#reminder that you matter

[rosedarkness24]

It's absolutely normal to not have your shit together.

Everyone goes through this. Building up your creations and having no organization to the now mess you made. That is normal. Please don't lose faith. Starting a project with no clear vision or plan laid out is how everything starts.

Take it one step at a time. Rise, fall, and pick your ass back up. Don't let the voice within spout negative nonsense to you. Take a pause and explain what you've made so far. Write it down and record it.

It doesn't really have to be everything right away, but start jotting things down. Small conversations, big ones. Even if you never use them, they are there for reaction references. How did that character react to this before, why did they react to it in that way, what were they thinking and feeling.

Slowly build a habit of fleshing things out. Even if it's something small. Like a minor detail, it could be a major plot point.

Let's start with something easy? How tall is everyone? This will help do a roll call and help you vision how everything visually is starting to look like. If you have to doodle, do it. For fuck sakes doodle if it helps, no one should blame you. If someone does, then clearly they don't deserve to have your attention.

Keep positive. You can do this. It's okay to cry, to feel overwhelmed, and it's okay to be a mess. No one is perfect. Everyone goes through this stage. Sometimes, it is harder for some, and sometimes, it is easier. You can get through this, be proud of your accomplishments, and when you fall, because we all fall, pick yourself up, and give the biggest shit eating grin because you are worth all your hard work.

Wise words said to me before:

It is ok to fall, but always remember to pick yourself right back up. Because you don't have to be perfect, you have to try your best and expect the worst. In the end, never lose yourself to the darkness. Always be who you are.

You are loved, remember that.

Y'all have a blessed day, and love yourself.

If you have any additional advice, please share it. Sometimes, people can't ask for help when they need it. Whether or not they are socially scared or worried they'd be a bother. They still need the help.

[demigods-posts]

i don't know man. but sometimes i think about percy breaking the news to nico that his sister's dead. and nico plummetting into depression, screaming at the boy he once thought of as a hero to die. and percy watching this ten-year-old disappear into the shadows mid sobbing. and percy's shaking and traumatized and exhausted. but he forces that pain down his throat and accepts the role as the prophecy kid so nico has a chance to create a future he wants. while percy's is set in stone. and i don't know man.

[sofipitch]

Souls are permeable-> The more you interact with a person the more it changes you. This is obvious when it's in friendship, and or it is a chosen change. But even if you don't want to change, knowing others will change you will regardless, in ways you may not be able to predict. That is the nature of all relationships, we are not static things. Yeah. That's it, just gonna think about this one all day

[schizopositivity]

Hallucinating is normal, many people experience it. You have most likely at least passed someone in the street who was hallucinating once. Or you've worked alongside a coworker who was actively hallucinating and you didn't even notice. Or your loved one hallucinated while you were in the room, but they were afraid to tell you.

Hallucinating is common, it's just not commonly talked about in everyday situations. If you don't experience it, or don't know someone who does and tells you about it, you've probably only heard it in the news or on TV. And they only really represent the worst possible outcome for shock value. But that isn't representative of how most of us who hallucinate experience it.

Most of us are just like everybody else, living our lives, just with the addition of hallucinations. We may need to take pills every day, or need therapy, or need to stay in mental hospitals sometimes, or need to be checked on by loved ones, but so do a lot of other people who don't hallucinate.

Hallucinations are just a symptom. Just like anxiety, or trouble concentrating, or tiredness. A lot of people experience it and have to learn to cope overtime. The only difference is we don't generally talk about it to people in casual settings. And it's because of the stigma. If you don't hallucinate, or know someone who does, you probably don't see hallucinations as a normal part of life, a symptom, just a thing plenty of people experience. But it is, it's not special, it isn't more dangerous, it doesn't have to be a huge deal.

Obviously hallucinations can be life changing and horrific, but so can other mental health symptoms. Hallucinations can also be neutral, or just annoying or even a positive experience. It's just a symptom, it doesn't automatically mean someone is in the worst mental state possible if they are hallucinating. It doesn't automatically mean someone is dangerous or unpredictable. It just means a person is experiencing senses that the people around them are not.

You have to learn to accept that it's just a symptom, and that people around you experience it, and they deserve to complain or talk about it just like anyone else gets to with other things in their lives. All you have to do is listen, and try to be understanding. Hallucinating is normal, you just need to stop treating it like it's abnormal.

[uncanny-tranny]

Periodic reminder that unless a person specifically and clearly tells you it is okay to tell others they are trans or queer, you should err on the side of caution and assume they do not want you to tell people (especially random people!) about their transness or queerness.

You have no idea, generally, why somebody doesn't talk openly about their trans or queer status, and you have no idea, truly, how somebody might react to that information. The most progressive person out there is still capable of harbouring incredibly negative thoughts about somebody's queer status.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Alas, this beautiful dream could not last.

[ohitslen]

Intrusive thoughts

[paellegere]

something i keep thinking about is who mary is to sam. she didn't raise him; he doesn't know her except through the stories john and dean told him. she exists in pictures and print, not in memories. she's a stranger to him, yet his entire life has revolved around her. he seeks revenge for a woman he's never met or known or loved. she's just a secondhand god to a nonbeliever, omnipresent but never actually there, never actually touched or held or shared. he's outside the church looking in on the mass but never able to partake. it must be alienating, for your family to have known god while you're left only to your own faith.

[vasani]

Happy Pride Month!

Be your beautiful most authentic selves with confidence! You're loved and you matter, always <3 Take care of yourselves friends

[manda-kat]

People get mad that Christians find Christian messages in secular work and I'm just like... if you didn't want us associating the story with the truth, you shouldn't have made the message so true.

[ataxia17]

Love does not disappear, but it can hide behind anger and hurt

[saffroncustard]

Everytime a creative person doubts their right to create, a bit of universal magic wanes. Your artistic contributions to the world are a sacred act of expression that you gift the collective. It is a coagulation of pure magic & matter. You, the alchemist, stirring it all into harmonious perfection. Your art is not frivolous. Creation is a deeply human act, from sourdough to paint brush. Your desire to share your work and be a maker is not a waste of time. But the unwillingness to honor that creative impulse might be a waste of magic.

[bigothteddies]

oh and btw, that 39 year old telling you how mature you are for your age is a manipulation tactic. It’s not a compliment.

[makowcy]

sub rosa

[blackplaaague]

Hey, you! This is your daily reminder to stay alive!

You have no idea how many people would miss you if you were gone.

That one online friend who reblogs your posts. That one barista who always remembers how to spell your name. The kind old lady who lives down the street. The neighbor's kid who always tries to play video games with you. Your childhood friends. Your current friends. The people you aren't friends with yet, but want to befriend.

I remember learning about the death of a classmate, and being struck with a sudden emptiness. How could someone I knew just be gone in a blink? Even though she probably never thought of me, I thought of her. I'm thinking of you.

So many people think of you, love you, would miss you.

I know.

I know, it's really hard, but let's get through this. Together. Let's be each other's people. Let's think about each other as we keep on fighting.

Because I promise you, we can recover. Together.

Stay safe. I love you platonically.

--Ellis

[korvessa]

You always get me some surprise