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one of my normie friends told me "you're not even problematic" 😭 im gonna frame that and hang it on my wall right next to the map and zoo flags one day

AshLoli because I love blonde lolis😭 #loli #Ashley #resident_evil

If you met me at a meet would you be my friend or would you hate me because of my posts?

Lincoln just casually manipulating his older brothers into satisfying his gay boi needs. #tlh #theloudhouse #lincoln #lincolnloud #femboy #nsfw

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Amethyst is like the perfect size and height for standing titty fucks #su #stevenuniverse #amethyst #nsfw

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I've been saying I'd be posting about my journey to better mental health and a more full sense of happiness, and so here it is!

One of the keys, I'm discovering, to a more lasting sense of happiness comes from decompressing emotions in order to think more clearly and in a healthier way. Our thoughts are some of the most powerful tools we have to help guide our state of being, our actions, our words, etc.

This is where cognitive reframing comes in as one of the most effective coping skills that I can learn.

What is "cognitive reframing?" It is literally changing your thoughts. By making a cognitive shift in your mind you are better able to look at the world and the situation in a different way (the goal is in a more constructive way) identify the problem, fix it, and actually become happier.

This has become increasingly difficult in modern society, we have lost sight of HOW to think. Considering the ease with which we can just escape to social media, YT shorts, TikTok, games, alcohol, drugs, etc (And none of those things are bad on their own) we've substituted "turning our brains off" for "dealing with our thoughts." I'm guilty of this! I'll usually play games, or scroll fedi so I can just turn my brain off for a bit.

My next question was how the hell do I cultivate the right thinking?. First I had to start by better understanding the sequence of thinking > emotions > being unhappy.

Usually it all starts with a thought (No one loves me, I'm going to always be alone, I'm awkward, etc...), and that is followed by a resulting emotion. Negative thoughts usually start first, that sparks an emotion, then more negative thoughts spawn, wash, rinse, repeat. Negative thought loops.

I can't tell you how many times I've been trying to sleep, or sitting quietly and I can't stop thinking about all the shit I feel. And all I want to do is just...stop. Stop thinking. Stop the pain. Instinctively I know that thinking is the problem. Enter unhealthy coping mechanisms to stop the thoughts.

So that's the sequence. Thought > emotion > more thoughts we can't break out of > depression/anxiety/unhappiness/etc...

Here's what I'm using to break that cycle:

I'm dipping into a bit of Yogic practice here in using Mantras. Which is engaging with a particular thought repeatedly. Most people believe that a mantra is chanted out loud, however that weakens its power, according to Yogic teachings. The key is to whisper the mantra under your breath, and the power will increase significantly. The point is to repeat the thought we want to engage with, quietly, and to ourselves.

The neuroscientific correlation to this is that when we say stuff out loud, we don't pay super close attention to what we're saying. We're not necessarily listen to ourselves. However, when we subvocalize (whisper/mutter stuff to ourselves), we engage a completely different part of the brain (frontal lobes). This is the part of the brain that's responsible for directing our behavior and controlling the other parts of our brain! So muttering to myself allows whatever I'm saying to sink deeper within my consciousness, and better shape my thoughts. I mean it makes sense because I'm literally talking to myself!

How does this help me cognitively reframe my situation? I imagine I'm talking with a friend. It helps with being encouraging and compassionate (because I'm more forgiving and encouraging with friends and loved ones and a complete asshole to myself). I tell myself what I would tell my friends while going through the same situation. And no I'm not talking about the "Be positive/Look at the silver lining" type of bullshit messages that most virtue-signaling-toxic-positivity influencers would spout. I'm talking real life advice. "Hey, it sucks. I get it. Your pain is real. But this pain doesn't define you and it isn't everything in your life. As long as you're breathing, there's a chance to do better, to be better. Get up, walk. Crawl if you have to. Do the next right thing. Struggle, fight, and win." That and a few other affirming messages are what work for me.

But now comes part two! Learning how to ignore the negative part of my brain that will really fight the shift to positivity. This is where I've lost countless times in the past because the negative part of my brain is stubborn as FUCK! What I've realized is that I don't NEED to argue or fight with the negative part of my brain. All I need to do is subvocalize (mutter my mantras to myself). I ignore the negative part of my brain and subvocalize and it quickly quiets down and allows the positive reframing to take hold. I inject positive thoughts into my mind where they start to live and grow.

I've been doing that all day today and it has been helping. I haven't engaged in a negative thought loop yet. I'm going to keep going on with this method and keep you all posted on progress. Maybe this might help some of you too. Who knows!

radicalize, or criminalize?

kids are being taken advantage of by adults. we can radicalize and make kids more able to live independent of adult authority. or we can criminalize, just rope off that section of childhood and say that the adult will go to prison if they cross that line

society consistently chooses the second option, and now kids are getting increasingly more stressed and sick and sad and the tension and abuse os ramping up and getting political. at least one *genocide* is using an attack on youth rights as the narrow end of the wedge.

this is completely unsustainable. society is killing the kids in the zeal to "keep them"