there is a very specific type of political enlightenment when you allow yourself to acknowledge bad people can be attractive and funny and intelligent and still be bad people because those things don’t quantify morality

I think one of the best things I learned from my last therapist was the idea that when there's a box in your mind you need to open, you don't have to open it all the way on the first try.

what I mean is that she said "you didn't deserve <bad thing that happened to you>" and I said, "I feel like I know that intellectually, but I don't really believe it deep down". and she said, "do you think you can try to believe it just a little bit, as an experiment?" and I started crying lmao

trying to change a core belief entirely all at once is scary, especially when it exists as a protective measure. try giving yourself a cheeky bit of plausible deniability! you're just dipping your toes in the water of self-esteem, you're just having a little wade! you don't have to go swimming right away, and you can always step out if you want. (but the longer you spend in the water, the more you start to understand you're actually safe there...hm, who could have predicted this...)

so that's my advice: if there's something real and true you can't seem to believe, take some time to try and really believe it just a little bit, even if you're only pretending at first. climb the staircase one step at a time instead of trying to put one foot all the way at the top!

An extremely exhaustive and representative poll of all of tumblr ever

Okay, cryptkeepers, let's do a super well-planned demographic survey.

Happy birthday Jason Todd!! I was staring at that Jorge Jiménez drawing for ages trying to ref the lighting 😭

Georges Rochegrosse, Le Chevalier aux Fleurs (The Knight of the Flowers) (detail) (1894), oil on canvas

did you know you can personally dislike a character without viewing everyone who likes them as your enemy. you can also like a character without viewing everyone who dislikes them as your enemy

Idk if its not that deep btw. I have a shovel and too much time on my hands, so its as deep as I want it to be.

I don't need AI to write. I can create fake scenarios in my head perfectly fine myself.

No one knows if finishing a drawing is possible