your life circumstances can lessen or eliminate mental health conditions. 

If you have a mental health condition, it’s very important that you not resign yourself to the idea that you’re going to be like this forever. Chances are, you won’t. Even if you have a mental health condition that is associated with low rates of remission, it is possible to make leaps and bounds in your functioning, and to get to a point where managing your condition becomes second nature to you. Our understanding of mental illness is improving every year, and new therapies and treatments are becoming available all the time. If you seek treatment and do your best to manage your condition, you have every reason to believe that you will make huge improvements. 

Hope this answers your question!

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Something people don't tell you about healing and taking care of your mental health is how disappointing it feels.

I've been actively working on improving myself for the past four years and I still feel restless.

Sometimes the results are not produced fast enough.

Sometimes the results are produced too fast.

When I look back at all the work I did, it feels like I've done too much work and not enough work.

Looking forward to the future makes me feel like all the hard work I put towards improving myself is not enough.

There will always be something to improve.

I don't want to waste all my life trying to reach something that might be unattainable.

I'm scared that's how I will spend the rest of my life.

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the world's most beloved boy

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reblog if you’re profic, proship and anti harassing real people over fiction. so I can break into your house and declare my love to you

[anxietywarrior3]

There has never been a more accurate post!

re: this post

there are people out there who genuinely think fanfic writers write “to be canonically accurate and respectful to the canon creators and the multi billion companies that made these characters”?

babe, most fanfic writers write because

they love the characters

they are not normal about the characters

they are passionate about the characters

they are depressed and writing about the characters is their getaway

they are horny

canon compliance is only a choice. but there’s no rule in fanfics. and most fanfic writers are sure as shit not trying to be respectful to the multi billion companies that made the characters, and if you actually believe they are, then maybe you’re just new to fandoms.

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Chapter 5 incomingggggg!!!

Hope everyone have fun reading the chapter!

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rhaenyra Targaryen & Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys) Characters: Rhaenyra Targaryen, Alicent Hightower, Viserys I Targaryen, Otto Hightower, Grand Maester Mellos (A Song of Ice and Fire), Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon, Lyman Beesbury, Harrold Westerling, Gwayne Hightower, Hobert Hightower, Bethany Hightower, Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon, Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys) Additional Tags: Otto Hightower Bashing, Alicent Hightower is an Idiot, Bad Parent Viserys I Targaryen, Viserys I Targaryen Being an Idiot, Smart Rhaenyra Targaryen, Rhaenyra getting revenge, BAMF Rhaenyra Targaryen, Team Black for the WIN, Not Team Green Friendly, Not for team Green fans, Bad Parent Otto Hightower, Misogyny, Period-Typical Sexism, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Emotional Manipulation, Manipulative Hobert Hightower, No beta we die like Lucerys, Lady Hand Rhaenys Targaryen Summary:

Viserys marriage announcement to Alicent led Rhaenyra down a dark path to get revenge on her father, her former best friend, and anyone who had weakened the House of the Dragon.Chapt

[anxietywarrior3]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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Tumblr 100% would match AO3's freak and start their own curse.

Except the curse won't be like AO3's when writers get shot, stabbed, health issues, etc.

Tumblr would want to make her own style.

Maybe gaslighting tumblr users?

Imo Tumblr would do something subtle but still damaging in an effort to court AO3!

How do you think tumblr reacted when they learned Ao3 harms every writer on it

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Gel extended nails feel so weird/painful (?)... I paid so much for them but I need them off like yesterday 🥲

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Bennett is the best boy in Genshin. No one can convince me that someone is better than him!!

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When ao3 isdown, it's the author curse and ao3 got kidnapped and almost trafficked but got saved by using a sponge to defeat his kidnappers

…so when ao3 goes down is it on a scandalous date with tumblr or something, or???

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Part 2: What were you doing at the devil's sacrament

Part 1, 2, 3

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I'm reading Cherry Blossoms After Winter right now and I LOVE IT!!!!

The relationship is very wholesome. Taesung and Haebom learn to communicate together. They try to avoid misunderstandings if possible. They're growing together as individuals.

The most important thing is that they waited to have sex. No one coerced or manipulated anyone.

That's my new favorite manhwa 🥰

[anxietywarrior3]

Writing is basically falling in love with an idea,

then immediately doubting if you're good enough for it.

Love at first sight quickly turns into anxiety at first paragraph.

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This is basically Hobert Hightower in my fic the commandeering puppet King. He's being so reasonable that even, as I'm writing him, I'm getting attached 😬