self love – knitting in the dark

awfulbear:

How is this gonna call out like everyone I know?

jedifish81:

defectivegembrain:

anyway adult self harm is a serious issue and not a sign of immaturity or something people should’ve just grown out of and people who don’t have a clue what it’s like should really try shutting the fuck up about it

Also, adult self harm doesn’t always look like teenage self harm. If you’ve ever denied yourself food or water or other basic self care, not because of executive dysfunction but because you think you don’t deserve to be fed or watered or cared for, because you think you’re trash, congrats, you self harm. As a teenager I used to self harm in ways that gave me scars. In my thirties, I self harm by denying myself things I need to survive or by forcing myself beyond my limits because I’m trying to justify my existence to some bogus standard my brain cooked up to punish me.

EDIT: This also applies to eating too much, drinking too much, etc because you think you deserve to feel sick and be fat and alone and whatever. It’s the shame and self loathing that are the core of the problem here. Most people who self harm will swing between denial and excess. It’s a self perpetuating cycle where you always lose.

anditslove:

Andrea Gibson, Angels of the Get Through

moonwaningcrescent:

If you ask yourself “Would Gomez Addams treat me this way?” And the answer is no, move tf on from that situation.

sukies:

for wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning — Vincent van Gogh

autistic-sowachowski:

unrelatableuserboxes:

ever notice that the mean voice in ur head that insults u is awful confident for something thats literally never done anything in its life except be mean to you… like… one of us is pathetic and its not me buddy… get a hobby… yikes

self care is roasting the mean voice in your head