I probably have hEDS, have had tense muscles since I was 8 and more and more of my joints started to be in constant pain, 10 years spine, 14 years hips, then hands at 19 and now all of them. And though I'm over 40 and don't practice any stretching, I still can contort myself in any direction.
But I don't know if it's worth the energy to fight for a diagnosis? Because it doesn't seem like there is any help, other than mild painkillers and physiotherapy, and I already get that. It is so much work to convince doctors to look into the source of joint pain, as soon as they can rule out rheumatoid arthritis they stop caring. And I don't belive I will get stronger painkillers even with a diagnosis anyway.
Do you think a diagnosis is woth the hassel?
For me, diagnosis was worth it because it meant getting the correct kind of physical therapy, which is often very different from the regular kind you usually get if the physical therapist is good at their job.
Regular PT used to damage my joints more. PT designed to target hypermobility has actually helped build joint stability, retrain my muscles, and reduce some of my pain by lessening the frequency of injuries.
It’s also good to know because hEDS affects more than just your joints.
I have a lot of problems with my internal organs due to how my connective tissue is affected, and my brother, who is undiagnosed but likely affected, suffered from spontaneous retina detachment twice. When I mentioned it to my eye doctor he said, “yeah, that happens to you zebras” and now I get my retinal health assessed every six months because fuck that.
It can also be good to know because of how it affects your care during things like surgery, ranging from which anesthesia they use to the type of sutures required.
When my mother had a mastectomy, she experienced several surgical complications, including not being able to get the wound site to close, so they kept dragging her back into surgery.
When I found out, I told my dad the surgical team needed to know my mother likely had hEDS because I did, and my mother and I are carbon copies of each other. When my dad told the surgeon, he apparently said, “Well, if I’d known that, I’d have done the whole thing differently!” and finally got my mother stitched up properly and into recovery.
In that regard, my diagnosis helped not just me but a family member, but also indicated the type of care I’ll likely need if I’m ever in the same situation.
So, yes, it's a hassle to get diagnosed and some (bad) doctors will frame it in terms of “there’s no cure so there’s no point.”
But for me, it’s not only been worth it but also vital to the management of the rest of my care. And let me be clear, there are some people for whom this is just a crappy joint disorder, and they are otherwise fine. But for many of us, we’re more than just our fucky joints. We’re an entire plethora of health problems that all cascade from our weak connective tissue, and it's important more people recognize that.
So is it worth it for you? That's a you decision. But it was very much worth it for me.
I wish you luck and fewer days of pain. This shit sucks.
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alright i was planning to put out a big celebratory nublar six fanart for chaos theory day but since its 10 and I'm only done with darius I'm putting a pin in that and instead posting the notes i took at the time while watching the show!!
BIG JURASSIC WORLD CHAOS THEORY SPOILERS AHEAD
I'm going to come out with more sane-sounding analyses and all when i calm down so stick around for that -> for this i was just writing down whatever was in my head while watching but it's still fun!! (italicized the best fragments)
episode 1:
- oh my fucking god bens a redditor. my sweet boy what have u done to him
- darius calling brooklynn just to hear her voice made me tear up :((
- oh my GOD i missed benrius so so much
episode 2:
- HE TURNED HIS VAN INTO A HUGE DORK POUCH AWWW LOVE THIS LITTLE (BIG) GUY
- "guess we could've looked that up but… well…" BEN.
- WHAT THE FUCK WHATTHEFUCK BEN AND BROOKLYNN WHY ARE U DOING THIS TO ME
- SHES SO CUTE……
- im crying,,,,
- brookes an investigative journalist awww that fits her so well
- them bonding over dark jurrassic i CANNOT
- ben being obsessive and dealing with constant anxiety ahhh
- darius just called ben 'benjamin' i am in shambles
- ohhhwwhbgb theyre fighting over trust and brooklynn and ughghhh my babies
- awww bonding over candy i MISSED THEM SO MUCH
episode 3:
- SAMMY LIVING ON HER FARM AHH
- she doesnt talk to her parents anymore??? girl we all KNOW you care, you loved them SO MUCH?? she sacrificed so much for them what the hell happened
- BUMPER CARRRRR SHES HEERREEEEEE
- AWWW HER AND BENS REUNION!!!!!!!
