It sounds crazy but I kinda want to pursue a PHD now. I have always been very passionate about education but wasn't sure if I'd ever get to even do undergrad. Realized recently I don't have to plan my life around my parents' arbitrary rules anymore. I'm free.
Here's a reminder to remember how far you've come ✨️
✨️ Being mentally out is a huge fucking accomplishment, you had a fight with your own brain and won! Look at you!
✨️ Doing mundane shit you enjoy that's "against the rules" incredible 👏 you're enjoying your life!!!
✨️ Being physically out?!?! You're a rock star, that's a fucking leap and you did it!
✨️ Working towards your aspirations that you never thought you'd be able to due to pressure not to go to school, or be a part of this or that, holy shit that's amazing!!!
abusers will go 'it makes me feel sooo upset when you live your life the way you want to and do the things you want to do, actually what you're doing is victimizing me by not existing only as a support and validation to me you are so abusive and selfish and you should think more about how your sense of freedom and boundaries is negatively effecting me'
I just watched infinity train season two, and the main character is amazing! When you leave you a cult you don't just have to rebuild how you view the world, but also yourself. You have to stop trying to change yourself. You have unlearn the teachings that condemned individualality. You have to loudly scream that "I exist!" The character's whole arc revolves around these ideas making her extremely relatable.
Characters that I hold close to my heart as an ex-cult kid
The entire cast of The Path (Hulu) • Venus, Jupiter and Neptune of We Know The Devil (PC game) • Rapunzel (fairy tale) • Lapis Lazuli of Steven Universe • Aziraphale and Crowley of Good Omens (Gaiman & Prachett) • Lake of Infinity Train • Bucky Barnes of Marvel • Mark Grayson of Invincible (Kirkman) • Abigail Hobbs of Hannibal (NBC)
The internet has ruined me. Everytime I see "yt" I read it as 'white'. I could be looking at anything and I'm like "What did white people do this time!?" assuming it's about racism even if there is a YouTube link right there. Why do people write it like that anyway??
The Rage of the Burnish
To all of the PIMOs out there:
STAY STRONG
GOOD THINGS ARE COMING
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
I LOVE YOU
YOU GOT THIS
💖
Oh hey it’s the long ass widow and gerard comic nobody asked for
Alternatively: The comic everybody inboxed me about here it is
EDIT: missing panels ughhh
Family means the knife held against my throat is done out of love
I'm a queer nerd with religous trauma, let's be friends! Icon by @haxxydraws
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