did it hurt? when you realized you don’t allow yourself to express any negative emotions because you’re afraid people will be mad at you for being mad at them
Nobody really cares about your mental health until it starts showing up as anger. When you’re quietly overwhelmed, carrying the weight of everything by yourself, people tell you to “stay strong” and keep pushing like nothing is wrong. But the moment all that bottled-up pain comes to the surface and you stop handling it the way everyone expects, suddenly you’re the problem.
Heard someone say: "if they never heard your side of the story, then the side of the story they heard is how they already felt about you. it's confirmation bias. And honestly, that freed me. Because the truth is, people who want to misunderstand you will always find a way. You could hand them every fact, every detail, every scar and they'd still twist it. So stop defending yourself to people who are committed to their version of you. Protect your peace,not their perception
I saw a comedian explain a dysfunctional childhood in the best way.
He said “okay yeah I know I am 37 and I shouldn’t still be upset about what my parents did to me as a kid. But let me ask you a question…
If you were in a building with bad foundation would you feel safer on the 37th floor?!”
I dunno, I had these sketches on my tablet for weeks, but I wasn't sure I'd finish or post them... I didn't finish them but here they are lol
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#maekarlings#aerion#daeron#maekar#aegon#art
Ormund insinuating Gwayne is a coward while sitting comfortably in his office with his smelling salts is hilarious. like Gwayne literally survived Criston’s death march & if Ormund had been put on that march instead, he’d be halfway back to Oldtown before sunset