glitter tears

you’ll find new people to have deep conversations with. you’ll find a new place to feel at home in. you’ll find a reason to be genuinely excited to wake up in the morning. you’ll find someone who will reinvent your tainted version of love. you’ll find a way to reconceptualise your feelings and turn to healthy ways to cope. you’ll find a way to reach your goal and improve yourself. you’ll find a way to live every day with inner peace and appreciation for everything you have.

You don't have to force yourself to bounce back so quickly. I read something recently that said "when you come in from a rainstorm, you don't expect yourself to be dry and warm right away", and it really resonated with me. It's okay to take time to dry off and warm up. Take the time you need to process what happened to you.

im a protected species you fucking asshole

Literally always take headphones with you. If you decide that you probably won't need them today, that's the devil talking. You will. You will

sometimes water tastes so good and you drink it in such a ferociously passionate way that you frighten yourself

Training my nervous system to choose an unfamiliar heaven instead of a familiar hell

(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.