How Do You Go Through Sadness?

”getting thicker skin” is great in theory but I think for some people “get better at handling your thin skin” is gonna be way more helpful advice. I have strong emotional reactions to criticism and they might never go away, but i can continue to try and handle each situation maturely and that’s the important part. Sometimes irrational feelings are chronic and living with them is better than trying to beat yourself up into not having them.

Pride & prejudice, dir. Joe Wright, 2005

Literally 😭

TONI BUBANJE 

art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

dam…….. that website “you feel like shit” (it’s like a questionnaire / troubleshooting guide for when you feel like shit) really works………………….. im not even all the way thru it and i even half-assed a lot of the suggestions and i already feel loads better

girl exorcism

get ur hair trimmed

get ur nails done

go grocery shopping (god is concealed somewhere between the aisles)

sit on a swing under the spring sun

STUDY !!!!!

it’s not that deep

work out

watch a movie (or documentary)

read a fucking book

The Jacaranda Years by Yiwei Chai