

Karima Ellise
@dulcetIngenue
โ They/He/She โ Therapist And Practicing Optimist โ ๐ธ โจ Start Every Day With A Smile ๐

(( Quick OOC post for pinning reasons! All of my OCs are from my fantroll askblog on tumblr, and are able to be interacted with there! The interactions that happen on Chittr are not considered blog-canon, but I appreciate all the silliness that happens here regardless <3 https://damistrolls.tumblr.com/ ))
โ What's Something Nice That's Happened Recently? :)
โ Hello Chittr! Let's Make Today A Great Day ๐ค
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โ Poison Is So Scary :( Why Must We Put Something So Harmful And Dangerous In Something As Lovely As Food And Beverage?
โ Do Any Of You Collect Anything? โ I Have A Collection Of Pressed Flowers ๐ธ โจ ๐
โ Were There A Way To Do So Through The Internet, I Would Share My Scones With All Of You :)
โ "if I Make Better Work Later, I Still Wonโt Work Otherwise Than Now; I Mean It Will Be The Same Apple Only Riper โ I Myself Wonโt Turn From What Iโve Thought From The Start. And This Is Why I Say For My Part, If Iโm No Good Now, I Wonโt Be Any Good Later Either โ But If Later, Then Now Too. For Wheat Is Wheat, Even If It Looks Like Grass At First To Townsfolk โ And The Other Way Round Too." - Troll Vincent Van Gogh ๐ธ #positivity #motivation
#therapytip 0001: y[]u can []n|y c[]ntr[]| h[]w y[]u |ive y[]ur []wn |ife. y[]u may have the best []f intenti[]ns when trying t[] he|p s[]me[]ne e|se with theirs, but y[]u may n[]t a|ways kn[]w the fu|| st[]ry behind what they're g[]ing thr[]ugh and the advice y[]u try t[] impart t[] them may n[]t be what they rea||y need in a simi|ar vein, y[]u're n[]t resp[]nsib|e f[]r any[]ne wh[] d[]esn't take y[]ur he|p/advice. wanting t[] be s[]me[]ne's supp[]rt pi||ar is a|| we|| and g[][]d, but y[]u can't be eXpected t[] sh[]u|der a|| []f their pr[]b|ems whi|e they make n[] attempt t[] fiX them. y[]u can []n|y successfu||y he|p s[]me[]ne wh[] actua||y wants t[] be he|ped y[]u have t[] remember t[] set and maintain y[]ur []wn b[]undaries t[] av[]id burn[]ut []r bec[]ming []ver|y c[]ntr[]||ing []f s[]me[]ne e|se. it's []ften better t[] appr[]ach s[]me[]ne g[]ing thr[]ugh a difficu|t situati[]n with questi[]ns rather than statements. |et them eXpress what they're fee|ing and thinking and eXperiencing bef[]re y[]u jump t[] c[]nc|usi[]ns ab[]ut what y[]u think they need. this he|ps them fee| heard and he|ps y[]u understand where they need the m[]st supp[]rt
#therapytip 0002: hea|ing and rec[]very is a n[]n-|inear pr[]cess. when y[]u've g[]ne thr[]ugh s[]mething traumatic, such as abuse []r addicti[]n []r any number []f []ther circumstances, it's imp[]rtant t[] remind y[]urse|f that m[]ving f[]rward isn't as simp|e as "taking []ne step at a time" s[]metimes y[]u are g[]ing t[] trip, fa|| d[]wn, get scared and run backwards, []r try t[] take t[][] many steps at []nce and burn y[]urse|f []ut. these are a|| parts []f the pr[]cess []f figuring []ut y[]ur []wn pace. y[]u have t[] be patient with y[]urse|f and remember that, as difficu|t as it might be t[] interna|ise, y[]u aren't g[]ing t[] be the same pers[]n y[]u were bef[]re it a|| happened there are s[]me things that m[]st pe[]p|e w[]u|dn't c[]nsider t[] be traumatic. chr[]nic stress is traumatic. receiving c[]rp[]ra| punishment in y[]ur y[]uth is traumatic. |iving paycheque t[] paycheque is traumatic. a|| []f these things are []ften viewed as just a n[]rma| part []f |ife f[]r s[] many pe[]p|e and it never even cr[]sses their minds t[] w[]nder why s[]me things are harder f[]r them than []ther pe[]p|e trauma wi|| change wh[] y[]u are, and that's []kay. y[]u w[]n't kn[]w h[]w t[] navigate the w[]r|d as this new pers[]n at first, and that's []kay, t[][]. it's a|s[] []kay t[] fee| grief and fear kn[]wing that rec[]very w[]n't be easy. what matters is finding a supp[]rt netw[]rk that wi|| he|p y[]u when y[]u stumb|e. trying t[] hea| []n y[]ur []wn is []n|y g[]ing t[] make the pr[]cess that much m[]re difficu|t. vu|nerabi|ity and asking f[]r he|p is n[]t a weakness, n[] matter what any[]ne te||s y[]u

(( Quick OOC post for pinning reasons! All of my OCs are from my fantroll askblog on tumblr, and are able to be interacted with there! The interactions that happen on Chittr are not considered blog-canon, but I appreciate all the silliness that happens here regardless <3 https://damistrolls.tumblr.com/ ))
โ Tell Me Something Good That Happened Recently ๐
โ Good Evening Everyone! Perhaps Today We Should Start With Some Deep Breathing Exercises? ๐ โ My Favorite Is Square Breathing. It Is Very Easy! โ Inhale For Four Counts, Hold For Four Counts, Exhale For Four Counts, And Hold Again For Four Counts, Before Beginning Again โ Let's Take Three Minutes Out Of Our Day To Do It Together ๐ธ โ ๐ ๐ฎโ๐จ ๐ ๐ฎโ๐จ






