“In the mood to delete everything, go missing for a month, get my life together, and come back.”
— Unknown
“I’m not totally mad at you. I’m just sad. You’re all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go right back inside.”
— Haruki Murakami
If you lost your teenage years to mental illness and/or trauma, I just want you to know that you did not "miss out on the best years of your life" and that it isn't actually too late for you to have fun, explore yourself and grow into the person you want to be. There's still plenty of time for all of that. I promise.
same goes for your 20s
“I wanted nothing more than to feel something, but I didn’t know how to deal with what came after the feeling.”
— Julie Murphy
“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
— Chuck Palahniuk
“The soul usually knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”
— Caroline Myss
yuyuuyuyuu-deactivated20230726
i am FULLY against the sentiment that we don’t owe anybody anything. we owe people common decency. we owe people respect if it has been given to us. we owe people apologies & explanations when we hurt them. i don’t care.
Power boost 🔋 💕
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▪︎ Strawberry Kisses by Olivia Herdt playing in the background