Just reading the headlines will wipe out most of the hope you have. Take a walk with your dog instead. Music instead of podcasts - you'll thank me later.

Even the most self-worshipping libertarian "self-made man" (and it is usually a man) has benefitted from the language and cultural/conceptual/ideological inheritance of their precedessors; from the womb of their mother; from the efforts and (hopefully) compassion of their parents; from a pre-existing material infrastructure of roads, sewers, electrical grids; from a social infrastructure that makes it highly unlikely we will be murdered by someone who dislikes us or sees benefit from taking our stuff. I may not "owe EVERYone for EVERYthing", but that sweeping generalisation is closer to the truth than "I don't owe anyone anything", even if I was Elon Musk himself. Without the social co-operation which has built societies, then nations, then a (relatively) open international community, even a Very Stable Genius would be a poverty-ridden cave-dweller, worrying about whether someone was going to steal his spear every time he went to sleep.

I needed this today...and I am screenshotting it for when I need it again. Thank you, BP, for this one.

I'll have to try this. Sometimes the bad feels goes so deep that I just cancel plans and don't leave the house.

Books !

Why make a new mistake today when you can ruminate about mistakes you made when you were in high school?

It's very hard to make myself believe this somehow.

All.the.time.

I'm so glad I kept my DVD collection

It's like the chimes of doom. Sends my gut lurching into a dreaded panic. It's either cops, landlord or power company and none are good

Me every day.

🤯🤯🤯

Is self deprecating humor allowed? Cause I have those peppered in between movie/show references and sarcasm.

When I was little I thought you could fly away with those hats.

Creating really does save you sometimes. I like to escape with my woodworking. I'm not excellent at it but its a great escape to do something else and forget reality for a bit.

Too much energy.

And that’s fine!

And the weekend goes by so quickly and you've done nothing.

Just a constant state of anxiety.

would it be a unicorn if you wrote the declaration of independence or smth?

Share some of the sorcery that allows you to do all these things

Now imagine your birthday also being in January and the existential dread that comes with it.

So essentially any state outside of sleep? ✔️

And sometimes you find a vintage Harry Potter wallet purse for $4. Yes I did. Brand new.

"you can't hear images" BP can we all agree we hear the fake "spppp sipppppp"

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Interspersed with chocolate throughout.

I must be weird then, I've got group chats with my family and Mr Auntriarch's family. Jolly useful, and we get pictures of puppies.

I have free Spotify, so if I don't have the proper reaction to a song, I have to go find it on YouTube.

I know this feeling all too well.

Reasons to stay off social media. The important thing to remember is that social media is like a posed picture

Why would you pay for something that they're delivering for free?

And that would be nicer

Haha yeah

Or 5 months, you never know!

Why yes, yes she did lol

Until the psychosis kicks in because I've undiagnosed myself and now believe I no longer need meds.

Sounds good, but I have to feed the dog.

I go from rambling for paragraphs to one liners.

Those are plans.

Same.....same.

THIS

I was shocked to discover that anger is actually a positive emotion meant to protect us. In my language, angry and bad is the same word, hence the confusion plus I was always criticised for getting angry when I was abused. I told all that to a therapist and she didn't believe me. She said several times in a condescending tone that I have too much anger. Much more by being treated like a problem.

Or hit that tea with a shot of whiskey, wrap up in your favourite blankie, grab a cat/dog for company and accept that it’s too peoply out there. The corner of my sofa is my happy place

Pretty sure this applies to pretty much everyone?

The joys of oversharing...

OMG we’ve used this chart in rehab

Procrastination is the best motivation just make sure you have enough time to complete what you have waited until last minute to do

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OMG the little bows !