Does your landlord not allow pets? How about a LEGO-like version of one?

The Hong Kong-based company JEKCA makes toy bricks similar to LEGOs — “building blocks for kidults.” They sell life-size brick sculptures of various pets, including hundreds of dogs, cats and other animals.

Each sculpture is about one foot tall and is made of over 1200 bricks. They come with instructions to assemble them yourself, and you can take them apart and reassemble them.

They come in all types of different breeds, colors and positions, from sitting to pouncing.

 

Or you could just keep one in your house as an avant-garde sculpture.

They’re secured by screws, so the completed project won’t fall apart easily.

If you already have a pet, this is one way to pay homage to them. It’s several levels above a regular old pet portrait! As long as your pet looks like one of the breeds available on JEKCA’s website, the sculpture will be a match.

There’s also a huge range of available breeds, including Yorkshire Terriers, German shepherds, Corgis, Beagles, Poodles, orange tabby cats, Persian, black cats, or Siamese — along with SO many other breeds. Many breeds also come in multiple colors.

There are even other types of pets, like parrots, fish, turtles, horses, and hamsters.

The cats, dogs, hamsters, and other smaller pets come in life-size versions. The bigger animals do not.

Would you want one of these? Let us know in the comments!

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Sometimes we need a push to make better choices when it comes to food – but not like, obvious ones, because who likes to be told what to do?

No one, a fact that tech giant Google obviously knows, because they’ve used their legendary cafeterias to silently urge their employees and guests into eating more healthy (and liking it, too!).

A five-year study of the eating habits at Google HQ reveal that the cafeteria’s patrons are making smarter, healthier choices, though, so what gives?

It turns our that their food program uses subtle but effective approaches to convincing people to eat more vegetables, fruit, and fish while eschewing empty calories.

Here are 5 simple ways they’re changing the way people eat.

5. Spa Water

Instead of making soda visible and an obvious choice, Google puts out urns of water filled with cucumbers, berries, and lemons – they’re attractive and beautiful and convince people that water isn’t the boring choice after all.

4. Meat is discouraged.

There is meat on their buffets, but it is often the last option offered, and only one of several choices ahead of it. Their Indian buffet offers many vegetarian curries, all of which look and smell as yummy as the meat option at the end, so most people’s plates are already full by the time they get there.

3. Smaller plates

The buffet line features 10-inch plates instead of the standard 12-inch versions, which help with portion control and also, people find their plates are full of healthy stuff with no room for anything else!

2. Vegetables are for all meals.

In America, we tend to think that breakfast should be made of salty meat, carbs, and sugar, but the truth is, fruits and vegetables should be a staple at every meal.

1. And they go at the front of the line.

Their buffet line starts with veggies and fruit that are followed by proteins, and finally the desserts. The chefs create delicious plant-based dishes that fill up plates and don’t leave room for sweets!

Okay, so I’m convinced…though I’m not sure these will work on my toddlers (or my husband, to be honest).

I suppose it’s worth a try – are you going to implement some of these in your business or home?

Tell us which options are inspiring you!

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All jobs require some form of expertise, whether that’s how to wrangle a two-year-old or how to land a plane. When you’ve been in the same field for long enough, you start to take certain forms of expertise for granted. But when you try to talk about it to someone not in your field, it can sound like total gibberish.

Once in a while, experts give us a glimpse into their world in a way that actually makes sense. On AskReddit, a user asked: “What is common knowledge in your field, but if you told us, we would think you’re next level smart?” The answers are fascinating.

1. Bridges aren’t attached on both sides.

“Bridges aren’t fixed at both sides, they’re traditionally pinned on one side (with two big super-pins), and just rest unfixed at the other end.

This helps avoid additional stress as the bridge flexes during use and expands/contracts with temperature change.”

2. Airplanes are fixed with duct tape.

“Every airplane you’ve ever flown on or ever will fly on has cracks in the structure all over the place. It’s very very common. And to add insult to injury, if an exterior crack or hole is found that could compromise the integrity of some non critical area like the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer or some piece of engine housing, the standard procedure is to just put some fancy duct tape over it until they can get it in a maintenance hanger.

Oh and also in my personal experience every aircraft is also probably missing about 20 or so fasteners or screws without anyone knowing.

“Movies are made in a schedule so you can save as much time and budget as possible.

The big scene are filmed later and the dialog first, usually.”

15. Collision coverage isn’t always worth it.

“I work in insurance. Sometimes I speak to people and I swear they’re hearing a foreign language.

