#Mental health should be free

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

What Making Friends Should Feel Like:

I CAN Network Ltd

#making friends #what it should feel like #friends should make you feel safe and to be yourself #you shouldn’t expect rejection from friends #friends should be supportive #mental health #mental wellbeing #feel free to share/reblog #source: I Can Network Ltd (Facebook)

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

This election day, I'm thinking of my Nana.

I'm thinking of how as a young woman, she fled political violence in her native Colombia to build a new home in a more stable country. I'm thinking about how she lived a long life, but not long enough to see her home country elect its first ever progressive president (just a few months ago!).

Coincidentally, I was living in Colombia at that time (in the very city she grew up in), and I was able to witness what felt like a miracle. A very conservative country, suffering from the violent inheritance of colonization and catholic invasion and the war on drugs, against a backdrop of the dangerous global rise of the far right--this unlikely country managed to elect one of the most progressive heads of state in the world, in 2022. That's a pretty big deal.

And I'm thinking about this, this election day, because that election was won by a very thin margin. I'm thinking about how it almost didn't happen. I'm thinking about how it was only possible thanks to the highest voter turnout in 20 year. And I am thinking about the countless number of voters who chose to vote for the first time. I am thinking of the poorest and most disenfranchised citizens who showed up at the polls. I am thinking of the indigenous women who rode 12 hours on public buses to vote at the 'nearest' polling stations. I am thinking of all the money and corruption that went into preventing minority citizens from voting, and I'm thinking about how they showed up in the millions and voted anyway.

I am thinking that I would like to see a miracle like that in my own home country.

So if you're on the fence about waiting in line today to cast your vote, I hope that you will think--about the country you want to live in, the future you hope will unfold, and about all of the people it takes to make a miracle.

Because history may deem us nameless and faceless, but when we show up en masse, we are the ones who make history happen.

And yes, maybe also spare a thought for my Nana. Who was in fact a very angry and judgemental woman who supported the republican party for 50+ years, and who would be turning in her grave right now (if the family hadn't had her cremated). Think about the mean angry ghost of my Colombian grandmother, who very much wants you to not show up at the polls to support abortion and other sinful progressive values. Think about her. Do it for her. Do it for Nana.

#Do it! for her #not a shitpost #serious post #politics #ask to tag #I love you Nana but i disagree SO vehemently with almost all of your personal political and religious values #also you should have treated my mom SO MUCH BETTER when she was a kid. all of your kids really #i see you very much as a victim of religious trauma & childhood poverty #followed by the cultural isolation of being a first generation immigrant with no local hispanic community to provide support #plus the failure of late 20th century mental health care almost certainly compounded by medical sexism #recognize sympathize and am indignant on your behalf for all of those reasons and more #but that truth can also coexist alongside the truth that #hot DAMN Nana you and Papa very much failed to provide your children with an emotionally safe and stable environment in which to grow #and me and my sibs are still dealing with the generational trauma #and who knows how many of my cousins. I HAVE TWENTY-ONE COUSINS AND I DON'T TALK TO ANY OF THEM #that is too many cousins to not be in contact with any of them #(and fyi that's on *one* side of the family. on the other side are a dozen half-aunts-and-cousins I've never met #because Other Grandpa was a Certified Piece of Shit) #Anyway. ANYWAY... #apparently i really needed to overshare today. know what? no judgement. judgement free zone #i have no judgement thoughts or opinions i am finally FREE #........gosh that sounds so relaxing #ANYway #yeah. break the cycle of abuse or your descendants will grow up and critique your parenting choices on third-tier social media platforms #when people say 'they will always be remembered' at a funeral--that is a THREAT #what they actually mean is 'OH HONEYBUN YOU DONE FUCKED UP' #.........i want that in my eulogy actually

[sleepsucks]

#04.07.22 #3039 #ma #i think my underlying thought was 'it should be easier to try to fix my mental health and loss of motivation once i have free time' #but im just not very able to actually discuss that with my mom #also i was wrong bc ive had so much free time since then and i haven't fixed anythin

[ejaysstuff]

save me jinzha....jinzha....jinzha save me......

