Basic Fucking Kindness

"kids who arent fed kindness with a spoon learn to lick it off knives" be kind to your inner child

mental health, self compassion "you are not lazy, unmotivated or stuck. after years of living your life in survival mode, you are exhausted. there's a difference"

ptsd, mental health "signs you are healing from trauma"

abuse, ptsd, mental health, socialization "you are not obligated to forgive your abusers"

mental health, progress, chronic illness "the strenght we are taught to admire"

lgbt, mental health, socialization "i'm gonna say it here too. allow me to be crystal fucking clear."

self compassion, mental health "today my anthro professor said something kindof really beautiful: you all have a little bit of "i want to save the world" in you, thats why you're here, in college. i want you to know that it's okay if you only save one person, and it's okay if that person is you" "

unscheduled reminder that looking for support is not the same as looking for attention

socialization, mental health, chronic illness "and dont fucking tell people that they're not trying"

lgbt, society "why is it always "queer people are projecting their identities onto characters" and never "straight people are presuming that their identity is the default"?

love, socialization "if you love a flower, dont pick it up"

self compassion "if you ever think you're too small to make a difference, try to sleep with a mosquito in your room"

free spech, fascism, socialization "you're mistaking free speech with hate speech"

parenting, mental health "so i was out to eat and this child (maybe 3 years old) in the booth next to us started crying loudly"

mental health "be firm about your choices right now"

art, self compassion "its okay to be a begginer at the things you are interested in"

boundaries, socialization "these two things are simultaneously true: 1) bad people can and do improve themselves and deserve to have the ability to do so. 2) even if a person improves, people who they've hurt are not required to forgive them or give them another chance to be in their lives."

gaslight, activism, mental health "dont allow others to gaslight you into believing that fighting for justice is divisive"

impostor syndrome, mental health, self compassion "a friendly reminder :D idk who needs to hear this today, but just a friendly reminder: if you're scared that you might be faking something*, you are not faking it"

socialization, chronic illness, mental health "when you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. and some of them are bent..."