#From the Lens

[youropinionsareirrelevant]

.. (petal power. single poppy petal on matching paper,natural light,cell-phone. No edit..).

©youropinionsareirrelevant 7/2022.

#photographers on tumblr #original photography #dreamers on tumblr #art photography #no edit #from the lens #7.22

[idlesuperstar]

this speaks to me on a molecular level

#spock #leonard nimoy #star trek tos #the deadly years #cinemaocd and I are rewatching original trek to get us through the winter #because nothing cheers like 1960s pop colours #and space husbands #ok so this ep they did everyone dirty with the extreme aging apart from spock who looks fucking fantastic #also len does the BEST old person acting of the bunch #never mind the subtleties of having to make jim step down #it's a classic ep #my wee gifs

[kindnessoverperfection]

Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

#actuallynpd #signal boost #actuallyautistic #mental health awareness #narcissistic personality disorder #people also need to realize that mental health professionals aren't immune from bias #(it really shouldn't come as a shock that the mental health field has a longstanding pattern of misunderstanding and mistreating ppl who ar #mentally ill or otherwise ND) #the first therapist i brought up NPD to like. literally pulled out the DSM bc she could barely remember the criteria. then said that there' #no way I have it because I have low self-esteem lmaoooooo #anyway throwback to being at work and chatting with a co-worker. and the conversation turning to mental health. and him saying that #he tries to stay informed and be aware and supportive of mental health conditions & that he doesn't want to be ignorant or spread harmful #misinformation. and then i mentioned that i do a lot of research into mental health stuff and i listed a bunch of things. which included #several personality disorders. one of which was NPD. #and after listening to my whole ass list he zeroed in on the NPD and immediately started talking about how narcissists are abusive and #he knew someone who had NPD and how the person who had it had an addiction and died from the addiction in a horrible way and he #was glad he did #fun times #or when i decided to be vulnerable and talk abt my self-criticism/self-hatred bc i knew my friends also struggled w that and i wanted to #support them by sharing my own coping methods. and they both(separately!) started picking and prodding at my npd through the lens of stigma #bc i'd recently opened up to them abt having it. they recognized self-hatred as a symptom and still jumped on me for it. despite me #trying to share hurt vulnerable parts of myself to help them and connect with them. #again..... fun times

[idiotsonlyevent]

slavic chilchuck moodboard

#also he loves complaining. but i cant find any lines of dialogue that say it outright :pensive: #feel free to add more <3 #L.txt #dungeon meshi #chilposting #slavchuck #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #EDIT: this doesn't fit w the silliness of the post but i just realized that the poor treatment of half-foots can be viewed #from the lens of how in west european contries eastern europeans are imported to do undesirable (esp hard) labor #and how eastern european women are trafficked esp for sex work #ummmm yeah . much to think about

[dontbelasagnax]

@codywanfirstkissbingo: kissing through smiles

They had to share a bed. Yes, it was integral to the mission. A new species of octopus was discovered and his name is Obi-Wan. Cody sweat his ass off with the cuddle monster bodily attached to him and subsequently knocked their pillows and duvet off the bed in his sleep. Regardless, they slept well and are having an even better morning. Good for them :3

bingo card under the cut (bingo!!!!!!! I got a bingo!!!!)

This is my last artwork as I was only going for one bingo (and simply posted on this schedule to drag out my posts haha)!

#codywan #star wars fanart #cwfkb2023 #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #my art #last bingo fill from me!!!! #i decided to use a reference for the pose and it was probably a bad decision because #it had lens distortion and foreshortening due to the camera angle. just looks odd here. #however they are still undisputably cute!!!!

[hamartia-grander]

Just so y'all know, if you as a fanfic writer come up with something, and another fanfic writer coincidentally comes up with the same thing... That is not plagiarism. That is a hive mind, and it happens a lot. A lot. And you do not have the right to make someone "credit you" for an idea that they came up with, just because it's similar to yours. By the way.