#my mental health is entirely dependant on This One Guy TM #abandoned wip so im setting him free #mmm he should have dimples. as a treat for ME #jinzha

[nooks-cranny-mogai]

I'm sorry but if you think it's ok to make fun of a man's weight just because he has a beard or struggles with taking care of himself or likes video games, you're not a feminist. You're just fatphobic. Oh and also take into consideration that body hair isn't inherently dirty or smelly regardless of sex and if you hate being picked on for being a nerd, hating on men for having a hobby isn't cool either.

I love you fat men, I love you hairy men, I love you men who struggle with self care and I love you nerdy men. You are not a stereotype, you deserve love and understanding and anyone that still pushes the fatphobic, body shaming, ablesit and hobby shaming sexist shit in 2024 needs to get a fucking grip.

#clover speaks #posting this instead of the big long rant i have about how girl oss brand cis white women shaming men for the shit #us women are often shamed for for the time being #yall know how you keep saying men should respect women they arnt attracted to? #why dont you put the same energy towards men you arnt attracted to #towards men that are fat or struggling with their ment health and thus neglected showering #men who have hobbies and body hair #if you wouldnt say x factor is gross on women say it to men too #body hair isnt inherently gross including on men #fatness is good no matter male or female #mental health stuggles plague us both #anyone can like anything every cringe culture is dead includes bronies #shaming men won't help us get free of sexism it just hurts men who havent inherently hurt us

[sciderman]

Being told Daniel Ways Deadpool is just a crazy™ idiot from a looney tunes show just to read it (for a third time, now as an adult, after seeing something past the first two issues) and see that while YES, Wade is crazy™ in the book, to the point of just randomly having halucinations and a second voice (whitch both still kinda piss me off, because while NOW it's supposed to be Madcap, back then it was just kinda offensive), he was also a pretty fucking smart individual, to the point of tricking everyone on a bunch of occasions, that whole scene of him alone on a boat after killing a shark, his sometimes dark and kinda depressing inner thoughts, it was just kinda a shock.

And while Wades jokes don't always land for me, the book actualy got me to laugh a bunch of times, while the portrayl of mental illness outside of depression is out-dated and offensive, at least he wasn't JUST a crazy idiot, and Medinas art for Wade is so good imo.

(Also the Bullseye arc was so fucking fun, with the look into Wades backstory, the more and more cartoonish violence, the art, the jokes, the pay-off at the end of the story too)

do we think that the white box is something inherently offensive? because i mean - i write wade with the white box. it's not related to madcap - it's something that's part of him - but i don't think it's anything that isn't just, part of any human – the voice of self-doubt that makes you question your worth. the intrusive voice in your head that makes you fall into destructive habits – i think it's something very real (for everyone) but it just manifests in different, more extreme ways for someone who's been through as much as wade wilson. (that's why peter has red, too. peter has his own boxes of self-doubt.)

i think there's a lot to enjoy about way's run. i love the boxes, and i think they're something that sets wade as a character that's kind of unique. yeah, it wasn't exactly handled in the most sensitive way in regards to proper representation of mental illness, but – i think it's a huge loss that it was erased. because wade could be such an interesting, unique representation that you don't normally see taken in a sympathetic and likeable light. you always see these sorts of disorders as something terrifying - something only in horrors and tragedies - you don't see it manifested in the characters you're meant to root for. the characters who are striving to do better.

i think white box was such an interesting device that gave deadpool a unique voice - gave us an in into his head - kept an entertaining dialogue going with wade even when there were no other characters present - and gave us opportunities for comedy in unexpected places. and i honestly kind of feel like it's some sort of erasure to get rid of those boxes, and make wade just like every other marvel character. i think a writer who's sensitive and creative could do something so, so interesting with those boxes.

i miss you, wade's boxes. i could write an essay on thi

#sci speaks #sci talks comics #wade could be such great representation on a LOT of things. #he has chronic pain. he's pansexual. he deals with all kinds of unnamed undiagnosed mental health issues. #it's right there on paper but every freaking deadpool writer is terrified to actually DO anything with it. #it's on the paper but marvel doesn't actually want to delve into it in any meaningful way. #so wade is representation but? only outside the pages. #only for the people who read between lines and project onto him. #he's representation that is basically invisible to neurotypical heterosexual audiences. so he doesn't make them uncomfortable. #marvel. h8 you. #i know wade wasn't created with the boxes and the boxes are kind of disliked in hindsight but i think it's only because #that entire era of deadpool is kind of considered “cringe” now. #but i am cringe and i am free. and i say the boxes should stay.

