Spending the holiday with your in-laws and realizing your partner is surprisingly well-adjusted given the circumstances

What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/

Billy Idol if he was a bug: it's a nice day for a mite wedding

In a way, reality has become much more like a horror movie lately. Everyone is on edge, no one really knows how things are going to go in the future and of course, the werewolves.

"I should be over this by now" is almost always a sign it's time to lean into the tools of self compassion & radical acceptance. It's not a thought that sparks sustainable motivation-- it usually means we're slipping into old BS (Belief Systems) that don't serve our recovery.

It's really interesting to me to see people run down cognitive behavioral therapy in the past 5 years or so and makes me suspect there's a bunch of therapists out there who are absolute ass at it, which is potentially true of any modality.

I'm going to start adding reading comprehension questions under my posts. yall are going to learn one way or another what hyperbole is

mementos mori means always remember the freshmaker

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

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Me sneaking an entire rotisserie chicken into the movie theater

Type of imposter syndrome that’s not “everyone else is more competent than me,” but rather “I want to believe everyone else is more competent than me because otherwise that would be really scary”

My therapist: "How are you doing with daylight savings ending?" Me: "I love it. It's cozy and makes me want to wrap up in a blanket and drink tea on the couch. I think it's fun to leave work when it's dark. I love the change." My therapist: "...you are the only person I have ever heard say this."

Therapist: May I suggest you take a break? Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure? Therapist: Oh no.

When Halloween is over but real life is much scarier

Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.

the daylight savings time change must have been annoying as hell for the druids at stonehenge, who had to get up in the middle of the night to move like, one boulder by a foot

Therapist: "You're really tough on yourself and don't give yourself the grace and understanding you give others. No one is perfect." Me: "I'd like to be."

Bribing my dog with extra treats to wear her costume, and I realize she is trick or treating

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

My therapist is afraid of clowns and I told her I might pop up at our next session in my Halloween costume and she did not find it funny 😔

🎃just discovered this’s being released in February & I’m going to get it show my enormous respect for her courage & strength in the face of utter betrayal.What a woman 👏👏👏😊💙📚 #GiselePelicot #booksky #books #courage #read #womensrights

pod is from the Greek for "foot" so you've all been listening to footcasts this entire time 😢

Mediocrates

The Bestie Boys

Getting a forearm tattoo that says "Careful now" that I can look at when I'm trying to keep calm.

I am the fly, the fly is me

Incredible stuff happening in my child’s daycare app.

me, messaging my therapist: any cancellations today? I understand if not! my therapist: Are you okay?

Quick reminder that if hating yourself actually changed who you are in the ways you want, it would’ve worked by now

vegeta is such a bastard…but he’s also really cool. this is basically dialectical materialism

If your therapist has this lamp in their office, they're absolutely going to find a way to tell you to Live Más

applying critical thinking skills, as a bit

Misunderstanding the question and explaining that while life is inherently meaningless we are free to construct our own purpose when someone asks what I'm going to be (for Halloween)

gloria estefan: the rhythm is gonna get you gloria estefan’s younger brother: stop it gloria estefan: the rhythm is gonna get you (makes scary face) TONIGHT gloria estefan’s younger brother: MOMMMM

everyone in the office is unable to connect to the internet right now except me. unbelievable bullshit

Agreeing to be a professional reference for someone is a big commitment these days because not only do you have their livelihood in your hands but you also can’t completely ignore your unknown number calls for a few weeks and like man that’s a big ask

[pulled over] DOG COP: you ran a gray light DOG DRIVER: but it was still gray when i went through the intersection DOG COP: no it was gray

This is exactly the kind of forward thinking we need right now, exquisite work

if water is so good for me then how can i choke on it? i’ve never been betrayed by diet coke going down the wrong pipe

Me: Do you think Mr. Potato Head’s wife knew he had no legs or was she surprised when he took his shoes off? Therapist: [5 minutes into my session] I’m sorry, our time is up

My therapist: Let's do some 54321 grounding to help with stress. Can you name 5 things you can see! Me: *Me looks around and notices at least five things that are happening right now* Also me: *dissociates even harder*

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