- ben defending bumpy. also i dont like carlos
- SAMMY GIRLIE I LOVE U SO MUCH PLEASE GO SEE A THERAPIST. AVOIDING UR PROBLEMS BY KEEPING URSELF BUSY ISN'T HEALTHY. PLEASE
- WHATTHEFUCK WHATTHEFUCK HER SEEING BROOKE I AM IN SHAMBLES
- SAMMY GUTTIEREZ. STOP.
- THE TEARS IN HER EYES
- OH MY GOD IM SOBBING WHAT THE FUCK
- "And what, Darius? Stop and think about Brooklynn dying, or my family not speaking to me, or Yaz pulling away from me? No. I… I can't stop. I won't." JESUS FUCGIN CHRSIT WHY
- ^ im gonna have to post a whole analysis on this scene because wgat the fuck man
- seeing them back in their 'hiding from the dinos' selves fbiudsjkbgfskd
- Sammy with Brookes jacket awhghh
- ^ also i STILL believe Brooklynns alive I DONT CARE WGAT ANYBODY SAYS PKAEASE
- ^^ HHDFUSIGIF
- alr this is the 2nd scene involving cars and jumping i have to start counting
- ok ths is building up GOOD
episode 4:
- ben being emo and sighing so somebody would notice him BROO
- THEYRE SO CUTE?? benrius married for the double income shenanigans
- YEAH BUMPYS A BOSS SHELL BE FINE
- BGFDHUJKH THEYRE ADORABLE
- i didn't know i needed benrius conspiring together until we got it
- BEN HAS A GIRLFRIEND. !!!!
- DARIUSES FLASHBACK SJIT??
- these children. (theyre older than me now i think)
- oh my fucking god theyre all so traumatised
- DARIUS AND KENJI ARENT ON SPEAKING TERMS. THE HELL.
- KENJIIIII HEIII!!!
- HES IGNORING HIM. WHAT THE FUVKING HWELL
- hes an eat-love-climb kinda guyy
- WHYRE THEY FIGHTINGG
- oh hes BLAMING DARIUS for brooklynn? KENJI KON WHAT THE FUCK
- she went to see daniel?????? why.
- SAM CALLING YASMINA ALL THE TIME I
- KENJ AND DARIUS WITH TRUST
- sammy ranting about yaz doing things she doesn't like i- PLEASE communicate. i beg u creator gods make them actually TALK to each other
- "I think we should split up." "gasp you and yaz?!" "what?! noo! us! the three of us!!! …why, did she say somethin'?" OH MY GODSHBKJG HOW BAD IS THEIR SITUATION IM SCARED
- sammy just tickled the keys off him
- THEY LEFT DARIUS TO DEAL WITH IT.
- okay them having the emotional conversation ON THE CLIFFSIDE. ok.
- KENJI BROKE UP W HER?? alright were getting dinostar then right
- ^ christ man i am too good at guessing these things
- DARIUS NOT KNOWING HOW CLIMBING ROPES WORK LMAO
- okay B&Kenji were cute im gonna miss them
- but Brooklynn ignoring him,,, JUSTIFIES IT. I GET IT KENJ OK
- POOR KENJI??? WTF???????????
- OH GODFFDHGFBV AND BEFORE HER DEATH TOO WHY
- OKAY i get that i should pay more attention to the dinostar crumbs and all but all i feel rn is sympathy for kenji. hes been done wrong ENTIRELY in this scenario and just. man.
