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Midnight thoughts:

I started a thing on spoon. Not quite a podcast but every night i try to put something out there. Tonight i made a thing talking about how my mom died when i was young and my mental health struggles as a result of that.

Someone commented on it saying "wow you're so brave, thank you for sharing".

Is it brave to be depressed? To be anxious? On that app i have a following of 2. I don't even know if they actually listen to my shit. Is it brave that all i do is sit in my room all day and decided to start spoon as a way to waste some time talking to no one? What is so brave about saying "you know i used to want to unalive myself but now I'm slightly better"?

I'm sorry this isn't my normal post. Im sorry i haven't posted in a while. I'm hungry

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Shadow work day 6:

"Whats something you've dreamed of doing but never done?"

I've dreamed of opening my own business, im trying to do that with herbology. Ive also dreamed of going to Italy, going to France, having life experiences. We'll see

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Dandelion Root:

Taraxacum Oficinale Radix

Part used: Roots

Active Constituents: bitters, diterpenes, sesquiterpenes, lactones, polysaccharides, nutrients, phytosterols, flavonoids

Gentle laxative

Digestive

Cholagouge

Hepotic

Bitter

Tonic

Depurative

Anti rheumatic

Anti inflammatory

Dose: 2-3 tspn per cup of boiled water for decoction up to 3 times a day. Up to 5 ml of 1:5 tincture up to 3 times a day.

CAUTION: DO NOT USE IN CASES OF OBSTRUCTED GALL BLADDER OR BILE DUCTS

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German Chamomile:

Chamomilla recutita/Chamomilla matricaria

Parts used: Flowers

Active Constituents: volatile oils, coumarins, flavonoids, tannins, cyanogenic glycosides

Anti inflammatory

Anti histamine

Anti spasmodic

Anti ulcer

Bitter

Carminative

Digestive

Anxiolytic

Nervine

Sedative

Vulnary

Diaphoretic

Dose: 2 tspn per cup of water for infusion up to 3 times a day. 1-4 ml of a 1:5 tincture taken up to 3 times a day

CAUTION: CAN CAUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS, THOSE WITH ALLERGIES TO ASTERACEAE MEMBERS MAY HAVE REACTIONS

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Shadow work day 5:

"I feel most peaceful when..."

I feel most peaceful when I'm playing animal crossing. Their funny little voices and the fact that their cute animals acting like people or maybe its the planting flowers in the middle of winter.

Either way Flip is the best villager and i would die for him

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Shadow work day 4:

"What's your favorite thing about your personality?"

The fact that i can almost always cheer people up when they're sad. I don't really have a long paragraph on this one. That's it

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Shadow work day 3:

(Done at 12 45 am)

"3 things you like about your appearance"

I like my tattoos, each and every one of them. Most of them tell a story, no matter how mundane it looks. Most of the ones with stories are dedicated to members of my family. And even if those members did me wrong theyre still part of who i am.

I like my hair. Not my hair now that's been dyed so many times it looks moldy. My hair from before all the dyes i put into it. I hated it back then but now looking back it was so pretty. I wish I'd appreciated myself back then and I'm trying to appreciate myself now so future me doesnt regret not appreciating my now.

I like my eyes.when i was growing up i had one of those mirrors that opened into a cabinet but there were 3 sections to it. I would raise the 2 outer sections and stare into the endless mes eyes in the mirror. Theyre blue mainly and they remind me of days on the beach, of waterfalls, and of sadness. Sometimes you just need to get lost in your own eyes

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My little girl with an immense chamomile field inside.

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ponyo (2009)