maramahan:

808lien:

colacharm:

wildlyannoyingdoofus:

colacharm:

by me, a fool who doesnt wanna die anymore 

1. never make a suicide joke again. yes this includes “i wanna die” as a figure of speech. swear off of it. actually make an effort to change how you think about things.
2. find something to compliment someone for at least 4 times a day. notice the little things about the world that make you happy, and use that to make other people happy.
3. talk to people. initiate conversation as often as you possibly can. keep your mind busy and you wont have to worry anymore
4. picture the bad intrusive thoughts in youe head as an edgy 13 year old and tell them to go be emo somewhere else
5. if someone makes you feel bad most of the time, stop talking to them. making yourself hang out with people who drain you is self harm. stop it.

… 8|

That’s some pretty good advice. I don’t know what’s left of my humor after ‘guess I’ll just die’ jokes but it’s worth a shot.

Personally i went from “guess I’ll die” jokes to “IF I HAVE TO BE HERE FOR 5 MORE MINUTES I PROMISE YOU I WILL BUY JUST, AN ARRAY OF CLOTHES.” and other wild hyperbolic stuff. Just replace the death part with something ridiculous and off topic. Its very entertaining

This also works with calling myself things like stupid, worthless, trash, etc. Even if you do this jokingly to yourself, your brain still believes it, and keeps up the cycle. Seriously, I found that when I stopped saying these things about myself, even jokingly, it made a massive difference.

Here’s a tip I picked up from a friend that’s helped me a lot — replace self deprecating jokes with ironically self aggrandizing jokes

Like every time I trip and fall, instead of saying “l’m just a disaster human” I say “I’m the epitome of grace and beauty”

Or like, when I draw a picture I’m not 100% happy with, instead of saying “my art is trash” I say something like “you know I think it’s time we replaced the Mona Lisa”

When you do that you get to make a joke, but you’re ALSO getting practice building yourself up, y’know?

And eventually it becomes a reflex and you get so used to it that you can say nice stuff about yourself even when you AREN’T joking

diovalo:

so, theres a severe lack of easy-to-access, helpful online resources for psychotic and schizospec disorders (google is literally useless wrt this for some reason), and i’m gonna attempt to remedy that. all of the resources below are resources i’ve personally found useful

firstly, i’ll tentatively drop a support group: i’ve personally been to hearing voices groups and have found them helpful with the particular empathy other psychotic people provide + the lack of pathologization, something i absolutely cannot get anywhere else. i suggest looking over their resource page, but i will note that for some psychotic people, especially people actively in a psychotic episode and experiencing significant delusions, this may not be helpful due to the inherent validation it provides! be careful in any case, and feel free to consume critical (1) perspectives on it as well.

also, forums can be nice. i suggest psych forums as well as schizophrenia forums (note: second is for both people with schizophrenia and caretakers/partners/families of people with schizophrenia, and the former has subcategories for every mental illness)

understanding psychosis: resources and recovery, very comprehensive but easy to read examination of psychotic symptoms and steps towards recovery. also has a helpful section on side effects of medication + considerations when deciding if medication is right for you

CBT for psychotic symptoms (consider going through this with a therapist, but it can be helpful alone too) + skip to appendix 2 (pg. 133) for worksheets

dealing with psychosis toolkit, self explanatory. consider looking at other things on earlypsychosis as well

what is schizoaffective disorder? (generally reliable information, i have a few issues with some of the wording though)

NAMI facts on schizophrenia and NIMH publications on psychosis

60 coping strategies for hallucinations

dealing with psychosis: full workbook, pretty self explanatory but very helpful and also relatively easy to read

now, for those without psychosis: how can you help people with schizospec/psychotic disorders?

the do’s and don’t’s of helping a family member (or friend!) in psychosis

helping someone with psychosis (tumblr post)

psychosis first aid guidelines for loved ones

dealing with unusual thoughts and behaviors factsheet

steps for working with delusions

if you’re a friend, family member, or at all close with someone with schizophrenia or psychosis i heavily encourage you to research as much as you can, and above all else listen to what schizophrenic and psychotic people say. if you ever find yourself in a situation where you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to ask the person in question how you can help them. 

