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ON THE IMPENDING DOOM THAT IS DEATH

the subject of death is so terrifying because EXISTENCE is all we have EVER known. it is the foundation that causes everything in our lives, without it we wouldn't even be a thought. i think that's why death is so relevant in many religions because the thought of simply NOT existing feels like something that is bigger than us, much like a god or deity. we try to grasp it and comprehend it but we can't, so we create religions to form some sort of relief for that impending doom. taking it all in and really thinking about death when you don't have that belief to clutch on to IS scary. as someone who's non religious and likes challenging concepts, i've come to the conclusion that spending our limited time in existence worrying about the day we stop existing is nothing more than a waste of time. why be scared of eternal darkness when right now your blood is pumping and your brain is thinking and you've got work in 30 minutes? sitting there trying to conceptualize death will only get your further from accepting it. get up and brush your teeth and go for a walk and listen to music and call a friend. YOU ARE NOW!!!!! and when the time comes that you are not, you won’t be there to worry about it. even just for general things in the future giving you anxiety, you have to tell yourself that you are now. YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT HERE AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS!!!!!!!!!

@punkishpaige

Apr 9, 2025

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Live your life

A good reminder: Life doesn’t end when you have an embarrassing moment, make a mistake, when people judge you, when you feel stuck, or when you loose someone. life dose not end when somthing bad happens to you. Life will continue on, and you’ll be forced to grow with each season. change is terrifying but don’t make that stunt your growth, or your happiness. live your life while you can. the only thing stopping the majority of people is fear. may fear not eat you alive.

@MaeveEatsPearls

Feb 19, 2025

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aim small

It's easy to watch the bleak horizon, fill your eyes and ears with promises of a grim future, and be fixated on foreboding cultural, social, political likelihoods to the point of being frozen and immobile. Often—at least this has been the case for me—that fixation on the fear of the future takes me away from possibilities for impact right in front of me. There's need and possibility and hope in my day right now: today I can help one person or do one life-giving deed or affirm kindness in some small way. One of the 20th century's most impactful warriors against poverty was Mother Teresa. She said: "Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you." We (you, me, us) are incredibly powerful. Don't surrender that power by forsaking the now.

@mattshawsome

Jan 27, 2025

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NOT MASKING YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR WITH THERAPY TERMINOLOGY

My friend today asked me an amazing question. He said, “Do you think the avoidance thing is specific to our generation or LA specific? Like is someone in Arkansas thinking about anxiety?” Obviously yes someone in Arkansas is thinking of anxiety haha but it made me really think. Our generation is HORRIBLE (me included) at facing shit and taking accountability. It’s all masked underneath this ”therapy talk” shit. Hear me out. Let’s say you have a friend and you’re feeling conflict/tension with them. After a few weeks of them being mean, you confront them about it. They’re passive and not addressing their actions. We would INSTANTLY write them off as “AVOIDANT” versus “A friend who’s hurting me by being shitty even if they don’t intend to.” And yes, that friend is being “avoidant”. But, that’s a simple write off for behavior. Behavior has been so quickly written off to fit into this Therapy Talk. Here’s another example: A girl who really likes someone is attaching to them quickly because she’s excited to get to know them and is having so much fun, she’s moving faster than usually and trying to rush commitment. Society would consider her “Anxiously attached” versus “This girl is really into this person and it’s shifting her choices and actions.“ I think what i’m getting at is, it seems dismissive and avoidant to just simplify these big feelings and actions into these terms when in reality, yes the terms are true. But, we should probably be making space to really talk and express in full detail a persons actions including our own, and get to the bottom of it. The categories can be apart of the larger narrative, but they arent the full reasoning. I hope this made sense lol

@courtnipoe

Nov 27, 2024

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leaving

anything and everything anytime whenever planned or not

@courtnipoe

Mar 9, 2025

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French cinemaaaa

i’m trying to learn french fast (it’s not working hahah) so i’m only watching french films and tv. please send me ur favs <333

@courtnipoe

Nov 24, 2024