Nice dissonance. Let me guess, cognitive?

“They should make caffeine-free Coke Zero,” says local woman with absolutely zero joy in her life

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

therapist: so tell me whats going on? me: wtf no thats your job

astronauts: (leaving on artemis II) don't burn the Earth down while we're gone ha ha ha

Therapist who is way too excited to talk about the hot cross bun method of CBT around Easter time

they should make a type of logging off that is equivalent to slamming down an old phone handset after hanging up on someone

with five minutes left in our session i asked my therapist if she thought getting botox could ever be a feminist decision and this woman sighed so deeply

Prank yourself by breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and creating relationships that are different from what your nervous system has come to expect

At my doctor's appointment today, Doctor: You scored rather high on the depression questionnaire. Me: I think depression is a perfectly reasonable reaction to the current state of affairs. Doctor: ...yeah, alright, valid.

My roommate is like “the cat won’t stop waking me up at night, so I give her treats *every time* she wakes me up at night.” I don’t know how to break it to her. 😉

When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

Isn't this what cognitive behavior therapy is?

Instead of March Madness this year I'll be doing a little something called Starch Sadness which is where I just eat potatoes until I feel better

legally they won’t be able to call it March Madness much longer, due to the continuous rise of all the Every Single Day Madness

I'm really tired of having to replace my general anxiety with all too specific ones

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

the snail do be having good ideas tho

All the authors with books coming out right now

caveman: ugg caveman therapist: (nodding) ugg caveman: *starts crying*

Explaining to my therapist that I'm actually really good at radical acceptance with the exception of accepting things that I do not like

Pregaming my therapy session by sobbing and celebrating the victory of someone who rejected diet culture, embraced radical genuineness, and decided they wanted to live their life on their own terms

me to my therapist:

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

My body is keeping the score like it's trying to win a gold medal

No one: Absolutely no one: Therapist at a Super Bowl party: You might not know this, but actually it's the body that keeps the score

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

photo from a friend at a lego convention right now, amazing 🌭

The revolution begins with yourself. An egg opened from the outside is food; opened from the inside is new life

Punxsutawney Phil predicted humanity would annihilate itself through tribalism and environmental indifference

"Evil consists in injustice and cruelty and indifference to a neighbour's trouble, while virtue is brotherly love and goodness and justice and beneficence and concern for the welfare of one's neighbour." -Musonius Rufus, Lecture 14

"Just gotta get through this week," he said, every week

Damaged but with great information inside is actually a pretty accurate description of me

One of the best ways to combat How Everything Feels Awful Right Now is to do something on a regular basis that helps others directly. Whether you go out and volunteer at a soup kitchen or stay home and volunteer for a helpline, those actions create hope & make positive changes feel attainable.

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Me: I've been talking about me too much. It's your turn to talk about me. Tell me three good things about me. My Therapist: What?

Was it predictions of what 2026 is going to be like?

Everyone is nostalgic for 2016, but I feel like a lot of my problems either started or got much worse in 2016

I love when I’m at an appointment with my psychiatrist and I accidentally slip into ‘therapy appointment’ mode and start venting about some ancient trauma and she’s just like mmhmm so anyway we’re upping your dosage on the…

*My therapist saying something that will blow my mind and give me the chills*: it seems like maybe the way you were raised affected you Me: 😮😮😮😮

My Therapist: "You have a fear of commitment" Me *in tears* : "...but not to the bit, right" Her: "No, your commitment to the bit is ironclad" Me: "Good, I was really worried for a moment"

Part of me wants to call in sick tomorrow. Probably my brain.

Trying to figure out if need to catch up on my email inbox after the holidays or if it's just all meaningless

Explaining to my therapist that I'm actually really good at radical acceptance with the exception of accepting things that I do not like

the years really do start coming and they don't stop coming

Explaining to my therapist that because deep belly laughs include prolonged exhaling I consider them to be breathwork