Study Fox ✨

I don’t know, who needs to hear this but forward is forward. One tiny step forward, is a tiny step in the right direction. Tiny steps are okay, they are still progress, and if tiny tiny steps is how you get forward, then that’s the pace for you, cause every tiny step is progress and any progress is worth celebrating. And I hope, you soon get to a point on your journey, where you realize how far you have come, and that many tiny steps in the right direction over time actually covers a lot of ground. 🌸

Stop just asking "is it normal?" and start asking "is it harming anyone?" Lots of harmful things are normalized in this society and lots of things considered weird or rare are completely harmless. Whether something is considered normal or common shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether it's okay

Like the "it's ONLY depression/anxiety/autism/ADHD" attitude fundamentally misunderstands that the severity of a mental health issue isn't depending on which one it is. All of these can be serious struggles and severely disabling. There's no inherent "only" about any of them just because they've been memefied on social media or whatever

Like people will describe the most horrible mental health struggle and end it with "but I shouldn't complain cause I know it's ONLY autism and depression" and it breaks my heart every time

“be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” the best advice I’ve ever received.

fuck everyone who's started saying the r slur again i hate you and i hope your life falls apart and you die alone

i don't know who needs to hear this, but guilt, self-hatred and shame are not sustainable sources of growth and healing. you can't hate yourself into feeling better, or being better. you can't repeatedly punish yourself for your flawed humanity and expect wholesome results.

i know that life isn't a race and that everyone does things on their own schedule and that i shouldn't compare myself to other people who haven't lived the same life that i have and overcome the same obstacles i have. BUT

When your living space is a mess, don’t ever look around and think you should have managed better. Don’t look at the chaos as all the things you should have done. Look around and think, “Look how exhausted I’ve been. I have been saving my energy to save myself and that is right.” And then ask yourself what is one thing you could do that would make you feel more at home in your space–one thing you can manage right now. If that’s fluffing up your pillows, if that’s putting the cups back in the kitchen, if that’s writing a list of fruit you haven’t had in a while and going out to buy it, if it’s picking up your laundry from the floor and putting it on the chair, if it’s wiping the dust off your crystals–that’s enough. Do what would help you now. It’s okay to be tired. It’s okay to be a mess. It’s enough to do what would help and leave the rest.