The tired, gay, sad, and confused chat

A list of things you could do instead of cutting:

• Keep an elastic band around your wrist and snap it when the invasive thoughts get bad. It hurts, but it keeps me from cutting.
• Slap your leg, your arm, etcetera
• Bite your lip really hard
• scratch your skin
• draw/paint on your arms

Yes yes yes!!! I was able to stop hurting myself by drawing butterflies on my skin, and honestly it worked better than I expected, and now butterflies are like a lovely symbol of happiness and hope whenever I see them!

And to this person called Jenson, hang in there, you've got a lot of people in your corner willing to fight for you from the looks of it.

asdfghjkl I didn’t ask for this

and there's the issue of not having access to a counselor at all. my parents would probably stab me themselves if they found out I needed a counselor, and they'd probably assume it was my friends that "ruined" me. they already think that I have "bad friend choices" and they would probably try and keep me from going to Sweden if I said I wanted to see someone about my anxiety

You can always talk to me about it.
I'm here, darling!

You seem like such a great person, thank you for offering help for tons of people, I know it can be emotionally taxing to do that though so make sure you're taking care of yourself as well. And I'm here if anyone needs me, too, even though I'm pretty new to the chat, I'm not new to hard topics.

Thanks. Likewise you seem up to the task of helping people. It's a hard job, but it's the best one in the world! You take care now! It's good to have another good person around… I trust you'll do fine!
And if you ever need anything, I'm here now…

@Have-A-Very-Shuri-Christmas! It really is rewarding honestly, because even though your heart hurts every time you take on another's pain, when you see the people you've helped making progress and making steps towards becoming happy, it's the best feeling in the world and instantly makes up for everything else. Thanks for being such a good person yourself, you make this chat such a welcoming place. I'm sure there are other helpers like you here, too, I just haven't seen them pop up yet. And everyone here is a good person, or at least I believe so. Even if you don't have the energy or emotional resources to help others right now, you are still worth while and valid and a good person, it's just your turn to receive some of the helping.

It's fine. I'm cool now…
But you're right. It's a great thing to do. Increasing the quality of others' lives. Prolonging them. Outright saving them.
It's amazing. Although it can be depressing and anxiety-inducing. It's awesome!
And yes, everyone here's a fucking saint. They're all amazing. And they all help people.

yes but you are the Saint of Notebook

And you're the patron saint of dudebros!

lmao fair point

Sufer Dudebros, to be more accurate lmao

lmao yeah

The perfect Twunk Combo^TM

Niiice! I'm no dudebro, but I am a dorky Satan-spawn!

@Have-A-Very-Shuri-Christmas! Lovely!!!

Meanwhile I am the literal reincarnation of a cat

I am the Surfer Dudebro Twunk lmao

I am the Surfer Dudebro Twunk lmao

whispers _{Plus Ultra!}

I cannot get the vision out of my head now of a twunk surfer dudebro. Truly marvelous. I myself am a soft butch skater girl, so we'd probably look fairly strange if we were to stand side by side. Or maybe not. I don't know honestly.

You guys are all perfect!

Octane is our surfer dudebro.
Lee is our person-catto
Beanz is our sweet bean!
And I'm just a smol, awkward demonic floof!

oh god I'm all might but a hippie

and I have a skateboard as well so

That's wonderful! Shuri, you are the nicest demon I've ever met, that's for sure.

Oh, I'm roller derby skater girl not skateboard skater girl, but that is my fault for bad wording.

I can confirm, Chicken Nugget does indeed have a skateboard

Demons aren't always bad. But yup.

Also. I know a soft butch skater girl… So I can imagine you well!

And Octane… That's hilarious.

the worst part is I live nowhere near the coast, rarely get to skateboard bc of where I live, and have about zero chill

Oh yeah, that doesn't sound great

…Yeet
I'm tired
I shouldn't have stayed up late last night to send a midnight "Merry Christmas" text to everyone

I really like longboarding but ya know I'm Canadian so I have to wait till like April-May for the snow to leave

Oof

I want a longboard tbh

My mom's throwing a party right now and the only people who I want to see are out of state and out of country
sigh
It's gonna be a long night