The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.
If you’ve cried today raise your hand 🙋🏿♂️🙋🏻🙋🏾♂️🙋🏼🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽🙋🏼♂️🙋🏾🙋🏻♂️🙋🏿
It’s not just Trump that gained power tonight.
It’s the man on the bus touching me, thinking he had a right to my body.
It’s the man who called me a fat cow for telling him to watch where he was going because he almost ran me over.
It’s the saleswoman yelling “WHY DONT YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE” to a Muslim man.
It’s my mom telling my sister being gay is a phase.
It’s my classmates saying women wearing revealing clothes are “asking for it”.
When you give one bigot power, you give all of them power.
#almost enough dogs (via ceedawkes)
Never in the history of the struggle against oppression in all its forms have we relied on the benevolence of the state. We have always, always relied on one another. We are still here, and we are never going away. Look out for your Black friends, your Brown friends, your Native friends your Muslim friends, your female friends, your gay friends, your trans friends. Stand in solidarity with one another. Show love for one another. Keep one another safe. This is going to be painful, but it’s going to be okay.
severus-snape-is-a-butt-trumpet:
what do we do tho? like, honestly? what happens if he’s elected? what do we honest to god do?
Coming from the UK after our own catastrophe: you make his life hell. You make his government’s life hell. Anything and everything shitty that they want to do, you protest, you campaign, you petition, you lobby. You tie the whole thing up in so much red tape that Mr I’ve-Never-Had-Anyone-Say-No-To-Me starts loathing his job.
You create private safe zones, you look out for one another, you let your now validated racist, homophobic, transphobic neighbours know that their bigotry will not be tolerated through any means you feel it’s safe to do so. You join forces. Despite everything, you thrive out of spite, out of survival, out of a need to protect your own.
All of these communities have faced untold amounts of hell before and we’re all still here. It’s in our history to survive – in our genetic makeup. There will be losses and there will be casualties but in four years you’ll still be here and you’ll vote him out and the time to grieve will be then. For now, fight. In any way you can, even if all you can do is get through each day at a time. Fight him every step of the way.
crisis/urgent support lines and sites
- hotlines/crisis lines for depression, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, teens, pregnancy, lgbt and more
- mental support community - a forum where you can post that you are in a crisis right now and need peer support as soon as possible
- imalive crisis chat - online one-on-one chat for if you’re in at risk of hurting yourself etc
- self harm alternatives
- si urges alternatives
relaxation/anxiety relief
- do nothing for two minutes
- interactive silk art
- guided relaxation
- watch a dream
- 100,000 stars
- thisissand - create sandscapes on your screen with your mouse
- calming gif
the quiet place project
- the quiet place - find some quiet
- the thoughts room - a super calm page to unburden yourself from bad thoughts
- the comfort spot - a place for anonymous venting with out anybody judging you for who you are
- the dawn room - my personal favourite, especially good for when you feel alone
- know that it will be okay - when a moment is too hard for you - come here.
music and sounds
- my anxiety relief playlist - on 8tracks
- my positivity/recovery playlist - on 8tracks
- ‘stay strong’ playlists - on 8tracks
- coffee shop sounds
- rain sounds
- calmsound - nature sounds
- rainycafe
comfort food
- one minute cookie in a mug
- brownie in a mug
- several cookie recipes
- 25 hot chocolate recipes
- loads and loads of snacks - 533 quick and easy recipes for a range of snacks on studentrecipe
- lots of different in-a-mug recipes
- chocolate pudding in a mug - my personal fave (lil tip: add mini marshmallows for extra gooey yumminess)
advice and tips
- how to be okay with yourself
- 25 resolutions
- life hacks
- more life hacks
- a hella ton more life hacks - so many life hacks dude soon ur gonna never have a day-to-day stress again
- school masterpost - school sucks so bad but hopefully this can help ease the stress
- how to love yourself
- how to bypass restricted wifi omg
- alleviate menstrual cramps
- boost your confidence
- love yourself!