book recommendations (with links):

understanding your schizophrenia illness

cbt for psychosis: a symptom based approach

psychosis, trauma and dissociation: emerging perspectives on severe psychopathology 

when the sun bursts: the enigma of schizophrenia (title sounds cheesy, is actually really good)

cognitive therapy for schizophrenia

living outside mental illness: qualitative studies of recovery in schizophrenia

trauma and psychosis: new directions for theory and therapy

schizoaffective disorders: international perspectives on understanding, intervention and rehabilitation

recovered, not cured: a journey through schizophrenia

note: the majority of these books aren’t very accessible as they’re meant for clinicians, but these are just books that i’ve found helpful in general

add anything else that’s been helpful for you accordingly! if you’re nonpsychotic feel free to reblog as well, as it could be helpful for any followers you might have that are psychotic 

st1ngerm4n:

laughterkey:

jpssampson:

thatnanda:

thatnanda:

Our grocery store has giant robots now.

As you can see, they put giant googley eyes on them to make them more endearing and less menacing. Except they’re on the side of the robot’s “head,” so you can’t see them when this 6 ft black obelisk with glowing blue eyes starts rolling up on you and your small defenseless child while you’re innocently standing in the baking aisle looking for pancake mix.

Today a woman at the grocery store passed me and said “That stupid goddamn robot!” and smashed her cart into it. The first blow in the human/robot war has been struck.

This is juul’s new concert design for 2030

WHAT. ARE. THEY. FOR.

hey y’all, Stop and Shop employee here. Let me explain these things.
This is “Marty”. A bunch of martys were installed at stores all over the country. When we were first told of Marty the managers said they’d be used to clean up small messes and to help customers find products. They don’t do either of those things. They putter around the store constantly beeping and getting in the way. If they find a ‘mess’ on the ground.. (a mess being anything as small as the stem of an apple) they don’t clean it up. Instead it starts saying to be wary of the hazard and broadcasts over the PA system for someone to come clean it up. They have no interface to help customers find items and they don’t clean anything themselves. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO!?! Spy on workers. These things are just an extra security camera that can move all over the store and watch the employees to make sure we aren’t doing anything the company doesn’t like. And here’s the real kicker… each unit costs about $40,000. And these were unveiled a week after we came back from striking about unfair policies they were trying to push onto us. 

So tl:dr, Marty fucking sucks and so does Stop and Shop

tauralogy:

Sun:
-loud and outgoing
-center of attention
-appears very self-assured
-popular af
-life of the party
-needs constant validation

Moon: 
-sensitive with capital S
-mom friend™️
-stay-at-home > parties
-kids!!!! pets!!!
-complains 2 much
-#1 cheerleader

Mercury:
-never stops talking
-knows tea about everyone
-cancels plans all the time
-always invited places
-knows everyone
-naturally good at school

Venus:
-aesthetic af
-just as pretty irl as online
-so sweet but kinda shallow
-everyone wants to be (with) them
-always has a bf/gf
-charming

Mars:
-athletic captain
-doesn’t take shit
-ambitious as all hell
-2 blunt sometimes
-can be oblivious
-has never asked for help, ever

Jupiter
-so!! many!! friends!!
-teachers/adults love them
-the best stories/memes
-always travelling
-larger than life
-charming to the point of manipulative

Saturn
-tough love™️ friend
-very responsible
-tries really hard
-doesn’t get enough credit
-has the best glo up
-can always count on them

Uranus
-always changing their looks
-new version of them all the time
-unconventional life path
-easygoing
-diverse group of friends
-not most reliable

Neptune
-does drugs….a lot
-writes poetry about their exes
-just wants to be loved
-makes others think they’re super innocent
-daydreams all the time
-avoids responsibility

Pluto
-often forgotten about
-small but angry
-very powerful and turbulent
-can’t control themselves
-intimidating
-intuitive/psychic powers

snaufey:

randaness:

plushies-and-cats:

snaufey:

snaufey:

I would like to personally apologize to every teacher whose projects I overthought as a kid to the point that I could barely do them

5th grade teacher: alright class! This week we’re going to be doing something a little different! I want you all to focus on helping others, then you should write down every good deed you’ve done in your notebooks!

10 year old me, absolutely overthinking the shit out of this: but it feels wrong to do good deeds only to gain something in return, isn’t it inherently bad if my reason for helping isn’t just to help but so I can boast about it in a notebook?

