#mental wellness
Music, food for the soul…
May is Mental Health Month, and we want to celebrate the happy place you create on Tumblr. This year, you will find a new weekly theme and writing prompts to help your mental well-being.
It’s week four. This time we are all about MUSIC: a theme in every sense of the word. We open Tumblr for inspiration, connection, and entertainment. Music can give us all three. It’s clear that music and well-being go hand-in-hand, and your headphones can also be #your happy place.
TEMP CHECK:
☑️ who doesn’t like to soundtrack to guide them through a sunny day?
☑️ who hasn’t relied on sad music when things get difficult?
If you answered “not me” to any of the above, you’ve found your tribe! Music is one of life’s beautiful reminders that we are never alone in where we’re at or how we feel. Music is its own special kind of therapy, whether playing it, writing it, or listening to it. We like to think it’s the sounds of your soul.
From our partners at @dayone-app, we will share daily writing prompts to reflect, journal, and improve mental well-being with the brain’s best medicine. Share your music mood boards, respond to our prompts, and join us in celebrating music and its powers for bettering our mental health…
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I am uncomfortable mentally and physically 90% of the time anymore. I can’t fake being ok or pretending I understand anyone or anything. Im to the point where I struggle to take care of myself anymore I’m so drained.
If there are any autistic females out there that received a diagnosis late in life could you please reach out to me. I’m working on my mental health and the more I read the more I question my ADHD and bipolar diagnosis.
ALT
ALTBalanced Blessings on this Last Quarter Moon
Allow me to speak on balance for Mental Health May (is it? yes?)
CONTENT WARNING: verbal/visual — self-harm — recovery
I’m ramping up to “Promoter Mode” in which I make an effort to let people know about some truly excellent projects.
I’ve amassed a solid collection of artwork and it will be released! It’s only a matter of time, and especially, balance!
ALTOn the one hand I’m so fearful of failing. I’m not looking forward to having to promote myself more intensely. Furthermore I am aware of physical tension I’m manifesting with worry!
and the other?
In my other hand I hold determination to respect my boundaries. I plan on enjoying my time completely during Pride Month. I will wear beautiful things and have my hair just so. I can manifest peace of mind, with practice!
So even if this Kickstarter fails, I will have enjoyed myself and made a conscious political choice to honor my Beloved Community.
Last Quarter Moons are pretty cool, right?
Thanks for reading <3
-J Them They
Honestly sometimes you want things to work out and it doesn’t and time passes and you look back and understood why it didn’t happen then. The universe or whatever you believe in, is always looking out for the best for you so mourn but move on. There are better things ahead always.
If bras hurt your shoulders and make your pain worse, don’t wear them. If that itchy sweater your grandma gave you aggravates your sensory problems, thank her for it, but don’t wear it. If heels make your feet ache or make your dysautonomia flare, wear flats to parties. You shouldn’t follow any social conventions that make your symptoms worse, let alone ones related to something as insignifcant as the clothing you put on your body.
Choose recovery,
Choose recovery again,
And again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.
Some view the presence of confident, self-assured, brazenly unconventional women and femmes as a challenge, when they should find and view what they lack within themselves instead.
Artwork: Moebius
Captions: @futurefemmetext
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How to lvl up in life and politic; distance yourself from any and all entities invested in your depravation, failure, and destruction.
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It’s hard to recover when you’re being retraumatized.
Log out and protect your psyche.
Set boundaries for the content that makes you feel like shit.
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Prolonged stress impacts our heart health, increases chronic pain, decreases our energy, causes digestive issues, and insomnia. It also weakens our immune system, putting us directly at risk during the pandemic. These symptoms are serious and fatal.
You aren’t an android. If your mind and body are grappling with trauma response and struggling to hold things together, please give yourself a break.
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Dalai Lama
Mental health Monday.
Mental health Monday.
Your Anxiety is Lying to You. Microsoft Paint
Something quick made in the span of a handful of hours.
On the heels of my freshman year in college, a relative took me to see a physician to give name to the symptoms I experienced. Apathy towards the things I was once passionate about; slipping grades that alarmed a few teachers enough to speak with me privately; a perpetual feeling of sadness and anxiety, and a constant need to cry without any relief. Grief, and the feeling that life had already ended. That kind physician diagnosed me with depression and gave me a prescription. This would mark the start of a long journey of stabilizing my mental health - one that I’m still trekking.
Over time, I’m coming to realize that the harsh internal voices and worries that bother me are not consistent with reality. In fact, I’m discovering an awesome superpower - the ability to take those thoughts captive and counter them with truth. It’s easier said than done: training the mind to do something it is unaccustomed to is quite the feat. But I thank God for how far along He’s carried me on this journey, and I am grateful for slew of supportive friends and loved ones I have on my side.
More often than not, your anxiety is lying to you. Its voice is loud and overwhelming, but I promise you, your voice has so much more power.
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