honestly can't find anything more peaceful than sleeping during the day to avoid everyone, and staying up through the night because it's the only time when everything is quiet
dress for my body type? I don’t think so I’m gonna be dressing for my brain type (mentally ill in a way where I can only wear soft fabrics with stretchy waistbands or I feel like I’m dying)
give me a tote bag so ridiculously large that when i’m looking for something and say “one second,” i climb inside it and you just hear echoes and stairs like it’s an apartment building in there.
I've tasted being the bigger person and i've tasted matching energy. i highly recommend choosing people who never make you act out of character. there's wisdom in remaining grounded.
Not decorating your place is a trauma response. A quiet way of saying, “I won’t get attached to something I might lose." And healing begins the moment you realize you’re no longer just passing through life, you are allowed to settle, and make your environment feel like home.
Anxiety isn’t just in your head.
It’s stored in your nervous system.
Here are 8 body-based ways to release it (without medication) 🧵
1. Walk barefoot on natural ground for a few minutes.
5 things I learnt from my mama:
1. “Sex is not a gift to a man. It is a mutual pleasure exchange, an intimacy that allows two bodies to truly connect. If you are not enjoying it, you must say something. Your pleasure is not optional.”
Was talking to my sister about how I’ve been feeling and she said “Did you know that researchers found that fish oil is just effective as lexapro in preventing mice from killing themselves?”
I didn’t even know that mice kill themselves like that. Maybe I’m ignorant.
This year has taught me that a good year can also be a hard year. I have held joy and pain in equal measure. The joy hasn't made it less painful & the pain hasn't made it less joyful. It’s the year I learnt what it means to hold all things in a delicate balance.