#I've seen this a lot #Like knock it off. You didn't invent the gay lens you didn't invent having naturally occurring thoughts from the SAME MEDIA. #So funny seeing this with Reed900 of all things. You cannot claim someone stole your idea in the Stolen Idea Ship. #This isn't just ab r9 tho just in general #Fanfic #Fanfiction

[revvethasmythh]

I think it's inevitable that a certain group of people will take Orym's statement about not being able to put down the lens he see the world through as further proof that his perspective is subjective and therefore untrustworthy as it applies to the Vanguard, but imo it serves as a stronger indictment toward those who are able to view the Vanguard as anything other than awful and predatory and murderous. Other people have the luxury of being able to see this through another lens if they so want to--Orym cannot. Because once a group like this has murdered your family, for the sake of a practice run no less, a test, it is impossible to view the situation in any other way. He is walking proof of the harm that the Vanguard does. His loved ones have been deemed "necessary collateral damage." His lens is not one that can or should be set aside in the assessment of the Vanguard, because if they are willing to commit such heinous crimes and excuse them as necessary collateral for ends that are so uncertain, then they are fundamentally not an organization that can be reasoned with or even should be sympathized with

#if the way to free yourself from a literally caged entity is to murder your way across exandria you are simply not in the right #orym cannot remove the lens that has been forced upon him. which is that of someone who has experience extreme personal loss #at the hands of the vanguard #this does not make his perspective untrustworthy. it makes him a pillar. a constant reminder of what the vanguard actually is #and what they're willing to do for their end goals #cr spoilers #critical role #bells hells #orym

[fentoaster]

Ectoberhaunt Day 18: Unravel

Jack sat at his dining table, feeling pleased with his new invention. He scanned the room, waving around his prototype Fenton Ghoul-Glass, searching for spectral activity (albeit not expecting much.)

Danny walked into the kitchen, sending his dad a questioning glance. Jack beamed at him, launching right into an explanation.

As he pointed the glass to look at Danny, though, the words died in his throat.

For where his son should have been, stood the Phantom of Amity Park.

#unraveling secrets? get it? haha ok ill see myself out #danny phantom #ectoberhaunt23 #ectoberhaunt #eh science #day 18 unravel #danny fenton #danny #phantom #jack #for anyone wondering this concept was based on the lens of truth from ocarina of time/majoras mask #with a dp spin on it #my art #ALSO IF ANYONE WANTS TO USE THIS IDEA YOU HAVE FREE REIN TO DO SO #my fav thing about the dp fandom is everyone playing w each others ideas. such a fun sandbox

[starrysharks]

crypton 6 ⭐️

#vocaloid #vocal synth #crypton future media #cryptonloids #hatsune miku #kagamine rin #kagamine len #meiko #kaito #megurine luka #this is actually a redraw of some art from last year #it was so fun !! :D love working with fun colors and shapes

[kenobihater]

reblog for a bigger sample size of former angry, creative, and/or highly dramatic children

#len asks #strangling tw #choking tw #drowning tw #<- ik followers and moots need those tagged but lmk if there's any more you want me to add #polls #personally i mostly hung my toys up. not in like a morbid way but i thought it was fun to swing them from trees #DEF threw them off structures in a morbid way. and melted their faces off in a morbid way. and gave them swirlies in a morbid way #i usually only did that to free mcdonalds toys and i don't think i ever did any of this to my expensive toys but i did like a bit of #violence here and there. it was an interesting outlet for sure. i basically always did it with a friend as well. bonding <3 #OH and we put out sparklers on an action figure once before tying blackcats to him and throwing him off a bridge. fun times! #oh and the freezer. i think that's it tho and i honestly only did most of these things once bc the novelty wore off #gonna periodically rb this for a bigger sample size. i will be HIGHLY disappointed in y'all if 'none' sweeps

[genderqueersherlockholmes]

guys... i just need to say it . its really important . sherlock & co is a podcast adaption of the sherlock holmes stories . its not a podcast adaption of bbc sherlock .

#they would get copyrighted to hell and back if it was an adaption of bbc sherlock that literally could not happen #im sorry its just so hard . i see so many people who obviously are looking at the pod through a bbc-pilled lens and that is just not real #you need to heal from your experiences . bbc sherlock never happened . im sorry . you need to wake up #sherlock & co #sherlock and co

[tiny-vermin]

an then he fucken exploded !!!!!

