If you see this, even if I don’t know you very well, or talk to you at all. You are awesome, just remember that.
fuckyeahtengentoppagurrenlagann:
Okay, so, a couple weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about his new girlfriend and how happy I was that good things were happening for him. And he ends up telling me how he felt, like, unworthy. And this guy is possibly the best human being on Earth, so I’m like, dude, no way. But he’s always had a bit of a self-esteem problem, sort of goes with being a geek. So, I think for a moment, and I tell him, “Well, if you can’t love yourself, love the you that she loves.” Yeah, totally invoking The Great and Mighty Lord Kamina, Gurren Lagann is one of my favorite anime.
And it worked. He found that perspective to be extremely helpful, and he’s made progress towards seeing himself the way I, and hopefully everyone else, sees him. And it’s like, he saw TTGL months ago, but it took me echoing the line for him to get it, and I think I might understand why. I think because some anime are really over-the-top and kind of funny, people miss the more meaningful moments that could, I dunno, inspire greater introspection or stuff like that. Take a moment to reflect on your favorite anime or anime characters, or any media, really, see if there were any good takeaway lines that you could use in your everyday life. You might be surprised.
Reblogging this for hopefully obvious reasons. <3
Oh, so I’m not the only one who’s used that line to motivate someone who trusted me and have it work?
why is the entire world not investing in this
this is such a good investment why the fuck
guys this is good idea
omg i could probably get from new orleans to chicago in like, 15 minutes as opposed to 150 minutes
…..HOLY SHIT
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS
WE COULD ALL FINALLY MEET EACH OTHER
HOLY SHIT BALLS
O_O
Sure
AHAHHAA this will be hilarious.
Olivia Penpraze.
19 years old.
Died from a Suicide attempt that left her brain dead. Her parents made the hardest decision of their lives by turning off her life support.
She had a Tumblr account with over 900 posts sharing her emotional turmoil, dealings with depression, loneliness & thoughts about her wanting to take her own life.
The only response she got, was insensitive assholes, like the majority of people on Tumblr, encouraging her to do it. She was bullied consistently.
Olivia attempted to kill herself every year in May 1st since 2008.In May 2012, her short life came to an end.
I know most people can’t tolerate posts like Olivia’s, whom find it attention seeking.
My point to you people is…EXACTLY!!
Of course it’s attention seeking what else it?! People share that part of themselves over the Internet because they obviously feel they can’t talk to anyone they know nor do they think anyone would care.
All I want is for people to cut out the bullying & talk to people like Olivia.
A conversation to someone in desperation could save their life.If people can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
You never know…
What you say could be used to decide whether they live or die.Even if youre a b&w blog, reblog this.
Attention seeking: Everyone labels the act of seeking attention as a bad thing, something that people should avoid doing. What people don’t realise is that people seek attention for a multitude of reasons, and in different ways.
I have been accused of seeking attention by cosplaying. Of course I am, I’m not going to deny it because I tend to do so.
I work damn hard on my cosplay. As satisfactory as that is on its own, receiving feedback adds to the experience. Knowing that I’m not only satisfying my own artistic need, but others are enjoying the products of that, makes me feel a lot more confident with my work.I have been accused of attention seeking when I post about personal stuff: Such as gender identity issues, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, feeling lonely.
I may seem narcissistic or assholish to many of you, mostly due to my confidence or aggression, but underneath that (like any person) there’s a lot more to me.I have met people who have told me I have no right to complain because their health is worse than mine, I have met people who have told me I’m not ‘legit’ because I’m trying to fit into some sort of trend, I have met people who have told me to get over it. I have met people who have expected me to mould into their expectations as a person, but I have also met people who have managed to see past my confidence and aggression; see how lonely and trapped I feel all the time.
As someone that has hurt myself and attempted suicide, can I just say that I only keep my thoughts and whims to myself due to the negative feedback I’ve received from it.
I have had friends call me selfish and disgusting because I felt I could trust them to support me when I felt suicidal. If anything, they threw that back in my face and now I’m hesitant about talking to anyone about this personally. My friends insulting me like that only made me feel even crummier about myself. I wanted to do it even more to liberate them of my existence, because a part of my feeling suicidal is hating myself and the body I’ve been trapped in, and feeling like I’m a liability to everyone that knows me; people only treat me nicely for the sakes of being nice, they put up with me. I can’t see many good qualities about me, which is why I always need to ask my family and friends for help with personal statements or biographies. I can’t highlight my good points because I don’t really see them.I had someone telling me not to reblog a suicide victim’s posts, because I can’t possibly relate to them. I’m not really suicidal, I just want attention.
I have also been threatened: If I don’t shut up, I’ll be put on a 24 hour watch. This terrified me, not out of attempting suicide, but out of turning to this particular friend for support.Despite there probably being hundreds of thousands of people that feel the same, or similar, to me; I feel so isolated and alone. I sometimes wonder if anyone understands me or how I feel. I don’t want to be under the scrutinizing eye of a counsellor, I want to be able to have a friend whom I can talk to properly.
Though, saying that, it’s also frustrating when I have friends that feel uncomfortable with turning to me for help because I apparently have ‘enough on my plate’. The fact they won’t let me be there for them doesn’t make me feel wanted or helpful; it makes me feel selfish and, consequently, even crappier about myself.
It’s extremely upsetting that Olivia passed this year. I wish she was given a lot more support and help, maybe someone could’ve saved her.
I hope other people that are suicidal know that there’s help for them out there, but I do know that others will end up managing to do it too… it’s really upsetting to think that.I also wish that others could perhaps be a little more compassionate and try to understand why someone might want to kill themselves. I have received so much hostility and negativity from the people that are supposed to care about me, I don’t want others to feel like they have nobody to turn to.
I wanted to add a ‘read more’ tag but I don’t think photo posts can help it.
Sorry for making this too personal. I’m probably going to get negative stuff for posting this.
If any one of my followers, friends, or just anyone who reads this ever needs some one to reach out to, if you’re being pestered by annons, or just want someone to chat with, I’ll do my best to be there for you. I see these posts every now and again, and it just disgusts me how there are people out there so cowardly and low that they send hateful messages without even showing their faces. If you ever need someone to turn to, I’ll be here. I’ll listen. And I’ll do my best to help.
Assassins Creed: Revelations. Art by Martin Deschambault.
Martin is a fantastic concept artist who works at ubisoft, and has contributed concepts to much of the Assassins Creed series. He is also an all round nice guy. With his blessing, I give you some of his art works, with more to come.