- self help after anxiety
- stop biting your nails
- stop procrastinating
- stop skipping breakfast
videos and movies
- cure to sadness (video)
- the movie blog - a blog dedicated to movie masterposts you will never be without a movie to watch again
- cute roulette - THE BEST PLACE ON THE INTERNET ITS LITERALLY JUST A HUGE ROULETTE OF VIDEOS OF CUTE ANIMALS WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT FROM LIFE
- random acts of kindness caught on film
- disney movies
- movies for angsty teens
distractions etc
- rice questions - answer simple questions and donate free rice to people in poverty!!
- click to give - just click a button to donate (it costs nothing) food to animals shelters, people in poverty and homeless veterans; mammograms to fight breast cancer; therapy for people on the autism spectrum; alzheimer’s and diabetes research; a book to a child; protect wildlife habitat
- break something - good for anger
- loads of cute games
- how to make a blanket nest
- learn something new - a masterpost of hobbies
- exercise like a superhero
- nice words
- things to do when your sad
- slap a bald guy with an eel - this is ridiculously entertaining
- watch a dog lick your screen - it loops, so you could literally watch for hours if you want
- calmingmanatee
- daily puppy
- how to make a comfort box
- download free books
extras
- emergency compliment!
- lots of compliments - they even include ur name aw
- huge list of bloggers who have put themselves forward as willing to listen/chat without judgement
- getting anon hate?
- :) tag - all the posts that i’ve tagged for making me happy
- 7cupsoftea - free, anonymous, confidential talks with trained listeners
- get a hug
Calming songs, playlists and instrumentals:
- Sing Me to Sleep
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Boost your Mood (peppier and happy songs)
- The Driving Mixtape
- Study
- Summer Nights
- It’s Going to be Fine
- Calm & Collected
- Once Upon a December - Piano (song)
- Clair de Lune (song)
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (song)
Calming/distracting Websites
- The Quiet Place
- Rainymood.com
- Calm.com
- Soundrown.com - calming sounds to mix and match
- A website to distract yourself
- A recovery masterpost
- A post of interesting things
- Ungruntle yourself
- Press a magic button and fix everything
- Play cute games
- Almost every movie your little heart desires (i suggest you use with adblocker)
- How to love yourself
- A website that compliments you
Crafts and activities, easy and fun DYI projects
- Glitter calm jars
- A list of things to do to curb anxiety
- Make a blanket nest
- Silky summer legs
- Lots of food recipes; mostly desserts
- For bad days masterpost
- Make some microwave snacks
- Five minute fudge
- Make a phone case
- A bunch of hobbies!
- Self care list!
- Pretty gold-dipped feathers (for decorating or anything)
What to do when:
- You’ve been triggered
- You’re having an anxiety attack
- You’re having a panic attack
- Your face is red and puffy after crying
- You just had a fight
- You hate yourself
- You want to avoid being stressed
- You want to get over your ex
Meditation and breathing
Simple things
- Pretty Tree
- When You Feel You Have Lost Everything
- See Some BLOOD
- Press a Button to Make Everything OK
- Calming Manatee
- Calming Gif
Make Something!
Other Nice Things
- A Page To Help You Recover!!!
- Coping Skills & Distractions
- The Quiet Place. Shhhhh
- For When You’re Upset
- The Nicest Place on the Internet
- Player 2
- 10 Most Relaxing Online Games
- Talk To Someone That Will Listen
- Not Having a Good Day?
- How-to Love Yourself
- Ground Yourself X X X
- Mood Chart
- Do Nothing For Two Minutes
- Rainymood
- The Comfort Spot
- Weave Silk
- Seed Plant Breeder
- This Is Sand
- C.A.L.M
Calming/Relaxing Music:
if there’s one thing I think we should all take away from this Olympics, it is that GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👯👭👸🏼👸🏿💅