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random photos ive taken on my adventures these past months plus my sackboy exploring barnes and nobles!! it's my birthday soon and i forget that people like me and im so shocked that they're wanting to do nice things for me. the world is beautiful!! ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾

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ちゅう (by nadine)

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my new phone layout :3 been feeling very nostalgic lately so i went with an old nintendo theme (wii and 3ds era specifically, featuring some old sony stuff because i love the ps3)

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2006 Sanrio - Hello Kitty Valentine’s Day Cards

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self-care phrases to boost your confidence

this shit ain't nothin to me man

I'll fucking kill you

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Tomodatchi Life liminal spaces

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there's a lot of cute stuff in my town that i didnt know about( ˶°ㅁ°) !!

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been hanging out with a lot of new people recently

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I’m about to save you thousands of dollars in therapy by teaching you what I learned paying thousands of dollars for therapy:

It may sound woo woo but it’s an important skill capitalism and hyper individualism have robbed us of as human beings.

Learn to process your emotions. It will improve your mental health and quality of life. Emotions serve a biological purpose, they aren’t just things that happen for no reason.

1. Pause and notice you’re having a big feeling or reaching for a distraction to maybe avoid a feeling. Notice what triggered the feeling or need for a distraction without judgement. Just note that it’s there. Don’t label it as good or bad.

2. Find it in your body. Where do you feel it? Your chest? Your head? Your stomach? Does it feel like a weight everywhere? Does it feel like you’re vibrating? Does it feel like you’re numb all over?

3. Name the feeling. Look up an emotion chart if you need to. Find the feeling that resonates the most with what you’re feeling. Is it disappointment? Heartbreak? Anxiety? Anger? Humiliation?

4. Validate the feeling. Sometimes feelings misfire or are disproportionately big, but they’re still valid. You don’t have to justify what you’re feeling, it’s just valid. Tell yourself “yeah it makes sense that you feel that right now.” Or something as simple as “I hear you.” For example: If I get really big feelings of humiliation when I lose at a game of chess, the feeling may not be necessary, but it is valid and makes sense if I grew up with parents who berated me every time I did something wrong. So I could say “Yeah I understand why we are feeling that way given how we were treated growing up. That’s valid.”

5. Do something with your body that’s not a mental distraction from the feeling. Something where you can still think. Go on a walk. Do something with your hands like art or crochet or baking. Journal. Clean a room. Figure out what works best for you.

6. Repeat, it takes practice but is a skill you can learn :)

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my march planner spread for this month :3 my friend gave me some handmade stickers to use ! (˶ˆ꒳ˆ˵)

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i went on a roadtrip last month with my dad and it was so nice to get away from home and be surrounded by nature ٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´-

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Jumping in joy this apple is so delectable

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Fruit-Shaped Bus Stops, built. 1990 location: Konagai, Nagasaki, Japan