I love you all. Your lives are valuable. There are still a lot of people out in the world who love you.
Please, please, please, stay strong. Now is the time to fight back and show that we won’t be erased.
And please tell those around you who need it that they are loved.
severus-snape-is-a-butt-trumpet:
what do we do tho? like, honestly? what happens if he’s elected? what do we honest to god do?
YOU MUST VOTE IN 2018
The 2018 United States elections will be held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. During this mid-term election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. 38 state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
This. Is. So. Important.
But when are y’all gonna stop blaming marginalized people with valid reasons for not voting and/or who are subject to voter suppression for “giving” the election to Trump and start blaming the culture of racism and white passivism that allowed Trump to get this far? I’ll wait….
all you can do now is keep fighting. the next four years are going to be bad. we’ve lost all three branches. you can’t change that now. stay smart, stay strong, and keep fighting.
Calming masterpost:
crisis/urgent support lines and sites
- hotlines/crisis lines for depression, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, teens, pregnancy, lgbt and more
- mental support community - a forum where you can post that you are in a crisis right now and need peer support as soon as possible
- imalive crisis chat - online one-on-one chat for if you’re in at risk of hurting yourself etc
- self harm alternatives
- si urges alternatives
relaxation/anxiety relief
- do nothing for two minutes
- interactive silk art
- guided relaxation
- watch a dream
- 100,000 stars
- thisissand - create sandscapes on your screen with your mouse
- calming gif
the quiet place project
- the quiet place - find some quiet
- the thoughts room - a super calm page to unburden yourself from bad thoughts
- the comfort spot - a place for anonymous venting with out anybody judging you for who you are
- the dawn room - my personal favourite, especially good for when you feel alone
- know that it will be okay - when a moment is too hard for you - come here.
music and sounds
- my anxiety relief playlist - on 8tracks
- my positivity/recovery playlist - on 8tracks
- ‘stay strong’ playlists - on 8tracks
- coffee shop sounds
- rain sounds
- calmsound - nature sounds
- rainycafe
comfort food
- one minute cookie in a mug
- brownie in a mug
- several cookie recipes
- 25 hot chocolate recipes
- loads and loads of snacks - 533 quick and easy recipes for a range of snacks on studentrecipe
- lots of different in-a-mug recipes
- chocolate pudding in a mug - my personal fave (lil tip: add mini marshmallows for extra gooey yumminess)
advice and tips
- how to be okay with yourself
- 25 resolutions
- life hacks
- more life hacks
- a hella ton more life hacks - so many life hacks dude soon ur gonna never have a day-to-day stress again
- school masterpost - school sucks so bad but hopefully this can help ease the stress
- how to love yourself
- how to bypass restricted wifi omg
- alleviate menstrual cramps
- boost your confidence
- love yourself!
- self help after anxiety
- stop biting your nails
- stop procrastinating
- stop skipping breakfast
videos and movies
- cure to sadness (video)
- the movie blog - a blog dedicated to movie masterposts you will never be without a movie to watch again
- cute roulette - THE BEST PLACE ON THE INTERNET ITS LITERALLY JUST A HUGE ROULETTE OF VIDEOS OF CUTE ANIMALS WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT FROM LIFE
- random acts of kindness caught on film
- disney movies
- movies for angsty teens
distractions etc
- rice questions - answer simple questions and donate free rice to people in poverty!!
- click to give - just click a button to donate (it costs nothing) food to animals shelters, people in poverty and homeless veterans; mammograms to fight breast cancer; therapy for people on the autism spectrum; alzheimer’s and diabetes research; a book to a child; protect wildlife habitat
- break something - good for anger
- loads of cute games
- how to make a blanket nest
- learn something new - a masterpost of hobbies
- exercise like a superhero
- nice words
- things to do when your sad
- slap a bald guy with an eel - this is ridiculously entertaining
- watch a dog lick your screen - it loops, so you could literally watch for hours if you want
- calmingmanatee
- daily puppy
- how to make a comfort box
- download free books
extras
- emergency compliment!
- lots of compliments - they even include ur name aw
- huge list of bloggers who have put themselves forward as willing to listen/chat without judgement
- getting anon hate?
- :) tag - all the posts that i’ve tagged for making me happy
- 7cupsoftea - free, anonymous, confidential talks with trained listeners
- get a hug
Calming songs, playlists and instrumentals:
- Sing Me to Sleep
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Boost your Mood (peppier and happy songs)
- The Driving Mixtape
- Study
- Summer Nights
- It’s Going to be Fine
- Calm & Collected
- Once Upon a December - Piano (song)
- Clair de Lune (song)
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (song)
Calming/distracting Websites
- The Quiet Place
- Rainymood.com
- Calm.com
- Soundrown.com - calming sounds to mix and match
- A website to distract yourself
- A recovery masterpost
- A post of interesting things
- Ungruntle yourself
- Press a magic button and fix everything
- Play cute games
- Almost every movie your little heart desires (i suggest you use with adblocker)
- How to love yourself
- A website that compliments you
Crafts and activities, easy and fun DYI projects
- Glitter calm jars
- A list of things to do to curb anxiety
- Make a blanket nest
- Silky summer legs
- Lots of food recipes; mostly desserts
- For bad days masterpost
- Make some microwave snacks
- Five minute fudge
- Make a phone case
- A bunch of hobbies!
- Self care list!
- Pretty gold-dipped feathers (for decorating or anything)
What to do when:
- You’ve been triggered
- You’re having an anxiety attack
- You’re having a panic attack
- Your face is red and puffy after crying
- You just had a fight
- You hate yourself
- You want to avoid being stressed
- You want to get over your ex
Meditation and breathing
Simple things
- Pretty Tree
- When You Feel You Have Lost Everything
- See Some BLOOD
- Press a Button to Make Everything OK
- Calming Manatee
- Calming Gif
Make Something!
Other Nice Things
- A Page To Help You Recover!!!
- Coping Skills & Distractions
- The Quiet Place. Shhhhh
- For When You’re Upset
- The Nicest Place on the Internet
- Player 2
- 10 Most Relaxing Online Games
- Talk To Someone That Will Listen
- Not Having a Good Day?
- How-to Love Yourself
- Ground Yourself X X X
- Mood Chart
- Do Nothing For Two Minutes
- Rainymood
- The Comfort Spot
- Weave Silk
- Seed Plant Breeder
- This Is Sand
- C.A.L.M
Calming/Relaxing Music:
I feel so relaxed now! Thanks, random internet GIF!
in case you need this tonight.
For anyone who needs help with calming down
Go out tomorrow, find a cause. NARAL, ASPCA, Planned Parenthood, A New Way Forward, The Innocence Project, Oxfam, Greenpeace… find out about programs and groups that deal with human trafficking, with racism, with sexism, with women’s health, LGBTQA rights, with what you want to fucking change! Sign up, and fucking fight.
Intern at your local congressional office! Stuff envelops! Listen to citizen complaints! Help dig us out of this shitstorm!
Donate money! Donate time! Be a Big Brother or a Big Sister. Reach out and find what your community needs! Join a litter collecting squad or write cards for people at an elderly community or buy a family in need groceries.
There is. So. Much. You. Can. Still. Do.
Online activism is all well and good, but these groups need feet on the fucking pavement. Don’t confuse shouting at people online as activism! So put up, and let’s shut this racist, classist, misogynistic, rape apologist down.
Samwise Gamgee // The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.