My brother was diagnosed with depression years before I was, and because of that he started therapy years before I did.
I still remember when I was a young teen and he was playing a Nirvana song and he stopped it at this one line: “I miss the comfort of being sad”
He told me that when you start to get better, there’s a part of you that misses being sad and that if you start feeling that way you have to be extra extra aware and careful because if you indulge the feeling you’ll go down a self-destructive spiral
And even though that was years and years ago, I think about it all the time. Especially when I’m reading discourse on the idea of getting so attached to mental illness as an identity that you don’t want to improve things because you feel safe in it and don’t know who you are without it
I always think of that line “I miss the comfort of being sad” and my brother’s warning
“Xenolinguistics. You have no idea what that means.”
“The study of alien languages. Morphology, phonology, syntax. Means you’ve got a talented tongue.”Star Trek (2009) dir. J. J. Abrams
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i have no issue with atheism as a concept but if you mock people who rely on their god to help them get through hard times, you are trash and you are not nearly as intelligent as you think you are
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That was just pure disrespect, she deserves the money, it was accumulated in her presence, with her support, can we please use respectful language when we speak about women please
She definitely deserves every penny.
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When your head hits the pillow tonight, remind yourself that you’ve done a good job. You are headed down your path at your own pace, and with every obstacle you are trying your utmost best. Be patient with yourself, and remember that big things are achieved not all at once, but one day at a time.
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Oh riiiiiiiiiiight. The poison. The poison for Kuzco. The poison chosen specially to kill Kuzco. Kuzco’s poison… That poison?
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i wish men understood that when women are talking about feminism and rape culture and shit, it’s not just a political conversation. it’s not about being a “social justice warrior” or whatever. it’s about our actual lives being shaped by misogyny since childhood, and the daily reality of living in fear of violence. this isn’t a fucking game or philosophical debate. this is our fucking lives.
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xors:
the only person to do this move EVER… truly deserving of the mitski treatment
for those who do not know about skating: this move would have been hugely illegal since you have to land all jumps on one skate, and, as you just saw, she did. they didn’t give her any points for it, and she did not do as well as she deserved in this competition. it’s a huge shame since she did some incredible skating and deserved recognition for it, not to have racists consistently score her badly and try to keep her from making it places in her skating career.
there’s a podcast episode about her, but i can’t remember which one it is.
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