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mooshrooms

#mushrooms #art #watercolor #literally painted these on my floor a few months ago for no reason and realized this meant my brain is happier???

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I LITERALLY bought my wedding dress last weekend, and i love it and it makes me look like a forest fae queen

but of all the times that I choose to randomly go on tumblr and find THIS ABSOLUTE IDEAL FOREST FAE DRESS

For the same freaking price

This is seriously offensive

Teuta Matoshi | Spring/Summer 2021

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it’s that time again for 2021′s 5min tumblr scroll

hi just popped on tumblr dot com for my annual five minute scroll

bye til next year

*returns to hermit cave*

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Why do scientists think there could have been life on Mars?

#her voice is kinda calming to me #idk what it is #but i love it

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what you need to do if i have a convulsive seizure

I was just complaining to my friend that my oldest sister didn’t know what to do the last time I had a convulsive seizure, and I ended up injured because of it. And my friend said that actually, they don’t know what to do when they see someone have a convulsive seizure, either.

So I thought I’d explain it to you.  I’m not a doctor, and I have no medical training and not everything here will apply to everyone who has convulsive seizures, these are just the things that apply to me, and when in doubt, call an ambulance. 

Here’s what you do:

Look around. Am I lying in the middle of a busy street or on the railroad tracks, or somewhere else dangerous, like in the bathtub? If yes, drag me to somewhere where I am not in imminent danger of being hit by a truck or drowning. 

Am I somewhere safe, but lying near dangerous things like fire or knives or broken glass or pans of boiling water or anything that can hurt me? Move the dangerous things away from me.

My body will be convulsing. That means my head and my arms and my legs are rapidly hitting the ground. Put something soft underneath my head. If there’s a cushion right there, perfect. If not, wad up your coat or shove your shopping bag under my head. If there’s nothing immediately to hand that would take you more than a few seconds to grab, stick your feet underneath my head, it’ll work.

Am I wearing anything around my neck, like a tight collar, or a necktie, or a choker? Loosen it, so my airway is clear.

Don’t restrict my movements - don’t try to hold my arms and legs down. You’ve already moved all the dangerous things away from me, and cushioned my head, so don’t hold me down, unless it is necessary to keep me from doing serious harm.

Don’t put anything in my mouth. A lot of people think you need to stick your fingers or a spoon or something into the person’s mouth to prevent them choking on their tongue.  Don’t do this. 

Try to make a note of the time the seizure first started. If the seizure lasts for longer than five minutes, call an ambulance.

When the convulsing/jerking has stopped, roll me onto my side. If you know what the recovery position is, put me in the recovery position, if you don’t, just roll me onto my side, and check my airway. If I’m not breathing, or I’m having trouble breathing, call an ambulance.

It seems to be instinctive to help someone get back to their feet as soon as the seizure is over. Don’t do this with me. After a seizure, I’m in something called a post-ictal state. It makes me very, very confused, and lying on the ground or sitting somewhere soft is the safest place for me. If you pull me to my feet while I’m still this confused, I will walk directly into traffic or put my hand on a hot stove because I won’t know where I am, or what’s happening, and often I won’t be able to see at all for a few minutes. Keep me somewhere safe until I’ve fully recovered.

If I have another seizure before I’ve fully recovered from the earlier one, call an ambulance.

If you think I might be hurt, or you’re confused or not sure about what to do, call an ambulance.

That’s all there is to it. Make sure I’m not in immediate physical danger; cushion my head (but don’t restrain it); when the jerking stops, roll me onto my side and check my airway; keep me somewhere safe until I’m fully recovered, and if the seizure lasts a long time, or I have a second one, or you aren’t sure what to do or you think I might be hurt, call an ambulance. That’s it. It’s not hard, and I promise you can do this.

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Every DnD game that starts out with a serious “Lord of the Rings” type of tone turns into a Monty Python sketch and every DnD game that starts out like a Monty Python sketch turns into Lord of the Rings

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dark green is a nice color. underrated

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[Image: Tweet by Emily Mullin (@EmilyLMullin) and tweet by Isobelle Winter (@IsobelleWinter), both about the dangers of Facebook’s new preventative health screening tool. Images have been modified for visual ease but information has not been changed.]

