my mom started volunteering with autistic children and annoyed one nonverbal student so bad that he literally spoke for the very first time in his life to tell her to shut up
in order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. you cannot grow if you keep pretending you're innocent in the story you've created.
Every doctor’s appointment lately has been bad news after bad news. I just laugh and keep walking. Life’s gonna happen either way. Choose your mindset.
The dependency sneaks up on you. One day it’s “just to take the edge off,” and the next it’s the only thing keeping the anxiety from swallowing you whole.