no-one-special

the original hapless romantic

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

Wisdom of the day: "Everything worth doing will be hard and have setbacks."
Sarah A. Hoyt

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

This is worth watching. Every word.

[AbbyDabbyDuh @DearAuntAbby]

Shoutout to anyone named Holly who’s just over all the jolly expectations.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

…you say that like that’s a bad thing or something…

[SpecialKimtamine™ 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸🇮🇹🚩 @LorazeKim]

You said that you wanted a monster in bed. So it’s Cookie Monster. You should have been more specific

[Anne Serling @AnneSerling]

"No moral, no message, no prophetic tract, just a simple statement of fact: For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized. Tonight's very small exercise in logic from the Twilight Zone."
~Rod Serling
"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street"

[MacK Seale @merrymakingmack]

your needs not only matter, they deserve to be met.
same holds true for your desires.

you're important, worthy, & so lovable just as you are.

embody your self-worth.

you're so worthy of:
belonging,
respect,
desires,
needs,
safety,
& love.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

Step one: understand your needs and how they differ from your wants.

What is a need for me might only be a want for someone else.

Respect yourself with regards to your needs.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

To love yourself is to understand your needs and that they matter.

[Structured Success @StructuredSucc]

"Maybe it's not ADHD, maybe you just suck at organizing yourself, motivating yourself, following through, and staying on task."

Hmm.. it feels like we could come up with some name for that... Perhaps we could make it a catchy, but somewhat inaccurate acronym or something...?

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

Twelve.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

Repeating for myself

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Shame is the root cause of addiction.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

THIS IS GOING VIRAL SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE TOO:

A bit from my past:

My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly medicated�� some to a point that still sticks with me years later.

As I got to know their background and lives 3 things were very clear:

1. A vast majority had been emotionally neglected, emotionally abused, or physically abused as children.

2. A vast majority had experienced domestic violence or were currently living in it.

3. Basic needs were never met. Life was an hour by hour struggle. Treatment was an attempt to allow them to get to work in most cases. To just continue to surviving.

It was the start of me questioning the field I had been trained in. One that diagnoses people with disorders without taking a look at the whole picture. It began my path of holistic understanding.

A person cannot be well when one unexpected bill will have them fall behind on rent. When they lay their head on a pillow and all they can think about is expenses piling up. When a bill at the grocery store is almost double what they paid last year when their income has stayed the same.

An entire family unit deeply struggles within survival mode. When a job is lost. When daycare needs to be paid, but so does the light bill— what do you choose? When parents can’t even think about the emotional needs of their children because they have to figure out where their next meal is going to come from.

In 1942, 10 years before the diagnostic manual of mental illness was released Maslow knew what was once just common sense: we have a hierarchy of needs.

At the bottom are basic needs food and shelter. Then safety (resources, security). Then belonging (connection, friendship, intimacy.) Without three things we *will* be sick, period.

I get pushback for questioning the status quo. And I’ll continue to do it. The status quo is keeping people sick. It denies their experience. And it says we should bandage people’s symptoms so they can return to the environment that made them sick.

May we wake up, heal ourselves, and build conscious communities to help each other.

Retweet if you feel this is true in your body 🙏

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

This!!! THIS.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

@ilove_retail Didn’t even get to the part about valid insurance, huh?

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

I don’t like uncomfortable conversations with *myself*! Time to start with the person in the mirror….

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

The health of a relationship depends on the amount of uncomfortable conversations people are willing to have.

[mamamoo @thelovelyMC]

reset, readjust, restart & refocus as many times as you need to

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

@ilove_retail Yeah…hate it when that happens

[Jasmine NoDramaMama 🟧 @jasmineweidenb1]

@Roshan_Rinaldi The biggest insults to democracy were when McConnell influenced the GOP Senate to vote against the impeachments. Party, greed, and power over law and country. They forget that they are public servants and that they serve our Constitution, not a person, party, or themselves.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

@3TrackMind79 I’m so sorry…may you have a found family who is happy to see you whenever they can.

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

@SheaStardust @raiawrites Yep. And whenever I mask to clean dusty areas in my store, people presume I’m sick. 🙄 I’m just trying to avoid cement snot and potential cancer….

[no-one-special @OnlyPeggey]

@DesideriaMesa Zen hugs to you both.