Basic Fucking Kindness

platonic love, socialization, words "casually tell your friends you love them, you cowards. yes, all the time. its only kinda weird at first and then its normal, so suck it up" 'i love you! i love you too! love you too! ok later man yes! its *chef's kiss haha! ok gotta get some sleep night! i love you!' #art_credit_missing

growth "its bigger and scarier and much better for swiming" #art_credit_missing

growth "you're not too much you're outgrowing all the people and places that try to keep you the same" #art_credit_missing #help_wanted

growth, socialization, abusers "you've changed we're supposed to" #art_credit_missing #help_wanted

socialization, boundaries "peace of mind is much more important than proving a point" #art_credit_missing

trauma, patterns, depression "[1/2] learned helplessness came out of experimental psychology in 1964 with dr martin seligman* a dog is repeatedly hurt by an adverse stimulus that it can not escape (unable to escape electric shocks) eventually the dog will stop trying to avoid the pain and behaves as if it is utterly helpless to change the situation finally, when opportunities to escape are presented, this learned helplessness prevents any action. the only coping mechanism the dog uses is to be stoical and put up with the discomfort (dog does not jump over partition) (no shocks on this side) *super mean science :( [2/2] feeling like you have no control over your situation is depressing school home friends there is nothing i can do about my life it is always going to be like this" #art_credit_missing

microwave, perspective "you're hooked up to the internet and sentient. what do you think of life? bad? horrible? i really like it even with all the pain and suffering? when you look at the night sky do you look at the stars or the space between them?" #art_credit_missing

body "sometimes my body feels like a rented house and that i shouldnt settle in because soon, i'll be leaving out again but when i get a tattoo, it feels like im painting the walls and when i look at them, im reminded that this is more than a rental i own this body and its walls are mine" #art_credit_missing

growth "the ugly road to adulthood is one on which you will repeatedly discover you are capable of both more cruelty and kindness than you previously imagined" #art_credit_missing

growth, healing, mental illness "the thing about everything is that it all gets easier with practice, so be careful what you practice" #art_credit_missing #help_wanted

autism, neurodivergency "people think autism spectrum is like this low functioning - - high functioning but its not. its more like this: nonverbal, stimming, eye contact, special interests, literal-minded, fearless, sensory overload, routines, solitary, social cues only with lots more sliders. each person with different settings. some locked in, some variable, especially with stress. "low functioning" and "high functioning" labels are actually pretty hurtful, and an incorrect way of looking at autism. remember the graphic equalizer spectrum. what are your settings today?" #art_credit_missing

society, growth "how we're taught to measure success" #art_credit_missing