But I guess the best answer to this question involves collision coverage. If you have a 10+ year old car that’s not financed it’s generally not worth it to keep collision on the car. It often doubles the price of your insurance (especially if you’re young) and in the event of an accident the car is likely going to be totaled out anyway.

Explaining this to people and showing them what they should be paying is akin to a miracle to some people.”

What did you think about all of this expert info? Learn anything new?

Let us know in the comments! Or share your expert info.

We’re all ears!

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Some people might say that it’s no big deal if you use these words incorrectly because everyone knows what you’re generally referring to, but as someone who makes her living writing, I think that words – and semantics – do actually matter.

Language is hard, but it’s necessary, and the key to doing almost anything in life successfully is communication.

So, let’s all link arms and, in the spirit of using English correctly, find out the key differences between forests, woods, and jungles.

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According to Merriam-Webster, a forest is “a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract.” Woods, on the other hand are “a dense growth of trees usually greater in extent than a grove and smaller than a forest.”

Basically, they are the same but a forest is bigger. U.S. and European scientists would say that it depends on factors like density of trees and other undergrowth, etc, and that it must cover at least 1.24 total acres, with the canopy cover exceeding 10% of the acreage.

Woods must span the same acreage, but they can be less dense, with canopy covers as low as 5%.

In Australia, plant ecologist Raymond Specht’s classification system calls any tree-populated land with less than 30% canopy a woodland, and anything more dense a forest.

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Jungles are a different beast, and don’t actually have specific classifications.

In fact, scientists don’t call them jungles at all, but tropical forests. They’re located around the Equator and have the highest species diversity per area in the world, and are s densely populated by flora and fauna that they’re defined as “tangled” and “impenetrable.”

Now, since most of us aren’t walking around with the equipment necessary to measure acreage and the percentage of canopy cover, it’s understandable (and fine) to interchange woods and forests for moderately-sized tracts of trees and vegetation.

If you’re aware that it’s a giant swath of land, you’d be best going with “forest.”

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If the setting is tropical, the colloquial “jungle,” would work, though you can be fancy now and choose “tropical forest” instead.

You’re welcome!

And now we all know – I, for one, definitely feel smarter for us doing this together!

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It seems like they did it...doesn’t it?

These high profile crimes may be unsolved as of today, but come on…

Scroll through our evidence and armchair detective work and see if you don’t agree. Some people just look guilty!

1. Kristin Smart

Presumed to have been abducted and killed at the end of her freshman year of college, May 25, 1996, on the campus of California Polytechnic State University. Another student, Paul Flores was the last person to see her.

Unfortunately, he was less than forthcoming about their encounter. His story changed frequently, especially when cadaver dogs picked up a scent on his mattress and he was questioned about his black eye.

2. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman

Simpson, 34, was the ex-wife of football star O.J. Simpson. In 1994, she and her friend, Ron Goldman, were found stabbed to death outside of her residence. O.J. was taken into custody and charged for their murders. After a sensational trial, he was acquitted. Later, he was found liable for the murders in civil court which doesn’t require proof beyond a reasonable doubt. O.J. was almost giddy about the outcomes and swore finding the real killer would be his “primary goal”. In his free time, O.J. likes to play golf and sign autographs.

3. Patricia Adkins

Adkins was having an affair with a married man and had lent him almost $100,000 over the time they were together.

She told family and friends she and her boyfriend were going camping in Canada. She was never seen again.

The boyfriend had a flimsy alibi, but the good ol’ boy was cleared only on his word and his name was never released by the police.

4. Dupont de Ligonnes

When an entire family of five, including their dogs, is murdered and buried under a terrace, the only person who is missing is the husband and dad, his suicidal emails are found and bullets, shovels and trash bags are purchased by him, it stands to reason he’s guilty.

However, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès is still missing and was never charged.

5. Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos

Gone missing in 2004 and in 2003, respectively, the young men were arrested by the same Deputy Steve Calkins.

Deputy Calkins said he dropped both men off at a Circle K.

They haven’t been seen since.

6. Kristine Kupka

Kupka was a pregnant and single Brooklyn college student when she went missing in 1998.

Her professor and father of her baby, Darshanand “Rudy” Persaud, wanted her to have an abortion.

He was also the last person to see her alive.

 

7. Susan Powell

Her husband Josh Powell did it and should have been arrested immediately, but his family members chose to lie for him.

