Mad At Myself For Knowing Better But Not Doing Better

“The sun will rise and we will try again.”

— Twenty One Pilots, Truce (via music-and-quotes)

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“I always marvel at the humans’ ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.”

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Sourced from ‘real depression project’ on Instagram.

[ID: Pictures with white writing on purple backgrounds, first & last pictures are pink writing on purple backgrounds. Words in quotation marks are also pink.

Picture 1; ‘childhood trauma isn’t just the result of being abused. It can also be the result of…’

Picture 2; ‘Being left to “fend for yourself” when you needed safety and security’.

Picture 3; ‘Having your feelings invalidated and denied whenever your sought emotional support’.

Picture 4; ‘Being forced to “self sooth” alone and find escape from your painful reality (eg. Video games)’.

Picture 5; ‘Having to hide your true self because it wasn’t accepted by those you craved to be understood by’.

Picture 6; ‘Having your parents constantly prioritise themselves (or their work) over yourself’.

Picture 7; ‘Feeling like you have to compete/prove yourself to receive the love and attention you sought’.

Picture 8; ‘Please know you are worthy of love & compassion- don’t let your parents inability to give you this make you conclude otherwise’. /end ID]

[Image description: A tumblr text-post, edited blackout-poetry style to read, "i want to live in a fantasy world where i've never seen slander and trauma."]

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i want to live in a fantasy world where i've never seen slander and trauma