when Conscious Reasoning Brain doesn’t agree with the Sudden Conclusive Decision, complex, lengthy, confusing negotiations with the Beasties ensue.

(some things feel not actually terrible after i’ve left the house and had a coffee, though)

you can’t always fix a problem by arguing directly with it

something for the moments when the question of what you yourself deserve feels too complicated to answer gently

you don’t need to get to a breaking point before you ask for care <3

(for the days when the neuroses are chattering)

it is the same mechanism by which I end up lying very still when I am supposed to be packing

all day. with brief intervals for sipping tea. and napping.

I’m not lazy you’re lazy