How much of my misery the last 6 months can be explained by the congestive heart failure I didn't know I was experiencing? 😔

Puppies first roadtrip. It's going well. #dogsofbsky #dogsofbluesky #puppy

Apparently the cure to depression is adopting two baby puppies 🥹💕🥰🐕🐕
#dogsofbluesky

Hello, new sink! 😍
#upgrade #homeimprovement

Finally get to schedule install of my new kitchen sink today. I love home improvement projects!!

I need it to be 5pm already

@sardonicheight Yesterday I told Siri to remind me to get dye today and her crustass sent me this Reminders: Die

This I can do

I'm so so sorry for your loss. Those little furball friends are the best creatures on the planet. Will honor her always ❤️

Small 3D printed raccoon figure

3D printed raccoon figure sitting in a tiny trash can

One thing about me... if we're dating and you give me an adorable little raccoon instead of flowers, you're totally winning all the brownie points. 🥰 He even came with his own little trash can 😭

People misunderstand compassion & validation as they apply to trauma recovery. They are not warm & fuzzy ways to make "excuses." They are clear eyed, reality oriented tools that empower us to face truths we've been tricked by trauma into denying & disowning for too long.

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My garbage disposal went out so of course I don't want to attach a brand new one to the sink I loathe, so I bought a whole new sink, faucet, and disposal. Maybe this will fix my #depression. #hopeful

a woman in a blue jacket is sitting at a desk with a phone in her hand ALT: a woman in a blue jacket is sitting at a desk with a phone in her hand

I was asking an employee at Lowes questions about their installers and the guy asked me if I already picked the sink I want. I told him yes and the brand, and he said "good girl". He didn't catch my look of disgust, unfortunately.

My garbage disposal just stopped working. Too bad I gave my $150 Lowes gift card I'd been saving to someone who never even gave a shit about me.

a brown and tan dachshund puppy lays on their back on a tile floor. the puppy is so small that he's the same length as one tile. his ears are splayed out on either side, his paws tucked in to his chest, and his eyes wide with terror. please show him mercy, we're begging you!

This is Dino. He saw you with that hot dog bun. Tried to get away but tripped over his own ears. 12/10 he has a family

Things feel right again.

Selfie of a woman with brown hair wearing sunglasses and smiling

Early morning #adventure 🤘

Well that sounds less than ideal. I'm sorry

Generational trauma requires ignorance, denial, & fear to thrive & penetrate into subsequent generations. It is absolutely allergic to survivors w/ the courage & tools to see what we see & know what we know without shame.

We're not just working our recovery for ourselves.

The injustice!

Pineapple gallstones 💀

Today, I am full of #gratitude.
For life, for my dogs, for my support system, for my jobs, for my house... my life is abundant, and I need to stop and enjoy things every once in a while.

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.

I've had the experience that for every 3 diagnoses, I can trade one in but it adds an intensity multiplier to those I keep.

Signs your childhood still affects you:

You apologize too much

You’re scared to ask for help

You think love has to hurt

You feel guilty when you rest
It wasn’t your fault.
But healing is your right.

Aula F99 Keyboard in black and lime green

Well hello, you sexy thing 😍
💚🖤🩶
Treated myself to the Aula F99 Pro. I about melted when I started typing.

It would be better if the people who said they loved us, behaved lovingly toward us.

It would be better if the people around us respected & supported our recovery.

But: we're done making our self-acceptance & self-care contingent upon anyone else's behavior.

Never again.

Accepted an offer to #narrate and produce a short #audiobook this weekend. Yay! Between that and other work, it's gonna be a good $ weekend.

The key to working through my own post traumatic decision paralysis was learning to consistently ask, "Which of these options realistically supports my trauma and/or addiction recovery?"

Nothing is more important than your recovery. Even that thing you thought of just now.

I hope to learn how I can speak to my inner child and let her know her instincts were/are right and to trust those instincts. I am allowed to create boundaries around my person. Someone else being upset about my #boundaries is not my problem and is usually a #redflag.
#reparent #innerchild