salt

fake conversations in your head of you venting to someone

working through trauma by yelling at no one while driving alone

validating yourself by imagining situations where bad things happen to people and you save them

reinforcing trust in your loved ones by imagining situations where bad things happen to you and they save you

Explaining things to your therapist in an imaginary session

Projecting all your trauma onto an imaginary character and imagining others comforting them

Wanting fictional characters to have all the emotional support and physical affection you’ve always wanted

Writing a character that goes through the same troubles as you and give them loving family and friends to help them cope

SO IT’S NOT JUST ME?!

you are not unloveable just because people have treated you poorly

@chengf

just in case no one told you, you did well this year. you don’t even realize it :( I’m proud of you, you should be proud of yourself too