Hello. I donât know if itâs the quarantine, or the fact that work is a lot heavier for me in it, but Iâve been feeing down a lot more than usual lately. Iâd heard youâre a really positive person, spreading good vibes wherever you go. So, any advice for this walking sad here? - Cavum
HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HALLO CAVUM NICE TO MEET YOU, I FEEL HONORED THAT YOU DROP BY IN HERE HELLO!
Advice! OF COURSE I HAVE ADVICE, NOW LISTEN HERE TO THIS RACCOONIE MACCAROONIE
Thatâs what you gonna do!Â
Iâm really happy that you wrote to me when youâre feeling bad. Thatâs a very wonderful thing to do. It doesnât matter who you go to, so long you feel comfortable, safe, and trusty, itâs always such a wonderful thing to do to go look for someone. I am in no ways an expert, but going to a friend, or to a virtual moon raccoon, is a good thing to do and Iâm so proud of you and so happy for you for doing so. Reaching out to speak of what youâre feeling sounds like something so little and yet it isnât, it can indeed be one of the toughest steps for some!
and you know what? You already did it, which means youâve given the worst step, so from now on there is nothing any worse! Once youâve decided to jump into the water, the fear is gone so you fear no more, okay? Youâre in a safe nice spot with raccoonie, buddy (o´â˝`o)
Now back to the advice, Iâm real when I tell you to keep feeling sad. Because you know what feelings are? They are like little animals that live in the wild and your heart is a little hut in the middle of it. So sometimes, the animals invite themselves in. Like, youâre there just chilling and SUDDENLY THEREâS A PUMA THERE LIKE BRO I DIDNâT CALL YOU. Because thatâs how they work! Weâre not like âImma feel sadâ THEN we feel sad, or happy, or anything. Weâre like vessels and feelings come and go on their own, and all we can do is deal with them!
So the bad and the sad are little wild animals too. You donât invite them, they welcome themselves in and make themselves comfortable. The problem is that they make YOU uncomfortable, and whatâs worse, sometimes they decide to stay for longer than expected. But you know what youâre going to do? You let them stay. Because letting them stay is the only way you can convince them to go away.
Imagine if you try to lock that puma in a cage. Itâs only going to get angry. Itâs only going to start clawing at the bars, and no matter how strong the cage is, the animal is immortal and will keep clawing at it for as long as it needs, and, immortal as it is, it will sooner or later break free. And the longer it spends in the cage, the angrier! And you know what an angry beast does?Â
HAVOC. CHAOS. D I S A S T E R.
Itâs going to wreck your hut, buddy! You donât want your hut to be ruined, itâs YOUR little hut!!!Â
So in some way itâs like that. Puma dangerous, huge, and invited itself in, and you donât want it there, true. You donât want it there and you want it to leave...but if you cage it, or if you try to force it to leave, itâs only going to turn against you, and itâs going to make it worse :c
So what do we do when a Puma of Sad is nested in our hut?Â
We let it stay there. But, of course, we canât also let the little tiny shit make itself TOO comfortable that it will decide to stay FOREVER!! WE CANâT ALLOW THAT, WHO TOLD THAT LITTLE SHIT THATâS OK? >:|
So what do we do if, even after letting it stay, it doesnât leave?
Well, we learn how it wants to be treated. If it wants to be petted, or if it just wants you to acknowledge it. If it wants a snack, if it needs a little âShooâ. All of this metaphorical, of course. What matters is learning how this little puma needs to be treated, and then, in the correct way, shoo it away. Not picking it up and trying to force it out, nor caging it; we get close, we analyze it, we pet it, and we ask it to leave. We ask and insist until the puma ON ITS OWN gets up on its paws and goes âOkay, sorry for disturbing youâ and leaves.
I know it can come off as abstract. As in, ok, the metaphor is there, so what does it MEAN in real life?Â
Well, it means that you need to acknowledge your Sad, and learn a little from it. You master your hut. Donât let it know more of your hut than YOU know of the puma. Itâs your house, and you wonât keep unwanted guests in there, and will definitely not allow said guest to take over YOUR house!Â
So this is what weâre going to do, buddy. First of all, donât feel bad for feeling bad. Feel bad freely. Feel bad. ITâs human, itâs real, and it means that you have a heart. Feel bad and remember, remember ALWAYS, that itâs ok to not be ok. You canât always be at your best. You sometimes canât even be at your 1%.Â
Thatâs wonderful, if you remember, while youâre feeling bad, that youâre still you and youâre doing your best, even if your best means doing nothing, because sometimes thatâs what you need.Â
Itâs ok to not be ok, and itâs ok if you donât know what the puma wants to be motivated to leave. Itâs not your fault if you try a thousand ways and it still stays; it is IT who is stubborn and wanting to stay, you didnât do anything. Try a little at knowing it better to know what it wants, and never deny its existence or it will make itself too comfortable.
And reaching out for a friend is always wonderful, too. Itâs ok if you canât do some things alone. Weâre not born alone, as much as thatâs said. Weâre literally a social species, not in the sense of âIf youâre not extrovert youâll dieâ but as in we literally have people around us. And some of us are willing to help someone that needs it, even if itâs just help at re-learning how to blink. No matter how âsillyâ or âunimportantâ it may feel, asking for help when you need it is always a step forwards, okay buddy?
So whatever the source of your Sad is, thatâs not your fault, and itâs ok to feel bad. The world nowadays is really tough, dark, and sometimes cruel, and we canât do much about it.
But you know what is a blessing and absolutely a punk weapon in a dark world?
In a world this dark and cruel, someone that dares to be a light and soft is the most punk and rebel thing that there can be.Â
So you continue being this light and soft punk you are, aye? I donât know you but goddammit do I get some soft and goodhearted vibes from across the screen. It feels like youâre a good hearted person that is trying their best, who means no harm, and who always wants others to be happy. And you know? That makes YOU one of those punks with light and softness in a world that asks you to be dark and tough.
 So you keep that up, aye! It doesnât need to be a huge flame, just a tiny little pipsy squeaky little ember will do. And your light has nothing to do with your productivity or your joy. You can be a Walking Sad, and still be that light. And I think you will know what really makes of you that little light.Â
You keep being you, with this rebelious soft sparkle, and keep feeling sad! Because sad is ok, and so it is not being ok. Itâs the only way we can later on be ok, just like there is only day after the night, rainbow after rain, or smile after Sad.
And you come for any of your friends or acquaintances you trust and feel comfy with if the puma doesnât leave. Maybe we canât get it to leave, but weâll always bring some of your favorite snacks and sit with you so you donât feel so threatened or uncomfortable with it around, and weâll sit there with you until it leaves, and even after that, until you want us to, aye?
Youâre not alone, buddy, and youâre not ok and thatâs ok, and you WILL be okay, and that is a promise! So keep looking forwards to that, my friend, donât you feel hopeless or like giving up because I ainât giving up on you, aye!!!