- HTEY GOT BUMPY
episode 5:
- aiaiai darius babY PLEASE
- make them COMMUNICATE. PKEAFEEE
- kenji calls ds mom more than he does whagthehellman
- SAMS STILL CALLING YAZ AGHHH
- OK THE TEARS IN HER EYES STOP IT
- her and 'benjamin' bickering AHH
- SHES SOOOO GIRLBOSS I LOVE LVOE HER
- WTF THAT GUYS AN ASSHOLE??
- aaand THEYRE FREEING THE DINOS!
- FHUCkin daniel kon
- AHH THEYRE SO CUTESY
- BEN SUSPECTING SAMMY. AND JUST SAMMY. WHAT THE FUCK
- 'but i promise, I do trust you. now.' OOOHHHH MY SWEET SWEET DUDEEE. FUCK U
- i get WHY i GUESSS, with his paranoia and all but thats an ASSHOLE move
- daniel and kenji ermmbnbgvjsdk
- HES TRYING TO MANIPULATE HIM AGAAAINN DUDE ITS GETTING BORING
- w6AT. TF. KENJI
- ooh the good ol dino chase!!
- SAMMY BEING A GOOD FIGHTER AWHGHH
- WFAH THAT SCARED ME
- ok they made up!!
- I KNEW THIS GUY WAS AWFUL
- OKAYYYYY KENJ YESSS TALK ABOUT IT!!! FINALLYYYY COMMUNICATIONNNN
- YESWSS AHDJFSN THEYRE TALKING
- I LOVE THIS SO MUCH TEARS FLOWING DOWN MY CHEEKS AHFGDS
- I HATE THIS FUCKING GUY AIGERG SDFJ
- YES KENJI GO OFF BITCH!!!!!!
- brooke… whatttth,
- TF WAS SHE DOING
- OH MY FUCKING GOD THE SCREAM I SCREAMT WHEN I SAW THIS DINOSAUR CONTROLLING PERSON
NIGHTMARE FUCKING FUEL
- WHAT THE FGUCK WHYS SHE SO UNCANNY VALLEY I
LITTERALLY JUMPED AND MOVED AWAY IMMEDIATELY
- oh he doesnt die :(
- still WHO IS THAT??
- oh he does die :)
- fr tho - KENJI POOR BABY IM SO SORRY. as if he didnt go through enough already..
- WHY TEHGFHBVCKJS OH WHO ARE U U EERIE FUCKIN
- is kenj having a panic attack!!!!
- BCFHSDKJFBJKDBFKJVX THEYRE SO CUFKING SCARY WHY ARE THEIR MOVEMENTS SO MECHANICAL
- KENJI SAYING お父さん NOW I AM DDYING. I WILL NOT RECOVER.
episode 6:
- SHITTTT YAZ'S HEREEE
- ohhhh fuck shes dealing with A LOT
- DARLING U OK???
- THE FLASHBACKS ARE TERRIFYING
- shes so pretty!!!!
- BROOKLYNN BITCH WHTWS FD
- THEYRE SOOOOO CUTEEEEE
- I LOVE HOW YAZS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE PORTRAYED
- I'm SO glad to see her dealing with everything and slowly getting over some of her trauma
- ooh ok YAZ AND SAMMY
- THEYRE SO HSGDIUF
- okay so the solution to the problem is. TALK. its just. TALK TO EACH OTHER.
- AWHH OK SHES NOT READY I SUPPOSEE
- SHIT sam bb i get protecting the ones u love. but u shouldnt hide things from ur gf just so she doesnt feel bad. especially things so huge.
- AND YAZ. babygirl. you shouldn't avoid your gf if shes doing something ure uncomfortable with. you shouldn't ignore her and make her feel bad abt it.
YASAMY. THIS IS AN INTERVENSION. TALK TO EACH OTHER. ACTUALLY. PLEASE
- ^ this is me showing how much im loving this storyline. VERY annoyed. love angst in fav ships. GOTTA HAVE SOME SPICE ONCE IN A WHILE I GET IT
- ^^ but if they break up im killing myself
- sammY PLEASEEFH DONT ASSUME JUST TALK. PTSD/MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERAL ISNT THAT SIMPLE
- theyre both doing wrong things AND I JUST AGHHH
-ALTHOUGHH when they finally DO communicate itll be SOO satysfying
- EEEE HERE THEY AREEEEEEE
- awkward. a little. BUT SWEET
- OK NO I CHANGED MY MIND THEYRE SOOOO CUTEEEE
- and ben and yazs friendship AGHGHHHG
- therapy island. awh okayy!!
