Don’t allow yourself to be a victim. Take control of your life. Let go of people who serve you no good. Start doing things to make you happy.
Reyna Biddy (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

thepowerwithin:

You deserve to light up the world with your light.

Yes, you. The one who sits here, reading this sentence. The one who secretly believes that they are not good enough, capable enough, or worthy enough of achieving great things. The one who wakes up in the morning, unsure of how they could possibly make a noticeable difference in this world.

But you can.

Why? Because you have a light, and that light is meant to burn bright. That light within you is so powerful, so beautiful, and so dazzling to all that see it.

You do make a difference in this world.

You do.

We control the doorway to our minds. Negative thoughts may be present, but we choose whether or not they are able to enter and take root.
Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin (via thepowerwithin)

did-life:

dissociation: 

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(ok to reblog if you don’t have DID)

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is often covert and difficult to notice, with only 5-6% of individuals with DID having a more florid presentation. Switching between alters is rarely accompanied by dramatic shifts in personality that are highlighted by changes in clothing, preferences, and accent. In contrast, systems often go to great lengths to hide their condition and will deny and downplay their symptoms as much as possible once diagnosed. Alters frequently manifest through passive influence instead of completely taking executive control, and many individuals with DID are amnesiac for their own amnesia and do not notice even when a full switch has occurred.
DID-Research.org (via isitjustmebutamicrazy)

furiousgoldfish:

refusing to do as your parent says is not a provocation for them to abuse you.

standing up to your parent and telling them they’re wrong is not a provocation for abuse.

doing things in your own time and not on the exact timeline your parent wants you to is not a provocation for abuse.

asking for what you want or need and sticking up for yourself is not an invitation for abuse.

reacting to insults and getting angry and demanding them to be taken back is not a provocation for abuse.

refusing to participate in something that hurts you, even if your parents want you to participate, is not an invitation for them to force you.

defending yourself when attacked, fighting back, getting away from them, protecting yourself, hiding and getting out of reach is not a provocation for them to hurt you worse, to trap your movements, to hold you down, to lock you up, to hit you harder, to force you to accept the pain.

accepting parent’s challenges of “just you dare” and “do it and see what happens” isn’t a provocation on the child’s side, it’s actual provocation from the parent who is trying to find an excuse to abuse the child.

being mentally ill is not an invitation for them to force you to act normal and hide your symptoms.

keeping personal things private and wanting some things to stay private is not an invitation for privacy breach.

refusing to forgive your parents for what they’ve done to you is not an invitation for them to do worse.

refusing to be eternally grateful to your parents for feeding/clothing/sheltering you is not an provocation for them to threaten, insult, humiliate or blackmail you

calling your parents out when they’re harmful, cruel, neglectful, sadistic, toxic and abusive isn’t a provocation for them to show you how they could do worse.

holding your parents responsible for their actions is not a provocation for them to lash out at you and demand endless gratitude

letting your parents know when they’ve hurt you is not an attempt to hurt them.

having an opinion that differs from parent’s opinion isn’t an invitation for them to insult your knowledge or humiliate you.

being your own person doesn’t give them right to shut you down and force you into a role of what they want you to be.

You should be able to do every single of these things without your parents hurting you. If your parents consider this behaviour a “provocation”, and respond with abuse, they’re abusive. If they tell you it’s your fault because you provoked them or asked for it, they’re manipulating and brainwashing you to take responsibility for their abuse.

the-galaxy-system:

Me: *dissociating, going nonverbal, getting dizzy, having stomach-aches, passing out.*

Also me: I’m fine!

bpdsweater:

tfw you’re dissociating so hard that you hear people talking to you but you can’t actually make out anything they’re saying

borderlinefae:

events and emotions: repressed as soon as i stop experiencing them

Me: wow I've been dealing with all this stress really well
Reality: dissociating
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