Something to know about Facebook’s new “screening tool,” and advice/info that can most certainly be used outside of this specific situation.

For spoonies, the biggest deal is how this data, if leaked, could affect you in professional and insurance spheres.

Here’s Emily’s full thread, which discusses the details of the tool, and here’s Isobelle’s full thread, which extrapolates on specific dangers.

In the end? It’s another data grab. Data is worth money; don’t give yours away, especially not to Facebook.

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http://www.bihorcouture.com

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you’ve heard of existential dread and existential horror, now get ready for existential peace, which is that feeling when you stare up at the nightsky and think, “huh. i exist. that’s pretty neat.”

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All this quarantining means I finally had time to finish this! It’s inspired by Erin Morgenstern‘s book, #TheStarlessSea, which I absolutely LOVED. Definitely one of my favorite reads in 2019. Highly recommend! Also this was quite the learning experience in digital art. I’m using GIMP which is NOT the most user friendly, but free, and I am cheap. I think I’m slowly getting the hang of it! [get this as a print and more at https://www.redbubble.com/people/sophiaantonia/works/46032976-stag-with-candles?asc=u]

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i m p o r t a n t

Chicago Tribune, Illinois, April 26, 1935

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All this quarantining means I finally had time to finish this! It’s inspired by Erin Morgenstern‘s book, #TheStarlessSea, which I absolutely LOVED. Definitely one of my favorite reads in 2019. Highly recommend! Also this was quite the learning experience in digital art. I’m using GIMP which is NOT the most user friendly, but free, and I am cheap. I think I’m slowly getting the hang of it! [get this as a print and more at https://www.redbubble.com/people/sophiaantonia/works/46032976-stag-with-candles?asc=u]

#thestarlesssea #erinmorgenstern #starlesssea #starlessseafanart #fanart #digitalart #gimp #gimpart #gimpartist #quarantineart

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Oh also adding: if you are chronically stressed, your body just gets used to being in that state, and gets used to producing high levels of cortisol - which ultimately just puts your immune system in a bad state. So take breaks for self care so your body can get itself back to baseline!

Medical and Science side of Tumblr, I have a question.

Can you get sick (catch a cold, fever, flu, whatever) from exhaustion?

If you work too much, can your imune system be weakened to the point of not being able to protect you from catching a flu?

I got a nasty cold and spent the past two days in bed, sleeping it off. I took the appropriate medication, of course. But after almost 24 (if not more) hours of sleep, I feel fine.

I’m wondering, if I had been well rested and less stressed, would I be less prone to getting sick?

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Yes this is definitely true!! Stress can deplete your immune system and make it more susceptible to illnesses. One reason why is because when you’re stressed you release a hormone called cortisol, and one of the things it does is decreases energy from making new white blood cells (so that energy can go elsewhere and keep you going through stressful situations). But the white blood cells are what fight off infection so you become more susceptible to getting sick! 

Similarly with sleep. When you aren’t sleeping, your body is working hard to push through things that, if you were rested, wouldn’t take a lot of effort. That leaves less energy for fighting off infection. 

Ultimately, no, you can’t CATCH an illness from exhaustion. That comes from someone sneezing on you/you eating infected food/you touching an infected surface/etc. But your body is just going to be worse at fighting it off if you aren’t sleeping enough and are constantly stressed. 

Medical and Science side of Tumblr, I have a question.

Can you get sick (catch a cold, fever, flu, whatever) from exhaustion?

If you work too much, can your imune system be weakened to the point of not being able to protect you from catching a flu?

I got a nasty cold and spent the past two days in bed, sleeping it off. I took the appropriate medication, of course. But after almost 24 (if not more) hours of sleep, I feel fine.

I’m wondering, if I had been well rested and less stressed, would I be less prone to getting sick?

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hi just popped on tumblr dot com for my annual five minute scroll

bye til next year

*returns to hermit cave*