He’s dead now, along with his two small sons who he also killed when he hit them repeatedly with a hatchet and burned them alive.

8. Sherese Walker Bingham

She was shot with her own gun which was found at the scene. Her husband was having an affair and even owned property with his mistress.

Detectives have been unable to gather enough evidence to charge him.

Everyone has a right to due process, but sometimes we collectively want to throw our hands up and say WHAT??

Unfortunately, these victims haven’t had justice properly served. But investigation methods are improving more each day and we hold out hope that the families of these women and men will one day finally get the answers they so desperately want.

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There’s not a lot that makes you feel good about public bathrooms, but when the hand dryer replaced towel dispensers that you have to touch, I’m sure people felt pretty good about having clean hands and fingers when they left a restroom.

I mean, you don’t have to touch them, they blow hot air…how could that not be sanitary, right?

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To understand why they’re not, we first need to agree that most people don’t wash their hands correctly or for long enough – which means that when they’re done washing and ready to dry, there are still germs all over their hands.

In 2014, a research team from the University of Leeds announced that they’d found that hot air dryers are disturbingly good at blowing those germs off of people’s hands and into nearby surfaces in fairly large quantities.

They re-created public washrooms in their labs that included jet-air dryers and paper towel dispensers, and found that the dryers introduced 27x more bacteria into the air than the paper towels. Not only that, but the microbes circulated for 15 minutes afterward.

Now, the authors have gone into the real world for their experiments, and the news for hand dryers are even worse.

Professor Mark Wilcox and his team conducted their experiment in hospitals in Leeds, Paris, and Udine (Italy) over a 12-week period, using samples from restrooms frequented by patients, staff, and visitors. They sampled the surfaces in the bathrooms every day for four weeks – only offering a jet-dry option – then waited two weeks and repeated the experiment, offering only paper towels for hand-drying.

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The results, reported in the Journal of Hospital Infection, revealed that the total amount of bacteria was consistently higher in the restrooms where jet dryers were being used, with the most dramatic differences seen between the surface of the jet dryer and the surface of the paper towel dispenser – in Italy, it was 100x higher on the jet dryer, in Paris, 33x, and in Leeds, 22x higher.

In Leeds, the worrisome methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium was found three times more frequently during jet-dryer periods then when paper towels were stocked instead, and other species of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotic treatment were found in higher instances, too.

Wilcox’s team summarized in their published article.

“Consequently, we believe that electric hand dryers are not suited to clinical settings, and, as such, existing (e.g. NHS) infection control building guidance needs to be amended and strengthened.”

French health officials updated their guidelines after the previous research came out, discouraging the use of air-dryers in clinical wards, and U.K. hospitals have followed.

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Paper towels are so much better, Wilcox says, because they “absorb the water and microbes left on the hands and it they are disposed of properly there is less potential for cross-contamination.”

So, there you have it – wiping your hands dry is better for you, since there’s a good chance you’re not getting all of the microbes off while washing, and it’s better than everyone else, because a dryer isn’t blowing your germs all over the bathroom.

But, you know, try figuring out how to wash your hands properly. I feel like that’s something more than 10% of the human race should be able to figure out.

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There are important questions out there that people are always clamoring for answers to, and while wondering how radio stations are named and why they always start with one of two letters might not be all that important, it is one of those things you ponder at some point.

We’re here to give you the answers to all of the big questions, whether the answers are life changing or not. So, if you’ve ever wondered this question fleetingly, but your brain went on to something else before you could Google it, well – today is your lucky day!

There is a short answer: the government deemed that it would be so.

Here’s a longer explanation for those of you looking to kill it at your next trivia night, though!

It harkens back to the days of the telegraph, when operators used short letter sequences as identifiers (this is also when they became known as call letters or call signs). Early radio operators continued the practice, but since no one was coordinating the choices, it was possible to choose letters already in use by someone else.

The Bureau of Navigation (under the Department of Commerce flag) stepped in, assigning three-letter call signs to ships in the early 20th century.

Ships in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico got a K prefix, while those in the Pacific and Great Lakes were assigned a W.

No one today knows why those two particular letters were chosen.

In 1912, at the London International Radiotelegraphic Convention, letters were assigned to each participating nations, and the U.S. kept K and W, with N designated for military stations.

Not long after that, the federal government began licensing commercial radio stations, planning to assign call letters to land-based stations in the same way they had been to those offshore. This time, though, W call signs went to states east of the Mississippi River and K went to those west (though at first, the line ran considerably further west, north from the Texas/New Mexico border.

