honestly students with mental disorders such as depression anxiety etc that go to school should get more recognition and support, most people have no idea of what it is to have to pick yourself up every morning and attend class even when you feel like dying
I am so proud of each & every one of you that this post applies to. You are so much stronger, more inspirational, and more resilient than you realize or give yourselves credit for
Tag: motivation
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO STILL TRIES TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AFTER DEPRESSION HIT THEM HARD. THERE ISN’T ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE INTEREST AND MOTIVATION AGAIN BUT PUSH THEMSELVES TO DO STUFF ANYWAYS. YOU ARE FIGHTING A DAILY BATTLE WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND YOU’RE STILL COMING OUT ON TOP, YOU’RE ALL BRAVE AS FUCK
I have to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
Audre Lorde (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
Patton Oswalt – To all my fellow depressives, getting hit… | Facebook
To all my fellow depressives, getting hit hard by the suddenly shorter, colder days? I’m with you. I’m on an unshakeable schedule when it comes to Seasonal Activated Depression (SAD – aww. Nice acronym. But wouldn’t Feeling Under-Cheerful, Killing The Happy Inside Syndrome be more accurate?)
Leading up to Halloween? Couldn’t be happier. The second after midnight on the 31st? The gloom & grey come down like a mildewy theatre curtain.
Please don’t forget, these next few months, until the spring kicks in and we can all start skateboarding on the serotonin rainbow of summer – you CAN get through this. One way is to go regularly help someone else. In a big or small way. Talk to someone regularly, or bring someone food or just your company. One selfish benefit of charity is it gives you a free vacation from inside your own head. Don’t worry – all that gorgeous nonsense & noise you’ve got rattling around inside your skull will politely wait until you come back.
And now I’m going to give you a weird piece of advice that’s always worked for me.
Read something Russian. Novel, short story, play, poem. Especially Pushkin or Dostoyevsky. Holy moley did those guys live train wreck lives, and they lived them in a state of near-constant, tomb-like winter.
They didn’t write happy stuff, those Russians. But man did they sling some defiant word-bricks at the darkness, as if to say, to their own depression and madness, “I own YOU. You’re merely renting space within my mind & soul. You REALLY want to stake a claim to my headspace? Then you’re gonna have to share it with some darkness of my OWN creation. I’m gonna give you a roommate called CRIME & PUNISHMENT that’ll
send you screaming out onto the Russian steppes.”Read something Russian. Remind your depression that you have access to ancient, arctic gloom-blasts, and that if you can’t make it leave your head, you can sure as shit frighten it into being a polite guest until the snow melts.
Patton Oswalt – To all my fellow depressives, getting hit… | Facebook
You’re not okay
You’re not okay. You’re not fine. You’re not alright. You’re not good.
You are incredible.
You are breathtaking.
You are a tidal wave of light; a hurricane of inspiration, and a tornado of beauty.
Stop selling yourself short. Stop settling. Stop comparing. Stop worrying….
HI.
I’m Ender, and this is my tattoo. I’ve had chronic pain since I was around twelve years old. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Three weeks ago, my Mother told me she has the gene for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, that my Grandmother did, and that I likely do as well. She was right. Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with EDS.
Every step of the way, the chronic pain and invisible illness community has been there for me. It’s remarkable. I’ve never turned towards a group of complete strangers who have responded to me with nothing but love, understanding, and open arms. When I’m having a bad day, literally all it takes is a moment to reach out, to connect, and to feel the support of this community to know I’m going to be okay.
I got this tattoo from Teresa Sharpe on the TV show “Best Ink”. She touched my heart with her own understanding, and the fact that she truly wanted to give me an amazing tattoo for being strong enough to go on the show is plain to see when looking at her work. I’ll never forget the experience.
Keep your spoons close, friends. And know that even when you feel you’re down to your last, you’ve got a spare tucked away in your sleeve somewhere.
Rock on.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought with care.
Buddha (560 – 480 B.C.E.)
Holding the Bowl 