- YAZS SO PASSIONATE I LOVE IT
- 'ohohohhh… let me show u!… benny boy'
- this is GOOD. it IS impressive!!
- SAMMY STOP IT
- YES YASMINA TALK ABOUT IT
- I AM LOVING THIS OH MY GOD
- JESUS CHRIST BEN
- NAH WHAT THE FUCK
- WHY. BENJAMIN.
- yasammyyyyyy i love u to hell and back WHY R U LIKE THIS
- ben&yaz bonding!!!!
- YEAHHH SHES HAPPY FOR UUUU
- THE BESTIESSSS
- OH MY GOD THE FUCKING DINOSAURS ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING
- ohhh this isnt good!!!
- OHHKAY THE GUYS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK
- jumping car scene count: 3
- 'big bens got moves' SHE SAID THE LINE
- i feel like DPW is gonna play a bigger role in this
- ^AND IM RIGHT.
- WGAT THE FUCNK
episode 7:
- OHKAY WHATS GOING ON
- theyre up buttt….. what the hell r they gonna do. they either drown or get eaten by a dino.
- YASAMMMYYYYY I MISSED U SO MUCH
- AND THEYRE SPEAKING AND SHJOWING AND HFUDSI
- okay KENJIS HABING A PANIC ATTACK I AM
- quick break to say the mental health representation and how its done in this show is one of the best examples on how to portray mentally unwell characters I've seen lately
- WTF DOES THIS GUY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS
- bens soggy van is what ure complaining about rn guttierez???
- OK THE SCENE OF BS DEATH I CANT IM SOBBING
- them both reaching for the phone ok.
- THEYRE ALIVE,
- YASAMMYS BACK OFFICIALLY PEOPLE I AM SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP
- ben respectfully i love u but that van wouldve died of old age in a matter of a week
- SHE HAD A PLACE
- he finally got to throw them phones away
- I AM SCREAMING OVER THESE YASAMMY MOMENTS IM AHGFSFJSV
- 'oh i am so gonna hunt them from beyond the grave' yasmina fadoula will u marry me
- oh right they dont have their phones so theyre not gonna be able to find each other
- ok so if im picking up what theyre putting down correctly brooklynn was investigating illegall DPW dinosaur dropoffs??
- cant tell if kenjis coming to terms with it or being jealous
- WHAT THE FUCK OK SHE EITHER GOT REALLY INTO THAT INVESTIGATING OR SHES ACTUALLY WENT CRAZY
- ok this kenji sequence questioning scene was amazing
episode 8:
- wgat the aHELL wr they doin
- ok darius and kenji awkwardly connecting. good
- ^and darius being protective around kenj over brooklynns phone since he left so many voicemails that he doesnt want him to hear? jesus christ man
- OKAY my favourite little trio in a truck with a dinosaur chat do we think theyll survive this
- tbh the amount of times in these kids lives where the probablity of survival was scary low is. er. sad
- ^ not only for them cause of trauma and stuff but for the random bg characters - dude dies after seeing a dino ONCE but six random kids? yeah theyll survive DOZENS without help
- quickly ill just say we need a name for the lesbians and their emotional support muscle wall. their dynamic is superb
- the kenji and brooklynn video I LOVE THEM
- BABYTALK
- . POOKIE BEAR. KENJI WENJI.
- shit fuckballs they're fighting again
- darius. just. talk?
- YES THIS IS GOOD TOO THIS IS GOOD
- that CAN be a coping mechanism i GUESSS
- what. who r u
- DPW BOSS?
