i am going to dedicate my life to mastering the art of making the people around me feel seen and loved
i hate how unbelievably hyperaware i am of the fact that i dont know what i look like to others. i feel like i dont know how to be a human. when i walk on the streets i constantly fixate on whether my hands or legs are moving “normally”. i can barely pay attention to my surroundings bc i feel like if i do i wont be able to simultaneously control my body language and facial expressions and how they come across to others.
who else mourning the person they could’ve been if they were treated kindly as a child
if you’re not obsessed with anything weird and niche please try harder. stop going outside for a while. consider getting weirder about the things you already like
cats are so right about lying on the floor and doing a big stretch
Children who grow up dealing with their own shit alone crave so much but ask nothing and never
when james baldwin said “you think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. it was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” I felt that big, big time
by Lay Naik
ys19:
someone you don’t have to hide your “weird” side from >>>>>>>>>>
me hyping myself up before entering any public area: i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal i’m normal
I deserve everything that is beautiful in this lifetime.
I’m not sure if this will come out right but:
Being loved is NOT a reward for being beneficial or useful in any way. You don’t become less deserving of being loved if you aren’t productive for a day or if you have a bad day and can’t get out of bed.
I promise. Being loved has nothing to do with how you “help” the world or those around you.
went to college and came back wrong
i love my mutuals and followers in a way that the drunk girl in the bathroom loves everyone in line

Leah Umansky, from “Woman Carrying Everything”