HAHAHAHAHA! So Accurate!

I feel you girl!

Ghibli films look the way it feels to exist in this world, like not how the world actually looks, but how it feels- and in all the good ways

the warm buttered toast of early mornings, the sheated heavy rain of grey days, the huge welling tears of grief and the electric anger that raises your whole head of hair

like, it’s not real, but it’s really Real, you feel me?

How to start...

I just want to be as honest as possible and get some things off my chest I haven't been able to say out loud.

I don't have any followers so I have no reason to pretend. I have no reason to act different than I am for the crowd. No one on here gives a single fuck about what I do or say.

So let's begin...

Like a deep breath at sunset

Stand Still    -    Jethro Buck , 2022.

British, b. 1986

Tempera on canvas, 122 x 152 cm.   48 x 59.8 in

It hurts so bad that we let this happen to us.

I believe when George said this, he was speaking for everyone who lives on Mother Earth. No matter what country you’re from. 

Rest forever young, George Carlin.

Okay… this is everything

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Strong Sarcasm | Bullies

Welcome to Strong Sarcasm, a blog segment written and realized through the masterful use of positivity. If you didn’t understand sarcasm before you came here. You likely will after, or at least I hope so.

Starting with Bullying.

Don’t you just love it when people don’t value themselves and decide to berate others to feel better about their lives and shortcomings? That is what makes young adult life so very easy. What would we do without those bullies that make us question our self-worth?

I remember going into school not interested in learning the material and actually getting a decent education, but waiting for the wonderful little quips some of my peers had prepared for me. I especially loved the ones targeted at identification. “You aren’t really black”. “Stop lying”. “But you look white”. “ You were adopted”. I would think. “These people must have been there when my Black mother gave birth to me, not me.” 

They surely had every understanding of genetics and biology… What intelligent lifeforms… Yes indeed. I never thought that I wanted to punch the crap out of these kids. Or that part of their brain must’ve bypassed the development stage. Perhaps when they were disrupting class by dancing on the table, and the remaining amount that was functional just… slipped out. 

Bullying as a child is one thing. As a child, you are young and developing, with strange hormones frantically barreling through your body. Sometimes you cannot differentiate between emotions and actions. So bullying is always better in adults. It’s a sure-fire way to discover maturity.

I will say, some kids go through really difficult events in their lives, bullies are often the result of social distress, or distress at home. That girl that you bullied or disrespected, you may not have known, but she was also struggling in her life. Her parents were going through a divorce, and she was at risk of being homeless. If you had asked, you would have known. Perhaps you could’ve made her life a little easier, too, because I guarantee she could have used a friend. And she didn’t abuse you just because she was struggling in her life.

So, to put a cheerful spin on this…

Don’t be a dick.

Writer & Editor

Vivian Alice

You Aren’t Boring I Just Suck At Conversations I’m Sorry: a novel by me

These are great! I'm going to make some physical ones now!

My therapist asked me to create something “motivating” so I made these.

lol.

Out of the frying pan...

So I just got diagnosed and put on treatment for depression a few months back. I knew I had it for years, and finally sought help.

It is one of the greatest things I've ever done with my life. If you're struggling with any mental illness find help.

Mental health is finally becoming a dialogue. People are beginning to understand and accept it's importance. Nowadays we have a goldmine of effective medication and therapy for recovery. So if that is something you struggle with keep fighting and don't be afraid to find help.

Personally since starting on my medication I finally feel normal. I feel like myself. I used to think about suicide AT LEAST once a day. Now I don't think about it. I just don't. It's helped change my outlook. Instead of dwelling, I look towards the future. I gotta say it has been beautiful.

Inversely, I feel like I'm out of the frying pan and into the fire. Now that my depression is managed, I've had to face the reality of the issues I've not yet dealt with. The result has been me using some unhealthy coping mechanisms. One of those mechanisms is disordered eating.