I think one of the best things I learned from my last therapist was the idea that when there's a box in your mind you need to open, you don't have to open it all the way on the first try.

what I mean is that she said "you didn't deserve <bad thing that happened to you>" and I said, "I feel like I know that intellectually, but I don't really believe it deep down". and she said, "do you think you can try to believe it just a little bit, as an experiment?" and I started crying lmao

trying to change a core belief entirely all at once is scary, especially when it exists as a protective measure. try giving yourself a cheeky bit of plausible deniability! you're just dipping your toes in the water of self-esteem, you're just having a little wade! you don't have to go swimming right away, and you can always step out if you want. (but the longer you spend in the water, the more you start to understand you're actually safe there...hm, who could have predicted this...)

so that's my advice: if there's something real and true you can't seem to believe, take some time to try and really believe it just a little bit, even if you're only pretending at first. climb the staircase one step at a time instead of trying to put one foot all the way at the top!

ive been having a lot of fun with the style of the ginkgo embroidered items recently and i wanted to make another ginkgo pattern that matches more closely :)

its been 9 years and I'm still obsessed with this line read

something about this made me scramble to make this edit

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Your quality of life will increase ten-fold when you learn to appreciate the sight of a little bird

i shouldve been there during the cambrian explosion... #fomo

listening to music literally fucks so hard. you mean i can just put in headphones and experience incredibly profound emotions felt throughout my entire body

bus is my friend. shes no train but shes trying her hardest in a world that hates her

You know, as the concept of “zombifying fungi” becomes more and more popular, I notice it still referred to everywhere as like a “brain parasite.” So I guess a lot of people overlooked or forgot how in 2019 it was discovered that cordyceps and other similar fungal parasites leave the brain and nervous system completely untouched. They only control the muscles. They use chemical signals to make the muscles flex in real time where they want to go :)

It’s funny how many people are replying “but that’s worse!” like you didn’t know that’s exactly why I put a smiley

三船敏郎 // MIFUNE TOSHIRO 醉いどれ天使 // Drunken Angel (1948)

The rings of Saturn. Voyager 2 - 1981

Garak and Tain drinking these fruity little cocktails on their way to the Founders' home planet is so funny to me. "Hey, you know what this genocide attempt needs? Mimosas!"

GEORGE: She came on my glasses.

JERRY: On your glasses?

GEORGE: All over em! It was a nightmare!

JERRY: Well why were you wearing your glasses during sex?

GEORGE: I gotta see, don't I?

JERRY: What's there to see? All you need is the basic gist.

GEORGE: You're missing the point.

KRAMER: She came on your glasses? Oh that's the worst.

GEORGE: Thank you!!

JERRY: Kramer, you don't even wear glasses!

KRAMER: I do for sex!

guy who has a mental health condition that comes and goes: i’m cured this time actually i can feel it

same guy when they start having symptoms again: what the fuck is happening and why