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KEEPING SANE
i’ve been going out more, i’ve been trying to stay sane, i’ve been mostly searching for confirmation that theres not something fundamentally and inextricably wrong with me. i think it’s easy to tacitly believe in your own worth but it’s harder to act in a way that respects yourself, it’s far easier to denigrate yourself to the point of worthlessness than it is to come to terms with the fact that you may still have potential and value. misery is an intoxicating and inviting feeling. there is a perverse pleasure in being miserable and convinced of your inalienable worthlessness. i’m looking for god in my city, i need to put my faith in something so i don’t blow my brains out. every time i pass a church i contemplate praying, im not even christian. there’s an allure to offloading all that exhausting heavy lifting of finding a reason to live over to some deity. i might ask a pastor or the next person i see if there’s any hope for my redemption. comment down below what you’re doing to stay sane
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@shlotshlot
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@haileyd4wn
You can put your faith into being an animal. I think animals put their faith into the next second, and when that one passes then they rely on the next. I don’t recognize any religion in nature but there seems to be a reverence for plain existence. Which I like. Worshipping the breeze for its presence rather than a cross for its promises. If that makes sense. That’s how I stay sane.
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@HAILEYD4WN that makes a lot of sense,, i like it a lot,, i think ill try to put my faith in the next second. living presently and having reverence and awe for the world around us would help to curb my insanity and cure my malaise.
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@haileyd4wn
@HAILEYD4WN ok good. I feel for you. :/
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@disjenyamembra
mostly just keep busy. i try to have a good variety of activities that i can do (art, hang out with friends, local events) and i always have a few things scheduled in a month. i also spend a lot time outside just walking around, to take it all in and to be alone with my thoughts. it helps to have something you do with purpose that you can derive fulfillment from, for me that's art, but in general if you feel like you have potential try to make it happen, in whatever small way you can. keep moving and don't stay stagnant
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@shlotshlot
@DISJENYAMEMBRA its so hard to maintain the kind of momentum i want, it feels like everything falls apart if i don’t consistently keep it up. but i will try. it is nice to hear other peoples’ routines and ways of moving forward. thank you
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@disjenyamembra
@DISJENYAMEMBRA start small. its hard to build and keep a big routine from scratch, but most change is gradual. just try to be more intentional about your decisions and how you carry yourself and expand from there
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