#verms stuff #shadowgast #critical role #critical role fanart #proportions are All whack hoever i donot care #queue emoji with shades #also the background is like #2 images i took of water and a tree #and the grass is a recycled drawing #HAHA i love collaging #and the flower is just some thingy from my sketchbook #this is inspired by the lens flare on my digital camera #verms cr

[forbiddennhoney]

im gonna be so real - a lot of sapphics claim to love confident women esp confident femmes but when that confidence comes from femmes of color, fat femmes, disabled femmes, gnc &/or trans(masc or fem) femmes, or really just anyone who's not a thin cis white able bodied feminine person it's either outright ignored or treated with hostility and its kind of extremely ugly of y'all

#personal #not @ anyone just like #a trend ive noticed a bit #we're all called presumptuous or full of ourselves or literally outright ignored even in group settings #like ik its cause we live in an antiblack society that will always put whiteness (and things associated w/ white “purity”) on a pedestal #also ofc this isnt special to sapphics im just talking abt this from this lens bc im a lesbian and primarily move in these spaces

[lumineary-arts]

Extending on the idea of N's camera!!

It has two functions: it can be used as a normal camera to take pictures, but with the flash on, it also has the effect of stunning drones periodically.

When N introduces it to his class in the first episode, the flash itself is only able to stun drones for about a few seconds. He figured that out the hard way constantly while building it.

His first intentions were to go up to the surface and reason with the Murder Drones, hoping that the camera would save him and make them hesitate before killing him.

While he was waving it around in class, it accidentally malfunctioned and exploded, basically flashbanging the whole class and having the worst effect on N. He had to go to the nurse's office for both his optic repair and nausea.

Needing to repair and upgrade it, he went up to the surface and found the ripped off head of a Sentinel that wandered too far away from the labs. I like to think Uzi. Thad and Lizzy were able to outnumber it before it could kill any of them. So N picks up the eye and places it in the lens, hoping it would increase the range. What ended up happening is every time he uses it on someone, not only does it stun them for a few minutes, but it also boot loops them and basically fries their brain for a bit. This is how Uzi wasn't able to piece together that he WASN'T a murder drone, along with the fact she couldn't remember they didn't have a 4th member in the group.

Downside? Every boot loop now, the camera needs time to wind back and recharge before the next big shot :(

#glitch productions #murder drones #murder drones swap au #serial designation n #uzi doorman #murder drones sentinels #i know the flash doesn't come from the lens dw! #but with the sentinel eye in the lens the boot loop IS

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

People drawing like, sexy gay fanart of the "original tf2 team" as shown in the catch-up comic is unfathomably funny to me. Guys you know that Abraham Lincoln is Pyro, right. You know that "1800s heavymedic" is American folk hero John Henry and real life wacko doctor man Sigmund Freud? If people get the joke and continue with it that's hilarious and also iconic but also idk it feels like sometimes people aren't aware of the Sigmund Freud yaoi they're putting out into the world

#I'M a full supporter of sigmund freud yaoi btw u just need to do it with ur chest #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 comics #tf2 lore #i already kinda feel this way abt the sheer amount of sexy gay fanart of the tfc characters from people who Only know about tfc #through the lens of the tf2 comic. but also none of them are abraham lincoln it's not as funny #godspeed to all of you i just will never understand what you see in those men

[ruizpizzaria]

Happy Tom Tuesday

One thing's for certain he doesnt make sense half the time its gibberish the other halfs in goobelyblenchhhh

ALSO TY FOR 500+!!! ygs are the bees knees the uhh the fishes dishes the cats pjs?? ( what the fuck are these alternatives )

#art #fanart #myart #digital art #ew tom #ew #eddsworld #ew fanart #eddsworld fanart #ew tom fanart #tom fanart #tom #tom eddsworld #fish lens #well tried fish lens #fish lens perspective is cool asf but im so bad at it #eddsworld legacy #eddsworld beyond #i still wish i had my tom art from when i was younger but it was mostly on flipa clip and now lost to time #making up for lost times haha #artists on tumblr