- YEAH I THOUGHT THEYD FALL FOR THAT AGAIN THANK GOD
- YOU WERE IN WHAT WITH WHO NOW
- ^WHAT THHFSDN
- ^^I WAS EXPECTING THIS HIGHKEY BUT STILL
- ^^^ its good that he told kenji about this
- ^^^^ and its GREAT that kenji's understanding
- is this THE video???
- SHE IS WHAT NOW
- maybe this is how they get to take these dinos away?? by pretending the dinos are dead in the face of the law??
- 'ooh heyyy!. boo.' I LOVE U GUYS
- it IS the video.
- OK BUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER
- if i was in dariuses place i would NEVER recover
- KENJI RESPECTFULLY DON;T
- ^DONT BLAME HIM????
- please dont let this be the scary lady
- YEAH KENJ ATLEAST URE RESPECTFUL
- whats going on with bumpy.
- YASAMMMY I WANNA INJECT U INTO MY VEINS
- SHESAIDTHELINESHESAIDTHELINE
- ^ 'wanna make a little chaos?' WHAT IF I DIE. WHAT IF I DIE YASMINA. WHAT THEN.
- 'maybe. maybe not!!!!' BABIES??
- r the dinos drugged or controlled with the same method the inhumane ladys using
- ^or are they tranqued out of their minds. idk.
- OH SHIT? THEY SHOULDNT KILL AT THE WATERING HOLE
guess it isnt really that is it
- BENJAMIN NO
episode 9:
- now SAMMYS anxiety's spiking
- ok bens gonna not die hopefully??
- i love them stalking. the little creepers. hehe
- BUMPER CARRR WHATS GOING ON
- ^ is she drugged or smth :(((
- ^^^maybe shes pregnant?? but idk idk i dont think so
- ^^^^ fucking forshadowing
- ^^^^^ i sincerely hope its more positive than im thinking
- COMMUNICATION!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!!
- theyre the cutest!!!! Yasammy charades level teamwork!!!!!
- ok i love both the teams
- kenji and darius sticking up for each other despite everything. DO THEY WANNA MAKE ME SUFFER
- the kon puns im crying
- KENJI HELPING DARIUS CLIMB IM SCREAMING
- ok quick intermission i LOVE yazs design shes so cute
- hndsgjkb JUST FIND EACH OTHER ALREADY
- BENJAMIN CMON U GOTTA SAVE HER
- 'Are you dying?' WHATRF ESDGUHKUFDGKJBFDXBFVGBUFIDCFGVBKJSDXBC K
EFAHBUISDAGEBDBWAUISDFK
- ^ NO
- ^^ NO
- ^^^ NOOOOOOO
- WHATTTTTFDSDGJBMGDF
- SHE CANT BE
- ILL SOB MY EYES OUT I SWEAR TO GOD
- BEN HIDING AND CRYING I
- I FEEL U IM DOING THE SAME EXACT THING RN
- OKAY THEY KNOW NOW
- yaz&sammy&kenji&darius reunion1!!!!1!
- ^ AND WHERES BEN
- BUMPY. U STRONG STRONG WOMAN. I WANT U TO KNOW THAT IF U DIE. I WILL TOO.
- IM GONNA KILL MYSLEF/.
(this i fear is where i realise that im going insane)
- CREEPY MICRO BANGS IS AN AMAZING NAME FOR UNCANNY VALLEY WOMAN YEAH
- yeah atp i think weve all figured out its an illegal dino selling business
- wGAT
- yeah WTF WAS SHE DOING
- 'no talk. come quick. bumpys dying.' IM FUCKING DYING TOO!!!!!!!! FUCK THIS SHIT OH MY GOD
- BUMPER CAR DO NOT. PLEASE. DONT.
- WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I WAS RIGHT
- ^ WTF WTF I
- thats an egg.
- DONT THINK ABOUT IT BUD.
episode 10:
- these kids r so traumatised they do not need this
- IS SHE RLY DEAD….
