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I think it’s okay to have despair inducing moments but to know that this too shall pass and that this moment in time will not always be. Potentially try structuring your thoughts or your day to have intentional moments of hope like making your favorite snack and listening to a song you love. Everything is totally doom and gloom but it doesn’t have to be all the time, not if you don’t let it.
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🌥when I realize that feeling this way is just a slump and a temporary rut, that’s half the battle. Perfect Days (2024) is a great example of this. Sometimes things just snowball and little things or obstacles that I would normally breeze by feel insurmountable and full of (bad) meaning. I start to make all these assumptions about myself. But if I’m reminded that it’s just a couple bad days and the reactions I’m having are just feelings, I realize it will pass. That allows me to *start* doing something I want to do, or dig in to something I didn’t have the energy for. Doing the dishes, getting outside, taking a hot shower, a hard workout hastens the cloud and it clears eventually. It always does
Nov 25, 2024
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😃I honestly accept despair as it comes even if it is hard. I learn to cope by creating a schedule so packed I have no time to think about the reality. It works for a moment but ultimately I just try to take despair as a temporary feeling. The feeling can be distracted but will never fully go away no matter how much I fight it. Allow despair but don’t let it consume you watch movies, work on hobbies, write a random story or sit on a bench. simple things can ease despair.
May 22, 2025
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sometimes i feel really bad because i feel like i‘m too emotional about certain things that may appear to be really objectively insignificant or small to most people, but then i have to remind myself of this. it’s okay to feel things deeply and to give yourself time to process them. sometimes i’ll end up with my whole day ruined because of something banal, but i think the only reason why i feel guilty about this is because there’s an expectation that we need to keep pushing and keep going all the time. but its okay to take a day off! stay at home! be with friends! be alone! do something that will make you feel good instead and try again tomorrow! this statement is obviously true for good things as well - if you try making small positive changes to how you spend your day that will result in a better day… or at least it should… i feel like my mood changes really easily and really often and that can be hard to deal with sometimes but then i have to remind myself it’s okay and even if i can’t always control these things i’m in control of if/how i let myself process them
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This movie makes me feel less lonely because I’m being lonely with other lonely people in the movie. it’s nice
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🤔I think the biggest thing my therapist helped me realize is that moments that are tough or seasons of your life that seem impossible will not last forever. It is not about sitting in the struggle but understanding how to effectively work through it.
May 28, 2024
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🛏accept the love that is presented to you and do not run away from it, each opportunity to hang is a bid for connection, take them in stride and with open arms
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