And Here You Are Living, Despite It All

the pursuit of perfection kills joy & i hope whatever u do today ur allowed to do it badly

i wish people (even in the mental health field) would acknowledge that trauma doesn't necessarily have to be an extreme, earth shattering horrifying event in order to affect us. we forget that we are gentle animals. have you ever stopped to think that maybe you being picked last for kickball every time was traumatic? have you thought about the fact that you internalized false messages that you aren't good enough, you aren't athletic, you aren't desirable because of moments like that? nobody acknowledges that seemingly insignificant points in our lives like this in childhood development can be traumatic! and so we grow and we live our whole lives with these ideas in our heads and they aren't recognized because maybe they aren't "shocking enough" to be treated, maybe they aren't taken seriously. but they should be. they really really really need to be.

I just love how humanizing this is, it’s the first time I’ve seen us not depicted as the stoic archetype of this period

I hate it when i wanna wear all black but like They’re different shades of black It’s soooo annoying