- ok so its two separate factors i think?? DPW on one side, creepy micro bangs on the other. right?
- ^ this is delving DEEP into the mystery factor…
- BEN WTF!!!!! DONT JUST??? DO THAT????????
- OMFG SHES HERE
- ^ I HATE HER IHATEHERIHATEHER
- SHES WHY THE DINOS R ACTING WEIRD
- WHY IS SHE SO FUCKING UNCANNY I CANNOT
- ^ SHES LIKEA CARNIVORE DINOSAUR IF IT WAS A HUMAN
- ok so SHES the real boss. the unresponsive. wide eyed. controlling dinosaurs. microbangs. woman.
- SWHE KILLED BROOKLYNN.
- ^ WHAT THE FUCK.
- im ngl i DID kinda dig her vibe but AFTER HEARING THIS I JUST CAngfijbdsuif FUCK U
- who THE HELL
- GET UR FREAKY ASS BOB AWAY
- BRUH PUT THAT FUCKING WHISTLE DOWN
- IM GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES OVER THIS LADY
- WHAT THE
- theyre way too lucky who the hell is driving that truck
- i feel like atleast ONE of them shoulda got injured in that fall
- OH MATEO!!!! HI BB
- OOP CREEPY BANGS DEAD YIPPEE
- AND THEYRE ALL GOING BAZONKAS?? BC SHES UNRESPONSIVE I PRESUME?
- ALWAYS THE MFING RAPTORS
- okay theyre definitely coca in the loca
- WGAT TJR FJCUK EPIC EXPLOSION TYRANNOSAURUS REX
- ^ R U SLASH J OR SRS RN
- JESUS I LOVE THESE KIDs
- where's yaz.
- SAMMY!!!
- 'Hey, Stripey! Leave. My girl. Alone!' YTHIS IS WHY I HATE THIS FUCKING SHOW /affectionate
- AND THE ALMOST KISS HALF HUG IM KMS
- WHY R THEY LIKE THIS
- HES LETTING THE ALLOSAURUS OUT???? HUHHHHHHH
- DARIUS BOWMAN.
- IS HE
- IS HE FUCKING
- SERIOUS RN
- jesus christ this BOY. this BOY man.
- DIE
- DDDDIIIIIEEEEEE
- what tf!!!! the broker???
- we still dont know the creepy bangs name….
- so we're getting a 2nd season right
- AWW YASAMMY SHOT
- HWRFIUSDHGSFDKHAWVBSDXCZKJLGDHSFKLJGBJKESRDFJ
- WHYSDHIFUJDIGVBDFS
- WHEN I TELL U I JUMPED I MEAN I JJJUUUUMMMMPPPEEEEDDDD
- THIS EERIE ASS BITCH KEEPS ON SHOWING UP WHEN I DONT EXPECT IT
- DONT GET ME WRONG
- PEAK CHARACTER DESIGN
- AND THE LOOK ITSELF IS RLY CUTE AND ALL
- BUT IF I SAW A BITCH THAT LOOKED AND BEHAVED LIKE THIS I WOULDVE SCREAMED MY INTESTINES OUT AND RAN ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA
- THE CREEPIEST CHARACTER IVE SEEN IN YEARS IM AFRAID
- oh she still cares about her dinos!!! this makes her a little more human
- a little less scary
- ok
- her movements r less mechanical more affectionate now
- less hvfudignb BIGBFI SHE JUST TURNED
- thank GOD shes gone
- theyre me
- 'well that was… unnerving' WELL SAID
- YASAMMY HUG!!
- YEAHHHH THE LOOK!!
- the regular schmegular 'let's save the day' speech. we gotchu darius!!
- GASPPP
- ok so UNREQUITED dinostar
- OH MY GHRHSIUDF THATS SO FUCKING SAD
- DARIUS MY BABY I
- YEAH!! SHOW UP!!!!!
- ofc they are?????
- it IS a very brooklynn thing to fo
- you kon count him in too!!!
