Hi!

My name is Ty. I'm a 20 year old Colorado native. I'm an artist, a minimum wage worker, and a lover of life. I'm also an assault survivor, a suicide survivor, and anorexia survivor, and a lifetime sufferer of depression and anxiety.


I'm tired of those labels being defining characteristics of who I am. I'm tired of being a victim and a sufferer. I am starting this project because I realized life is too short to waste hating myself and being sad, and then I started to realize that I have the tools to help myself. Once I started to heal, I looked around and realized that there were a lot of other people in my peer group in the same pit I was in. I started to wonder of the things I tried to do for myself might help other people, or at least help them get pointed the way they want to point.


I do not claim my ideas will work for everyone, and I DEFINITELY don't think they're a magic cure. Everything I'm doing and have tried to do has only worked because I genuinely wanted to get better. Depression is kind of like an addiction with how seductive it is, and the only way a person can truly start to heal and continue to do so is when they themselves truly want to get better. I'm hoping that for those of us who want to feel better and move forward, but don't know where to start can maybe some passive direction in what I have to say.


This blog is about self reliance and self-love. I will be posting challenges, things to think about, coping mechanisms I use, and things to brighten your day a few times a week. Take from them what you wish, and feedback is much appreciated. I want to learn from you too!


Thanks guys!


Love, Ty

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Various Valuable Links

7 Things to Remember When You Think You're Not Good Enough
An important list that condenses the types of things I have been trying to talk about in this blog.

You're Probably Not Really a Nice Guy
A video I believe sets the record straight on "friendzoning" and discussing the "nice guy/asshole" boxes society stuffs boys into. Pay attention at 4:35

10 Habits of People Who Follow Their Dreams
A list of mind opening habits that may help you reach your dreams and goals by stepping out of your own way.

15 tips for Empaths
A little help for those of us who feel everything and everyone right to the core of our being.

Signs We Are Being Used for Sex
A useful article for those of us who find our own self love and self worth damaged by the people we spend our time around.

We Are Not Here to Fix Each Other
Another article for the incredibly empathetic, and those of use who base our own self worth on healing the severely damaged.

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