#kind of like exposure therapy...

[youremyonlyhope]

Living with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Me: *Is super stressed over life.*

Trichotillomania: Time to pull some hair! C'mon. You won't even notice you're doing it. It'll make you feel better.

Me: NO. *Spends 4 days putting hair in a mini twist protective style* There.

Dermatillomania: Hey. Your hands are free. And restless. And dry... Pick your skin. Bleed. Bleed.

Me: Stop! *Starts up a new crochet project to keep hands busy.* Ok cool.

Onychophagia: Hi hi. Your nails are.... perfect biting length... you should do that.

Me: Noooooooooooo *Paints nails.*

Dermatillomania: Oh look, you got some nail polish on your skin. Pick it off... now pick some more...

Me: SDJAKFDSJFKLDKAFDJKLAFJDKSAKLFDASL

[smithsparker]

smiling blushing kicking my feet etc

[beans-and-shet]

You’re my happy place

[ocpdzim]

tbh if you have a mental health problem you should totally try and pick up some kind of crafting. it won’t fix it but it will give you a sense of accomplishment, a new item, and something to do other than sit around feeling bad

[mieczyhale]

i didn't think i could get any more useless and my ocd really said "bet"

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Perverse intrusive thoughts manifesting themselves in dreams is the actual worst.

[winterf4iryy]

why is joining uni group chats the scariest thing. i don't even know why joined them. i'm in a snapchat group with people on my course and we're discussing modules and i've sent a few messages and have actually been open but like... i'm still awkward which is like how can i be awkward over textttuhhhhhg and then one girl sent a voice memo and then later on i sent one bc it would've been too much to type and like why did i do that. like why. why why why why. like literally why. ive been trying to better my social anxiety but i think i just made it worse lol

[a1rightyaphrodite]

idk what stage of grief im in rn but i know its a silly one

[grimark]

i do feel kinda bad for people living in this country who are afraid of spiders. i go outside of an evening to take the bins down the driveway and there’s a huntsman with a legspan the size of my hand just chilling on the doorstep. and huntsman spiders are generally sweeties but if i was an arachnophobe id shit myself.

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

the fun thing about my job is it gives me whole new ways of projecting on my best boy klaus - for example, i’ve spent 20 minutes formulating a headcannon that reggie used to take him to funeral homes too and now as an adult he knows a worrying amount about how to prepare, embalm and/or get rid of a body

[datamodel-of-disaster]

Things I need to do: make food (dinner + 2 days of foodprep), wash my hair, brush my teeth, prepare my clothes for work, pack my work bag, clean up the kitchen, clean up my desk,... Things I am doing: Googling "How to get started with Linux"

[rainfallbeats]

discovered that my insect phobia might stem a bit from the fact that they move so fucking quickly and erratically bc i did the cup over a piece of paper to put them ouside thing for the first time in like, ever? because it was just a slow-moving beetle. it wasnt scurrying up my walls or anything so i guess thats why it didnt freak me out

[todayisafridaynight]

I feel like it would be fun to see Leo's actor in Mole Song Final play Ryuji... that's the only person that comes to mind 😭😭

BUT YEAH 4 was the first mainline entry with (proper) faceclaims! I would kill to see faceclaims get to play their characters. Because they actually aren't mocapped by them, just voiced and scanned in--the acting is all done by RGGS' mocap actors. If you're mentally ill enough you'll start to notice acting decisions that differ from what the actual actor would've gone for; Arakawa doesn't cry the way Nakai does, for example. NGL the animations get kind of uncanny at times if you're too mentally ill so I would not recommend paying quite that much attention lol

I was trying not to think about it though because even if we By Some Miracle got to "season 7" (8 if they do 0) it's entirely possible Nakai and/or Tsutsumi won't be acting anymore by then 😭😭😭😭😭Tsutsumi wants to start directing by the time he's 60... That's chiefly why I kinda wanted it to be an adaptation of 7 before we knew any of the specifics... But Oh Well, it is what it is

ANYWAYS. Very excited for stream tomorrow and best of luck getting stuff done for today :D

YEAH LIKE UNDOUBTEDLY he gave such big ryuji vibes and had an epic presence..... if i allowed myself to dream just this once he would be a real good contender for ryuji......

ohhh yeah nonono ive definitely noticed DONT WORRY. whenever i draw or write fics, i always try to imagine the actual character first to see if the expression or dialogue fits them and if it's believable. having dove more into tsutsumi and nakai movies and shows, the difference is REALLY apparent to me (in that vein tho, it's easy for me to see them as individual characters as opposed to actors playing characters, so it's a little bit of a win for me somehow lmao)

YEAH NOOO THATS DEF A VERY LIKELY POSSIBILITY SHOULD THE SERIES SOMEHOW GET TO THAT POINT IN THE GAMES. again i doubt we'll actually get that far, but in the rare event that we do i hope nakai and tsutsumi do whatever makes them happy (and id def be into seein a movie directed by tsutsumi) (❁´◡`❁)

I REMEMEBR THATLKVJELK WHICH ONE OF YOU FIENDS SENT ME THAT FANCAST SITE IN THE FIRST PLACE ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[reblogging4thewin]

I lit a candle tonight.

Much like how,

When I studied abroad,

I carved a Jack-o'-lantern

Out of an orange.

-

I own a fire pit.

But I've never lit it.

It's still in the box,

Since I cancelled the party.

I'll welcome the new year in old ways.

-

I've learned to do things for myself.

By myself.

Sometimes I bother to cook something nice.

Just for me.

I'm not afraid to go places, see things,

Without a social anchor.

-

I'm a different person than I was at 21.

I'm more me than I was yesterday.

Day by day, I shed the chains

And learn what it is to live.

-

That also means learning to invest my time,

Now that it is mine.

Growing up is about waiting.

Being grown up is about seizing the day.

The Beach Boys; Tom Petty.

When the waiting is over,

It's a hard habit to break.

-

I grew up in a candle -less house.

Birthdays were the wispy exception.

Lighting the candle,

A small and tender flame,

Alone, in my home,

Is as much a symbol

Of freedom and new beginnings,

As any bonfire.

[llycaons]

any work that has therapy-driven communication as a big theme in the recovery process is inevitably going to be a little ooc just because of how lwj and wwx are as people but sometimes it’s like. in this setting, under these circumstances, it’s nice to consider

[alullinchaos]

btw every time a person implies that someone isn't really mentally ill if they're unwilling to take psychiatric medications or, worse, outright accuses them of not really wanting to "get better," a pixie cries