When I’m feeling depressed or just having an off day, a good, hot shower can be an excellent way to reset.
No, it won’t completely alter your brain chemistry or remove any stressors that might be adding to your depression, but it’s a good way to take care of your body and find a moment of ease. Massage any tense muscles, pay close attention as the water washes down your body, and just be present - if only for a little while.
They‘re also a great place to cry! 😭
Nov 25, 2024
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there's something so healing about water as an element. whenever i feel down in the dumps, i try to force myself to take a shower. i always feel noticeably better, more alert, and able to focus better. it makes me feel like a plant.
Nov 12, 2024
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Pissed or sad….fuck it take a shower and think it out in peace ☮️
Mar 10, 2024
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whenever i’m feeling stagnant, i take a shower. it’s an instant reset, don’t even have to wash your hair, it’s enough to just be under a hot faucet for 4 min
Dec 2, 2024
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I meant to post this yesterday. Absolutely beautiful morning for walk.
This morning is also beautiful but in a spring rain kind of way.
Mar 23, 2025
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Prescriptive gender is a prison. Rather than gender being a form of self-expression, gender is treated as a pass/fail test for how well you can conform to cultural expectations.
Since I was young, I remember feeling a great deal of pressure to conform to these expectations around what “men” are meant to be. You like sports, cars, womanizing, aggression, and not having feelings. I felt so distant from this ideal. I was sensitive and shy, and I preferred spending my time being creative in some way
For a long time, I felt like I was failing at “being a man.” In many ways I was! Because I didn’t need to bea man. All I needed to be was myself.
It’s taken me a long time to separate myself from prescriptive gender, sharpening in on which aspects of masculine energy I identify with and which I don’t. I’m not done yet. Maybe I will never fully be. The self continues to evolve over time, and I suspect aspects of my gender will too.
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