It’s still not a solid identifier, though, as some stations weren’t made to change their signs when the switch was made but some were, and for about a year in the 1920s the Bureau of Navigation was assigning K signs to all new stations no matter their location.

The other letters in the call sign were assigned at random, or chosen based on an existing station name (ABC, NBC).

So, there you go – it’s mostly a random piece of chance that was signed off on by the government, and that was that!

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The brilliant minds behind the guest experience at Disneyland, Disney World and their other parks worldwide are called Imagineers. This incredible team raise the realism so you can actually feel immersed as you walk through the parks, take a thrilling ride and even when you’re standing in long lines. Everywhere you look, there’s something to discover.

Scroll through these 14 secrets about Disneyland and Disney World that we bet you didn’t know.

1. Frontierland has raised sidewalks that exactly replicate the old West.

Sidewalks in the old frontier really were raised to protect shoes and skirts from dragging in the muck that made up the roadway.

The sound and feel of it as you walk along adds to the authenticity.

2. A hidden Mickey that’s actually an inside joke.

Hidden Mickeys are scattered all through the parks, but this one is in plain sight and almost look like someone randomly painted this rather crude, unlicensed (gasp!) Mickey on a wall in Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

The real joke, though is the Swahili word underneath. It means “hidden.”

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Oh, Mickey, you’re so fine. Hey, Mickey

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3. Stand in the right place and you’ll be first to pick a Doom Buggy on the Haunted Mansion ride.

When you first enter the attraction and you are standing in the room with the spooky portraits and the stretchy walls, find the painting of the girl with the parasol.

The door to the Doom Buggys opens beneath her and then you’ll get your choice of them. Dare to sit in the first one?

4. The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! at Hollywood Studios has a warning sign too tempting to ignore.

This looks like a serious warning to not pull the rope that’s hanging on the pulley.

Surely, something bad will happen. But, it’s too tantalizing not to see what.

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5. The tallest mountain at Walt Disney World is Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

It stops at 199.5 feet and could be higher, except the Federal Aviation Authority would slap a blinking red light on it to alert aircraft and that would sort of ruin the effect.

6. The Enchanted Tiki Room was first imagined as a dinner show.

Imagineers planned the Enchanted Tiki Room as a dinner show with the animatronics.

The dining component never made it to fruition.

7. At Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, you can see where Han and Leia first kissed.

The intimate space where Han and Leia smooched for the first time is off the main room.

A cast member is stationed there to keep the heat down, but you can still look inside and get inspired for kissing your honey later.

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8. Pandora has a couple of fake waterfalls to create the illusion of a larger space.

Pandora The World of Avatar is like stepping into a dream.

However, the tallest waterfalls are actually not freely falling water. They are slowed down by a wheel to add to the ethereal feeling that everything is bigger than it is.

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9. The Enchanted Tiki Room is the reason for Disney’s delicious Dole Whips.

Since Dole is a sponsor of the Enchanted Tiki Room, we now have Dole Whips in all their frothy, flavorful, colorful glory.

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10. There are porg nests to find while you wait for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.

The lines for many of the attractions are long. But, even the queues have secret fun and games.

Look for Porg nests as you wait to fly to fly the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.

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11. There are even secret menu items!

Search the various Disney food blogs to find how to order secret off-the-menu items like this Baby Yoda cocktail.

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Secret Menu drink alert — you can (kindly) ask bartenders at Trader Sam’s to create this fun Baby Yoda inspired cocktail for you! It’s been referred to as The Child and The Bounty, so you can order it that way! As always with secret menu drinks, no means no so don’t push or press a bartender to make you one! But if you’re a big mando fan, it’s worth a shot!

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12. Liberty Square acknowledges the lack of public restroom facilities in colonial times.

Just like in colonial times, Liberty Square doesn’t have any bathrooms.

There is even a brown trail to replicate the raw sewage that flowed through the streets in days of yore.

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13. Disneyland’s iconic Mickey balloons last a long time because of this genius solution.

A former park employee came up with a way to keep the Mickey balloons from popping in the heat.

Treb Henning, a Disney “Balloon Boy” in 1969 began enclosing the balloons in bubbles, preventing kid meltdowns ever since.

14. Try to find the door to Disneyland’s private club in New Orlean’s Square.

Club 33 requires a private ultra-exclusive membership. If you can afford the entry fee of between $25,000 and $50,000, and annual dues of $30,000, then join the waiting list.

