by me, a fool who doesnt wanna die anymore

• never make a suicide joke again. yes this includes “i wanna die” as a figure of speech. swear off of it. actually make an effort to change how you think about things.
• find something to compliment someone for at least 4 times a day. notice the little things about the world that make you happy, and use that to make other people happy.
• talk to people. initiate conversation as often as you possibly can. keep your mind busy and you wont have to worry anymore
• picture the bad intrusive thoughts in your head as an edgy 13 year old and tell them to go be emo somewhere else
• if someone makes you feel bad most of the time, stop talking to them. making yourself hang out with people who drain you is self harm. stop it.
• replace self deprecating jokes with ironically self aggrandizing jokes. like every time i trip and fall, instead of saying “i’m just a disaster human” i say “i’m the epitome of grace and beauty”. or like, when i draw a picture i’m not 100% happy with, instead of saying “my art is trash” i say something like “you know i think it’s time we replaced the monalisa”. when you do that you get to make a joke, but you’re ALSO getting practice building yourself up, y’know? and eventually it becomes a reflex and you get so used to it that you can say nice stuff about yourself even when you AREN’T joking