- LMAO MATEO I LOVE YOU
- YUP YUP BUMPER CAR NEEDS CARE AND SAFETY
- IS THIS THE END???
- please give me atleast one more cryptic scene
- OH SHES IN ON IT TOO?/BG
- bgiudsfgtbfseruifdgkdfx
- I FUCKING TOLDF U
- I TOLD U ALL
- I SAID IT FIRST
- HGIUDFSOI;GT;ERASFOICXLBVNIPGRSD
- SHE LOST AN ATM
- SHES ALIVE
- THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN FUCKING TALKINHG ABOUT
- TOLD U SHE COULDNT BE DEAD I MEAN. ITS BROOKLYNN.
(ok all in all. this was. an experience. gonna leave it at that and go take a nap)
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The next 5 days are going to suck incredible ass but it will only be 5 days and then I'll be home
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I think that Dr. Christina "I was an excellent soldier" Raynor needs to deal with some personal things before she's anyone's therapist, because she strong-armed more of Bucky's autonomy away from him than Zemo did within the series.
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There are four main types of Batfam fans in regard to how people interpret Bruce Wayne as a dad (/Joking. This is mostly satire and should not be taken seriously):
Fans that think Bruce is emotionally constipated and isn't the best at being a parent but still tries (Differs per person). Don't necessarily think he's absuive but thinks he can be toxic or have unhealthy expectations for the Robins. Can smell the Oldest Daughter Syndrome coming from Dick and have Family Line (By Conan Gray) as their top song on their Dick inspired playlist and Daddy Issues (By The Neighbourhood) for Jason.
Fans that choose to believe Bruce goes to therapy in their own canon. Love B:WFA. Thinks the comic can be cheesy at times and so find a balance between B:WFA Bruce and Please Go To Therapy BruceTM as their middle ground. He struggles. They advocate that Bruce is not a bad parent, he just has bad writers that seem to forget Bruce wouldn't hurt kids, especially not his own. Love the humane moments and scenes he has in BTAS and the early JL cartoons. He may not be perfect but he's not literally abusive. Whores for Bruce being able to admit when he is wrong and for Jason and Bruce reconciling. I recommend Grow As We Go by Ben Platt for this one.
A mix between the first two. Was fine-ish when Dick was younger. Didn't help him in the healthiest way but eh. Still emotionally constipated but that happened more so after Dick left and Jason died. Started getting better when Tim came back but was still closed off. Should probably go to therapy with the kids so they can drag his ass about all the things he's done that have actually affected them negatively. Understands his mistakes and is also able to admit when he's wrong, eventually. It's not easy but he starts to do better and learns to be more emotionally available. Still has to get chewed out by Alfred sometimes but definitely better than he used to be and it shows. Reconciliation is slow and gradual but progress is made for everyone involved.
The one's I personally avoid for my own sanity and wellbeing:
Think Bruce is a complete bastard and abuser. Want him to choke. Hate any and all interpretations of him. Some of which will refuse to understand how anyone could have a different interpretation. Will point out comics where, in all fairness, he is a dick but forget that characterisation can significantly differ from one series to the next, as comic characters are constantly passed around to different writers and have been for decades. Not to mention movies, shows, etc.
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Ok. Get closer why don’t you.
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quick life update!
life has been busy for me lately, i'm in a weird place mentally where i've never been happier in my life but i'm realising there's still stuff from the past and anxiety about the future that i still have to work on. creating these lockscreens has sometimes been an escape for me, and sometimes a source of anxiety, nowadays it's pretty neutral? but i realised i work on requests less and that saddens me a bit
for those who are new here, know that i work on my requests when i have the time to do so, and sometimes some requests inspire me more than others. i don't want to put this pressure on myself about this since i don't make a living out of it. it's something i started on a whim but still like to do, even after almost four years! (longest hobby i've ever had, seriously)
i also wanted to say to those who hide their appreciation in the tags, who are so polite and kind when making a request : i see you and you're the thing that encourages me to go on and create these silly edits 💛
anyway, i hope life is kind to everyone reading this, please take care of yourself!
