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writingsforwinter: Rebloggable by request.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:03:47 -0400

writingsforwinter:

Rebloggable by request.

tastefullyoffensive: ‘Game of Thrones’ as other popular TV...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:48:31 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

‘Game of Thrones’ as other popular TV shows [ytegg]

heh

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:46:42 -0400

dropped-my-koala: thisdayandage: #I fucking quit scariest...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:58:18 -0400

dropped-my-koala:

thisdayandage:

#I fucking quit

scariest fucking thing ever.

jomafro: wisdom doesn’t exist apart from truth …so i will try in earnest to know before...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:37:30 -0400

jomafro:

wisdom doesn’t exist apart from truth

…so i will try in earnest to know before speaking

THISS

twloha: “All I Can Say”David Crowder Band “So, what brings you...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:08:23 -0400

twloha:

“All I Can Say”
David Crowder Band

“So, what brings you here today?” my new therapist asked me.

“Well, I’ve had depression for about five years, and I guess I just haven’t been feeling that great recently.”

“In what way?”

“I don’t know. Tired, less motivated, I guess …”

I was just giving lines from a textbook, a typical symptom list for depression. That’s not to say I was lying—those were all things I was feeling. But I didn’t know how to articulate just how lost and broken I also felt.

Lord, I’m tired, so tired from walking. And Lord, I’m so alone. And Lord, the dark is creeping in, creeping up, to swallow me.

This wasn’t my first time at a therapy session, although it had been over a year since I had been to one. I had figured I was getting better and I didn’t “need” it anymore. But after encouragement from some people who cared about me, I agreed to go back.

I felt dumb because this therapy thing should’ve been way easier than it was. I’d done it before—but I had nothing to say. All I knew was I was hurting. That was the only way my brain could make sense of it.

And this is all that I can say right now. I know it’s not much, but this is all that I can give. Yeah, that’s my everything.

I couldn’t give much more of myself that session; sometimes we just don’t have the words we want.

Like when I couldn’t explain to a set of parents why they’d lost their son to suicide. When I didn’t have the words that could take away the pain of a friend who was self-injuring. When I couldn’t assure another friend he would never see the inside of a psychiatric hospital again. I don’t have that kind of knowledge.

But I told them I loved them, I was there for them, and I wanted to help in any way I could. It always felt like that wasn’t enough, but it was all I had at the time.

And now that I look back, maybe that was OK.

This is all that I can say right now. Oh, I know it’s not much. But this is all I can give, yeah, that’s my everything.

As a writer, I’ve seen how incredibly powerful words can be. They can hurt as well as heal. But sometimes the words we want won’t come—the words that make everything better and put our lives back to normal. Maybe those don’t always exist.

Sometimes, all you can say is:

I’m hurting.

I need help.

I just don’t know.

And sometimes, all you need to hear is:

I love you.

I’m here for you.

How can I help you?

Not every question needs a novel-length response; not every question can even be answered. Sometimes, the phrases above are all you have—and being present is worth more than words can say.

– Emily, Spring 2013 intern

Beauty.

tastefullyoffensive: There are two kinds of preachers…

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:07:06 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

There are two kinds of preachers…

Sherlockology: Sherlock cast to feature in upcoming NT Live broadcasts

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:09:54 -0400

Sherlockology: Sherlock cast to feature in upcoming NT Live broadcasts:

sherlockology:

National Theatre Live, the international broadcast programme that brings acclaimed stage productions from the UK to cinemas around the world, has just announced some of their upcoming screenings.

Due first, in the later stages of 2013, are further repeated encore screenings of Danny…

fuckyeahadventuretimegifs: mizuaoi: psyduckminded: Lady...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:09:37 -0400

fuckyeahadventuretimegifs:

mizuaoi:

psyduckminded:

Lady Rainicorn - Me
Photographer - Sedamagpie

Does someone wish to explain to me why this doesn’t have more notes?

THATS A JAKE BASKET CARRYING ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN. COME ON

we’re going to try to change that

tastefullyoffensive: Rubber Band Portraits by Wes...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:10:40 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

Rubber Band Portraits by Wes Naman [video/via]

Duuuuuuude

loveamericanstyle: I dare you to find a better Debster picture.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:53:10 -0400

loveamericanstyle:

I dare you to find a better Debster picture.

Short Thoughts: “If patriotism simply means the pride of place that inspires civic...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:01:05 -0400

Short Thoughts: “If patriotism simply means the pride of place that inspires civic...:

jomafro:

“If patriotism simply means the pride of place that inspires civic responsibility, so be it. But if patriotism means “my country right or wrong,” it’s a kind of groupthink blindness that hides the things that make for peace from our eyes. Unfurled flags of nationalism have a long history of…