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do it scared do it stupid do it alone etc etc but don’t do it hungry. eat a snack first

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you literally just have to go outside.

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Not everything that makes you uncomfortable is actually causing you harm

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[said with increasing amount of distress] i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this

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you're getting distracted again. focus.

drink a cup of water, tie your hair up, pull on your comfiest clothes, get your desk clean and ready, print out past papers, set your notes out, turn your laptop on, turn off all distractions, take out your stationary, open your books, take a deep breath, and just start.

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I am very proud of you for going through this long healing path. 

You will get better.

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"please advise" is the professional email equivalent of "girl help"

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things that warm my heart

sleeping to the sound of rain

lying on warm grass

dreamy music

cozy places strung with fairy lights

cookies out of the oven

films that make me nostalgic

petting a happy dog

forehead kisses

being in the sun

real love

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“how do you get stuff done?” with tears in my eyes.

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— Megan Fernandes, “I’m Smarter than this Feeling, but Am I?” from I Do Everything I’m Told

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to be immune to pain is to have never been chosen by love. suffering is proof that once something mattered enough to ruin you

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there is a level of seduction that exists beyond the body. something less tangible, and perhaps more potent. anais nin understood this idea about how desire does not begin with touch but with language, perception, and the sharp electric pull of a mind that challenges and excites you. in her journals, desire is not just a physical hunger but a hunger of the intellect, an unraveling of thought before an unraveling of the body. to be drawn into someone’s mind, to feel their thoughts press against your own, can be more intoxicating than any physical closeness.

—Caitlyn Richardson, 'can intellectual intimacy replace physical desire?', in milk fed

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soft reminder: good nothingness should be felt more. listening to music on a long car ride. noticing flowers blooming. listening to the rain. daydreaming about impossible things. seeing beauty everywhere and feeling love in your chest. life can be overwhelming sometimes. let yourself simply be alive.

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Stop just asking "is it normal?" and start asking "is it harming anyone?" Lots of harmful things are normalized in this society and lots of things considered weird or rare are completely harmless. Whether something is considered normal or common shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether it's okay

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jokes to make after failure that aren’t self-deprecating:

I’m the best to ever do it

Nobody saw that (best if said loudly)

No one’s ever done it like me

I could be President/they should make me President

Behold, a mere fraction of my power!

The public wants to be me soooooo bad

I’m an expert in (thing you just failed at)

How could this have happened to god’s favorite princess?

Nothing ibuprofen and a glass of water cant fix

I’m being sabotaged