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yesterday i was thinking that if i don't get into any phd program by the end of the year and i switch to focusing on studying oposiciones to work at a museum i will try and learn some catalan to get the c1.
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Gotta write a production report for two songs we recorded and I'm gonna have to do at least a third of it for a group of 6 after having done about half of the recording and editing work for one of these two projects...all that cause I still haven't found an internship so I can't just say : do it without me.
It's a little exhausting. I know they will work if I really push them but they'll do it super late and I'll have to revise it when I get back home from the small concert I've allowed myself to go instead of my portuguese lesson (brazilian artist so it's all good my teacher said, I still feel bad) and I'll have to run around tomorrow morning to print it and I'll assume the cost again.
It's...yeah it's exhausting. And my thesis is so far behind, and I still have no internship. I wanna keep strong but man that diploma is slipping away from me. I'm not even sure I have good enough grades at my exams now !
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so CBT never worked for us in therapy. basically every instance of it was therapists trying to get us to stop being anxious about very real problems that were very likely to happen. like, situations that were not only likely, but would be very dangerous if they did happen. sometimes even things that had already happened and were likely to happen again.
meanwhile we have an app on our phone that guides you through various CBT exercises and it turns out when we use that for the kind of shit where we already know our brain is being irrational and we just want to get our thoughts together and work through the issue by writing it out, it works really fucking well and oh look suddenly we've been doing CBT for an hour and processed the root cause of several key emotional issues we've been having for years.
funny how that works. it's almost like we can actually figure out for ourselves when something is irrational and when it's an actual real problem that could put us in danger and shouldn't be dismissed. who'd have fucking thought it
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sdfghjkl i have state-mandated exams starting tomorrow that determine if i graduate also fragile mental health this week and listening to home video by lucy dacus a normal amount but tbh i'm chilling totally
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GUESS WHO JUST MADE HIS FIRST HRT APPOINTMENT!!!!
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ooof
going through papers looking for a misplaced piece of paperwork and found a note from after one of my last sessions with my crappy therapist
"[Therapist] not the type to be harsh w/o good reason so I'd better sit up & listen even if it felt mean.
It shows faith in me that she would be brutally honest w/ me even though she knows I'm sensitive as hell - She believed I could take it."
actually no, bro! if your therapist makes you feel like this that is a RED FLAG 🚩
seriously if you're in therapy and the vibe gets this bad there needs to be major work done to repair the relationship and if you feel like you can't safely bring it up then get out of there. get a different therapist. this is NOT how therapy is supposed to go. there has to be TRUST before you can get anything actually done
the "harsh" talk was in reference to me being repeatedly late, a problem rooted in my adhd and anxiety, which was interfering with everything in my life including getting to therapy. in some strange coincidence, after i stopped going to my therapy appointments i started slowly getting better about that! almost as if the way she was addressing the problem was making my anxiety worse!
even if you are partially at fault in a situation like this, there are healing ways to address issues and set boundaries. someone you are going to for help should not be tearing you down further. therapists are trained to be actively not shitty about things like this even if they're frustrated
i can't believe i put up with this person for nearly a year 😠
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Me: *goes to get checked for ADHD*
The therapist, 20 minutes in: ... Have you looked... Into autism?
*Session continues*
The therapist, at the end: ... Yeah I'm... Going to talk with some colleagues who specialize in autism... Hope you don't mind...
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just want to say that the salary range of one of the jobs I applied to today was $118-140K, which is such a laughably stupid and unfathomable amount of money that I just shut it out of my brain until I was pondering idly just now
my salary right now is $54K. my only-touch-this-money-for-research-costs stipend is another $15K (so yeah I have access to $69K per year, nice). i can't IMAGINE making basically my entire two year postdoc of pay... in a year.
like I know you get paid better out of academia but holy fuck it has NOT been sinking in
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