They’ll get back to you in 10 to 15 years.

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Disneyland and Disney World are chock-full of fun and secrets.

On your next visit, try to find these and the many of the other hidden treasures tucked throughout. Or, at least appreciate the minds behind all the details that add to the immersive experience only found at Disney parks!

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Even if a pet is not yours, but is in your care, most people do their very best to ensure no harm comes to the animal, because…it’s a living thing.

This guy, though, found out the hard (almost deadly, for his dog) way that his fiancee wasn’t what you would call responsible at all – and that she also wasn’t the kind of person he wanted to have in his life long term.

He posted the story on a Reddit thread, asking if he was the asshole and, well…keep reading.

AITA for cancelling my wedding because fiancee almost got my dog killed? from AmItheAsshole

So basically, this guy left his dog because she wanted the dog there for her party, gave her clear instructions on how to keep the dog safe, and then almost lost his dog because she couldn’t be bothered.

Honestly…if this was an isolated incident of poor decision making, maybe he overreacted. Maybe.

But once you consider the fact that he’s noticed her exercising similar bad judgment in the past, yeah. You could never trust her with your pets or your kids or your car or your house, so what’s the point?

FWIW, most Redditors agreed that the guy was not, in fact, an asshole at all, but someone who had just realized that he should cut his losses now and not later.

1. You know what to do…

She clearly doesn’t mean that much to you, so yeah, leave over this.

I have a cat whom I adore beyond reason and if my current BF accidentally hurt him, I’d be pissed and upset but your dog isn’t dead. If he’s more important than your woman, that relationship is doomed. I’ve been in a relationship where I would have chosen my cat over them. That is not a good relationship.

2. Marriage is doomed…

ESH – and reading through your replies to most people it seems you’ve got a lot of issues with your partners behaviour, and you were possibly looking for a good enough reason in your head to end it.

I hazard a guess that if everything you’ve listed has been getting to you over time, that the marriage would not have lasted long after that.

3. Think of the children…

NTA.

That level of carelessness could lead to death. What would people say if she had done the same thing with a kid around?

It’s pretty obvious how you feel, getting out now seems like a better option than having this fester until the divorce.

4. You had ONE job!

NTA.

You asked her to do one thing. Put the dog away. I saw a comment where you said they kept him out because they wanted to pet him and stuff. This is what makes her TA. She deliberately ignored what you asked of her after she asked for the dog to stay there, and then she neglected to watch the dog or put the dog away later when they started drinking. It’s neglect of an animal.

It’s really pissing me off that everyone is giving off ‘it’s just a dog’ vibes. Like wtf. This wouldn’t of happened if the dog was put away like she was asked. It wasn’t an accident or a mistake because she left the dog out on purpose for entertainment. I think this is a legitimate reason for not marrying her. It’s not like they could get married and be happy and laugh about it in the future like ‘do you remember on you hen party when my dog almost died due to your stupidity? Hahahahahahahaha’

No.

5. No, it wasn’t just an accident!

NTA.

I don’t understand the people saying, “But it’s just an accident!” She went against clear, easy instructions by OP and should have enough common sense to keep that stuff in a safe area in the first place. She also has a history of questionable decisions. What if this was their child in the ER?

OP, block her family and take a break from talking to yours. You don’t have to forgive her just because your dog lived this time. And you don’t have to stay and marry her just because you’ve been together for 4 years. You don’t have to explain yourself to anyone.

And the ones who still thought he was overreacting?

6. It’s YOUR dog…

YTA.

She messed up by not doing as you said but it wasn’t only on her.

You say she is a careless person and you give a bunch of examples, then isn’t it your job to take care of your dog and not leave it in a dangerous situation with her know her carelessness?

I’ll be honest though, given how you mention other minor things she does/did, it seems to me you were already looking for any reason to bail on the wedding. You were getting cold feet and are using this as an excuse to get out of a years long relationship and marriage commitment.

She made a mistake and had already been crying for hours, as you mention, so she didn’t do it deliberately. I’d even understand if she hadn’t shown remorse at her mistake or something.

There is a reason why all those around you are saying you are over reacting, even your mun and your best friends. I don’t think you are overreacting though, I think you are just using this as an excuse to bail, knowingly or unknowingly, because you have cold feet.

Edit: Thanks for the Gold and Silver

7. Bro… seriously?

YTA as it is a massive over reaction. However, you seem to have bigger issues.

