Had an interview earlier today for an internship at a community garden that focuses on educating underserved Pre-K to 8th graders about food sovereignty and healthy diets, and I'm really hoping I get it!

The biggest issue is that when I told them my availability during the fall term portion, I could see the dude's face fall cuz my schedule is quite full and I'm commuting everyday 😭

Pls sir, let me flip off capitalism by helping invest time and knowledge in a community of color so their kids can be empowered with knowledge and fresh produce

I GOT IT!!!

and now I'm v anxious

adhd is: i havent talk to this person in like a month but now i cant because im positive they must be mad at me for something

Big ADHD mood

Big anxiety/depression mood as well

Fuck

Puzzle peace counseling

This helps me all the time. Good for grounding in the present and in reality when dissociation happens

oh snap

REBLOG.

FOREVER.

This is an actual Therapist Recommended method for dealing with a runaway “inner critic” and this comic is perfect ❤️

me: I’m actually feeling good rn :~) this day is gonna be grea-

It’s kind of tricky when you’re a over-thinker and you are aware of it. At this point I’m so unsure about the conclusions I come up with. I mean, is it true? Or did I make it up because I have been overthinking too much? Am I right or has my overthinking fooled me?

I just realized I hit the next level; I’m overthinking about overthinking

^^^

And trying to understand your anxiety like "is this just paranoia by anxiety disorder or is there actually reason for concern?"

Breathe

i swear to god, men raising their voice is the most terrifying thing in the whole world. they dont understand, like its an immediate panic response, game over

I actually had no idea women found this so scary

my downstairs neighbors fight on a regular basis, and every time he starts yelling i’m a little afraid he’s going to kill her. i have no reason to think this except that he is a man and he is angry

My math teacher has a loud voice and a temper and he scares the living shit out of me almost everyday. He’s made me and other kids cry more than once and he and his teacher buddies make a joke out of terrifying students.

this was women in general? i knew my gf didn’t like it but I was unaware if this affected most women

Yes, it does

As a woman, I had no idea it effected other women like this. I was too afraid to even talk about it. I thought I was weak. Thanks for bringing attention to this.

My dad has a horrible temper and when he yells it scares me and my mother both badly. He got into such a hissy fit over one of the cats while my moms friend was over, and her friend said that it brought on her abuse PTSD. He’s horrid.

any guy comes along and gets loud, boom, instant shutdown. Lights are off, nobody’s home, ready to leave the building

Women are raised on horror stories of how dangerous the world is for us. We’re told not to ride too far on our bikes because there have been so many cases of grown men snatching little girls off the side of the road. Our mothers tell us not to wander away when we’re out shopping because someone could grab us, and if we don’t listen and go off on our own our mother’s panicked response when they find us confirms that we were in real danger. When we get a little older and start going out on our own we’re given countless lectures about how many women get attacked every year, often by people they know and are close with, to instill in us a need to be constantly vigilant about our own safety. This creates an automatic response. When a male starts getting aggressive our subconscious reminds us that we could end up a statistic, we could be the next victim that a parent will see on the news and use our story to warn their little girl about the dangers of the world. Not all men who raise their voices are going to get violent but we have no way of knowing what kind of man you really are until it’s too late. Aggressive anger causes us to panic because we’ve been trained to take that as a warning and worry that it might escalate. 

All men are potential threats. A man who raises his voice or loses control of his anger confirms that he is a man we need to be afraid of.

I really like that this is a…conversation.

What men don't understand, is that it's really ineffective too cuz for many ppl they don't really hear the message well, they just hear the yelling. They might hear the general content, but the brain is reflexively focusing on the threat, other signs of aggression and how to get away safe. I have sensory processing sensitivity (not the same as sensory processing disorder), so whenever anyone raises their voice at me even a bit it can make me feel vulnerable and emotional. It's definitely worsened when it's a man, especially if it's actual yelling. Even if it's not directed at me, I want to hide or get away asap. Certain guy friends who I get confrontational with regularly don't scare me, but signifs, older men or men with authority, and especially people who are clearly bigger and stronger than me can have me in a little ball in seconds.

Anxiety is panicking about being late and then sitting in the parking lot for 20 minutes because you are so early

Anxiety is also getting so caught up in worrying about shit that you realize you're late and then don't go cuz you're a tardy disgrace to everyone there

dealing with the worst case scenario

I feel like this could be useful in my future

Anxiety Gif Master Post

Hi!  I keep these on my computer and I wanted to make this post for someone…  Feel free to add sources - I don’t have them :) 

Breathe in and out with this box

Follow the brush with your eyes

“Press” this button

Follow the brush with your eyes (again) 

Anxiety is panicking about being late and then sitting in the parking lot for 20 minutes because you are so early