Teacher: just… Just do the project please

8th grade teacher: alright class, please write a letter from the view of a person experiencing this historical event

14 year old me, staring at my paper: how am i supposed to do that when we only summed up what happened? what are the details someone experiencing this would focus on? what were the opinions of people about that? what words that are long since out of fashion would I use? what was the culture like back then and what references would someone make? If I don’t do it it sounds unrealistic and fake can we please do more research first

8th grade teacher: …just do the exercise please

Originally posted by ihiphop

Actually you know what? Stop calling me out like this, I still overthink the shit out of everything I ever do

lesbianhatsune:

jucked:

jucked:

jucked:

honestly a big reminder: the L in LGBT has meaning. it has culture. it has history. please acknowledge lesbians when making pride art, pride merch, anything pride related really. they deserve to be seen and recognized. dont forget their impact.

“but there isnt a unified flag for lesbians!” well hey guess what?

here’s three versions of the lesbian flag with the middle and right ones being the most prominent atm! there’s no excuse forgetting them now!

“I can’t make lesbian flag merch cause there’s too many colors!” well I just learned the right flag with 5 stripes was actually made with merch in mind specifically! use that one. it’s a great flag. quit whining

also theres a third version thats makes it even easier for merch makers with just three colors:

theres no excuses. None.

milkimei:

Hello Kitty: Lots of bows, always happy and cheerful, friendly to everyone, just wants to help, loves apples, always singing/dancing, will befriend everyone, rock the primary colors pallette, bakes cookies for all of her friends, super supportive and caring, takes lots of naps.

My Melody: Crybaby but tries their best, loves everything pink and cute, gets scared easily but still watches horror movies, loves to party, eats a lot of sweets, soft but bratty, has the prettiest handwriting.

Kuromi: edgy, probably still on their emo/scene phase, everyday is halloween, pranks everyone, actually really sweet if you get to know them, in love with the moon, reads creepypastas at 3am, 10/10 tsundere.

Pompompurin: the softest of all, loves cocoa, pudding and bread, takes lots of pictures, likes to get cozy and comfy on rainy afternoons, really smart, super talented but wont admit it, full of love, takes their friends on dates at coffee shops.

Cinnamoroll: Very neat and clean, always have what you need (e.x: umbrellas, chapstick, handkierchiefs…), won’t admit they’re wrong, have a bullet journal, loves ice cream, pastel colors + white, have a very organized schedule, never forgets their lunchbox.

Gudetama: Lazy is their middle name, lone wolf, can’t cook, have lots of internet friends, drinks iced tea, loves breakfast, collects stickers, wont admit it but they love hugs, probably needs glasses but wont get them, loves selfcare and skincare.

Aggretsuko: Looks innocent but could demolish you, not very good at emotions, great self control, very professional, sings really well, loves winter, overwork a lot, very competitive (in a good way), daydreams a lot, the adult of their group.

Keroppi: Always outside, loves to swim, was probably a scout, travels a lot, extroverted much, knows species of animals and plants just by looking at them, forgets to eat sometimes, doens’t wear shoes, walks in the rain without their umbrella, drinks a lot of juice.

Badtzmaru: Quiet and reserved, says they don’t have friends but really cherishes the ones they have, tries to look harsh and actually accomplishes it, will call you a pain but will never stop helping you (even if you don’t ask), sighs a lot.

Little Twin Stars: Always close to their best friend, will never do you wrong, loves rainbows, hides their feelings, plays on their phone a lot, has an aesthetic instagram acc, has seen every show and movie on netflix, is secretly good at sports.

creolesasuke:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

champion-irises:

man, i miss kalos

i really wish we got pokemon z!

it’s too bad we’ll never get to go back to kalos and understand why that game was so vacant and unfinished

idk… i just wish that there was a clue or some kind of hint that we would go back to kalos

like… idk wouldn’t it be cool if there was a region super close to kalos and we could go back there post game?

it’s too bad though. it’s unrealistic and i doubt it would happen

yeah. what am i thinking? Kalos was forgotten and left behind when sun and moon came out. there’s no way it’s coming back! gen 8 isn’t connected to it at all.

i also really wish we had an explanation on the unused train station in x and y :/ but one can only hope!

and, whatever happened to the 3000 year war in kalos?

seems like a pretty big deal to never bring up again. but what do i know.

nothing referencing kalos at all :(

praystations:

I absolutely cannot wait to live this life

angelpassing:

let me relax……………will comment later…………………..