You say you’re not holding on, but you clearly are.

8. You’re bother better off without each other….

YTA. OMG YTA.

It was an accident. The way you speak about her is atrocious.

Please leave her so she can find someone who doesn’t think she’s an idiot.

I don’t know, but I definitely wouldn’t trust them with my dog.

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There’s no one way to get through the days and weeks when you’re battling a mental illness like depression.

Some days you’re the one ready and willing to give tips and other days, you’re in desperate need of some new coping mechanisms.

But whatever sort of day you’re having, #HowIFightDepression is here with some real, tested ways to help, so check it out.

12. Quiet resolve.

#HowIFightDepression I don’t fight it. I accept it. I have even learned to appreciate it. I don’t think I’d be where I am today had I never had depression. I study my depression. I know when it’s coming and what to do when it arrives. We’re strong even at our weakest. Bring it.

— Dan Bell (@thisisdanbell) June 19, 2019

11. Give yourself a break.

It's okay if you don't feel like getting out of bed. It's okay if you can't take a shower. It's okay if you lied & cancelled all plans. Depression is mentally exhausting. It's okay if all you did today was breathe. Mental illness is as real as physical one.#HowIFightDepression

— Komal Shahid (@ArmedWithWords) June 19, 2019

10. Remember that it lies.

#HowIFightDepression – no matter how you do it, fight it. Remember that Depression is a liar – it takes real concerns & blows them out of proportion, obscures ability to see or believe in solutions, tells you ur stupid for even trying. Depression is a liar. Tell it to Fuck off.

— Ed the Sock (@EdtheSock) June 19, 2019

9. Don’t wait until you feel like it.

#HowIFightDepression When you’re depressed, you feel so ugly inside,you don’t want to get out of bed, you don’t want to work out, you don’t wanna do anything. Guess what-DO IT ANYWAY

— Maurice Benard (@MauriceBenard) June 19, 2019

8. Don’t judge yourself by others standards.

https://twitter.com/SuzannahCo/status/1141247371709485056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1141247371709485056&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwokesloth.com%2Fmental-health-tips-how-i-fight-depression%2Fmasha%2F

7. One small task. You’re not alone.

Medication. Therapy. Exercise. Give myself one small task, and complete it; repeat the next day. Remind myself tons of others are fighting it too. #HowIFightDepression

— Jeremy (@cinemasins) June 19, 2019

6. Asking for help is brave.

I felt like a loser at the time going to see a doctor. It saved my life.

Honestly, depression steals joy and makes you believe you are worthless.

You aren’t. I assure you. I’m glad I got adjusted.

I’m glad I found the courage for help. #HowIFightDepression

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 19, 2019

5. It’s not a win/lose scenario.

#HowIFightDepression? I don’t. You can’t fight it, that implies you can just win and it’s over. Depression isn’t a combat scenario. It’s about developing tools to cope with it, live alongside it and not let it bring you down.

— adam koebel (@skinnyghost) June 19, 2019

4. Don’t stop.

Everytime I break down, I'd wipe my tears. Everytime I feel weak, I'd give myself strength. Everytime I get anxious, I'd fight to be in control. Everytime I give up, I'd remind myself why I shouldn't stop. Everytime I feel lonely, I'd keep myself company. #HowIFightDepression

— Anna Khayalan (@thekhayalan15) June 19, 2019

3. Some days, kids help. Others…

I took a walk around town with my 7 month old daughter. No stroller, I just carried her around cuz she likes to reach for the leaves on trees and bushes.

She started to fight off sleep, then her head dropped to my neck & she was out. I'd never felt happier.#HowIFightDepression

— Chner (@Tadasco42) June 19, 2019

2. You’re worth it.

Everytime I break down, I'd wipe my tears. Everytime I feel weak, I'd give myself strength. Everytime I get anxious, I'd fight to be in control. Everytime I give up, I'd remind myself why I shouldn't stop. Everytime I feel lonely, I'd keep myself company. #HowIFightDepression

— Anna Khayalan (@thekhayalan15) June 19, 2019

1. Any or all.

Get off social media.
Have lunch with another friend who gets it.
Exercise.
Get a good night sleep.
Listen to Funky Kingston by Toots and the Maytals.
Medicine and talk therapy. #HowIFightDepression

— John Ross Bowie (@JohnRossBowie) June 19, 2019

 

If you need to hear it today, you matter to people, so keep going.

Tomorrow might be better.

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