I Will Not Be My Own Destruction

your mental/physical health and it’s setbacks do not define you. you need to keep trying. If you try, you can succeed in anything. we believe in you.

be sure to bundle up now that it’s getting cold… not just physically, but emotionally, too. surround your heart with as many warm thoughts and sentiments as you can, and remember that it’s okay to put on that extra sweater and spend a little more time on yourself and your wellbeing when the wind picks up and the temperatures drop

this is really it huh? millenials are old now. they can’t handle kids dancing just bc its from something they’re not into. bc its not aimed at them. congratulations you’re doing what you said you wouldn’t and are turning into your parents and grandparents. i know this is how it always goes but millenials were So Sure they’d break the cycle and look at them. mad at kids doing fun lil dances. shut up

Okay so real talk here….. Has anyone else ever wished and wished that they could go through some debilitating trauma or fall into a coma just so that they could stop touching their skin long enough for it to heal (or stop pulling)?? Like I know this is such an awful thing to wish for such a dumb reason, but am I the only one?

Been there and done that. I was in a coma and everything healed up, but the obsession was still there waking up. I still wouldn’t choose anything else, but waking up.

it’s so weird that i never heard anybody talk about this, but… one of the things you will notice when you start recovering is that your old coping mechanisms will stop working. they might even start hurting. which is absolutely scary, and you might even find yourself being nostalgic for worse times when you could still give into those impulses and feel the pain ease off for a while. but they stop working because you are healing. take a deep breath. see how far you’ve come. you’ll go much further yet. be proud of yourself.