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Don't be a victim of yourself, you have the power!
9 years ago
I was feeling really inspired this morning and wanted to write something motivational, figured I would share. <3
I want to talk to you about dreams. Furries are natural born dreamers. We see our fursonas and our characters in our mind then take steps to bring them to life. We have such an insane amount of creative potential in our fandom. I bet if we got together and worked at it we could make a company that would rival Disney.
Something that upsets me though is I see all this potential overshadowed by anxiety and depression in the fandom. Alot of the younger furs I chat with these days seem lost, dismayed, and given up on their dreams. Its sad, I want to see my friends succeed and get what they want out of life. But it seems like there are tons of people going down this route of "but this and that and can't and its hard."
My friends, I want to tell you that you are more powerful that you know. Things like fear and depression rob you of your power and you can take it back. Everyone has things that they don't like about themselves, if you take action, just that first step on the road to improvment you will be amazed how you feel. You'll see it pay off ten fold, once you start feeling better about yourself then you will treat yourself better, you will love yourself. It will change your whole outlook on life.
Like alot of people I was unhappy with my physical appearance. I would get out of my shower, pinch my stomach, and frown. Ocassionally I'd look myself in the mirror and spit acid at myself. Then I'd towel off and go back to my room to continue making the choices that made me overweight in the first place. One day I got sick of it and I started making active choices to work on it. It took a long time, over a year to lose 50 lbs but I did it. Over that year when I looked at myself in the mirror I didn't hate myself anymore. I saw someone to be admired, someone who was taking responsibity for their choices.
Once you get this real taste of power and the ability to control your life you will be suprised at what else you can do! You will see that your life really is in your hands and you can make your dreams happen!
It won't be easy, it shouldnt be, effecting real change in your life is difficult but its needed. The difficulties of the journey are whats going to make you into the person you want to be. Along the way you will develop staying power and resolve which will serve you well in all your other endeavors.
Whatcha think? ^^
I want to talk to you about dreams. Furries are natural born dreamers. We see our fursonas and our characters in our mind then take steps to bring them to life. We have such an insane amount of creative potential in our fandom. I bet if we got together and worked at it we could make a company that would rival Disney.
Something that upsets me though is I see all this potential overshadowed by anxiety and depression in the fandom. Alot of the younger furs I chat with these days seem lost, dismayed, and given up on their dreams. Its sad, I want to see my friends succeed and get what they want out of life. But it seems like there are tons of people going down this route of "but this and that and can't and its hard."
My friends, I want to tell you that you are more powerful that you know. Things like fear and depression rob you of your power and you can take it back. Everyone has things that they don't like about themselves, if you take action, just that first step on the road to improvment you will be amazed how you feel. You'll see it pay off ten fold, once you start feeling better about yourself then you will treat yourself better, you will love yourself. It will change your whole outlook on life.
Like alot of people I was unhappy with my physical appearance. I would get out of my shower, pinch my stomach, and frown. Ocassionally I'd look myself in the mirror and spit acid at myself. Then I'd towel off and go back to my room to continue making the choices that made me overweight in the first place. One day I got sick of it and I started making active choices to work on it. It took a long time, over a year to lose 50 lbs but I did it. Over that year when I looked at myself in the mirror I didn't hate myself anymore. I saw someone to be admired, someone who was taking responsibity for their choices.
Once you get this real taste of power and the ability to control your life you will be suprised at what else you can do! You will see that your life really is in your hands and you can make your dreams happen!
It won't be easy, it shouldnt be, effecting real change in your life is difficult but its needed. The difficulties of the journey are whats going to make you into the person you want to be. Along the way you will develop staying power and resolve which will serve you well in all your other endeavors.
Whatcha think? ^^
Due to some health issues, and the fact I wanted to make myself at least a little more attractive, I was determined to loose weight.
By the end of the year, i reached 165 pounds. My health problems went away and I feel much better!
Trust me, this doesn't "fix" the depression. I'm still battling it everyday. but at least I'm at a weight I'm fairly happy with.
My weight has fluctuated a little since then, but in the past 4 1/2 years, it has not gone above 170.
I'm trying my best. Really, I am!
Unfortunately, I'm still single.... I'm not sure how to change that.
Thanks Siku! *hugs*
I know what you mean dude, the depression still lingers behind my eyes, I don't think it will ever fully go away. I just keep up working to keep it at bay and stop it from clouding my judgement. I might need some kind of medication but after Adderal and Paxil in my childhood I have a firm distrust of drugs, talk therapy seems to keep me upright just fine.
As for the still single part, my theory is to keep trying new things so you can grow as person and that will attract people and if you find someone you like don't let fear stop you from trying! *hugses* ^^