[frostbite-the-bat]

talked w/ a friend about this and wanted to post something similar yesterday after a convo i saw also

about people criticizing ttcc / ttcc fans for just... being cog fans? being cog centric? usually coming from people who only like the toons.

and everyone likes what they like! it's okay! but saying that people who like the cogs are horrible and support the bad things they do, is just blatantly wrong. i thought we knew that enjoying villainous and morally Bad / grey characters is... okay? it doesn't mean you support what they do. it's interesting to explore these topics.

i've seen many people just... paint anyone who likes the cogs as horrible because they're "apologists of x and y" and... i dunno. rubs me the wrong way! you do have a point and recognize the cogs do bad things, but liking them as characters means nothing about who you are as a person.

and this is not to say that people who are in toontown for the toons are bad. hell! they are right this IS toontown. i may be on the cog liker side but i like the toons! maybe ocs more than the npcs - mostly because i like my friends and the sheer creativity the toons can bring out!!

SO what i wanna say... i dunno. let's not point fingers...? let's have fun in a goofy cartoon game together??? also complaining about people liking VILLAIN ROBOTS on TUMBLR is kind of funny to me. do you realize where you are. but then again a lot of this i see on discord and in-game as well since i avoid things on tumblr... i am a sensitive little fella i avoid misty fight bc of One Really mean "Critic" guy i saw there and i have been shivering in my bootsies since. so you get me

but like yes ttcc is more cog centric but... that's okay? things could be written better and i still wanna speak on it, and i do thing the toons deserve attention and better writing... but the fact it focuses on the cogs isn't... bad? if you don't like how con centric it is you can go play ttr...? god forbid people have fun and explore the villain's side of things...? i'm not saying either toontown server is better or worse than the other... and everyone can like their own things!!

but like... people will just like the cogs and that's okay and it doesn't make you bad. let's all be friends okay? both sides may be going at each other's necks in-game and the cogs in fact do horrible things - but it's what makes them fun, and it gives the toons things to do in the game!! but we don't gotta !!!!!!!! i may be really sarcastic and sometimes mean in private but like that's me just privately sassing, deep down i think people should just... y'know..? enjoy things.

so yea that's the guzma / cathal thought of today. toon people cog people both people are all awesome as fuck and you keep doing what you're doing i love you toontown isn't toontown without you

#anyways omg god forbid ppl are cog kissers on the robot kissing website /silly #but like!! tt/r may not be for everyone and tt/cc may not be for everyone and THATS OK!! ur not gonna like everything!! #like i accepted tt/r isnt for me but its mostly bc they dont show cog health specifically and i struggle with these things but !! i #heard they are updating that so i might be able to play without getting bored / frustrated again ^^ i havent played properly in yeaaaars #i will still prefer clash bc fixation and?? i LIKE ROBOBTS....! #but tewtow is tewtow its all swag. the least toony thing u can do is bully someone for Liking Robobt. be niceys #like ya i admit im not perfect i also dont like people andhave so much one sided beef and i am sensitive to so many things and i complain #in private but at the end of the day its to make myself feel better and i KNOW to not engage and look away and work on feeling better #bc this stuff does Heehoo upset me bc Mental Health Probulem. but i know everyone should and can do their own thing and have fun #i may complain about (redacted ship) all the time and i dont get it at all but...? bro... just have fun... be free. im not here to stop you #im just not gonna interact as i should. good for both of us! joyous world! happy that ur happy!!!! #why complain abt ppl just Enjoying Cogs like that though................................................ do you not like fun #this is not at anyone specific #my friend did show me tags of a post anonymously #and i vague a person whos name i dont know ingame like A YEAR AGO #and a convo what happened in a server a while back. but its not anyone specific i just wanted to like. speak my thoughts #lets be frense... and if not thats okay lets not argue either then we all stay in our lanes

[pixlokita]

Why do people like ggy? I don't like what it does to Gregory's characterization and how it makes Vanny pointless.

he’s just 👉👈 so sillay ! But that’s ok if you don’t like it :’> everyone has something they like and dislike >> just focus on what you like tbh

#fnaf #pix answers #Gregory can be whatever you want him to be honestly #Also ? Feel free to unfollow me if you don’t like what I draw :> or reblog #not saying it to be mean I’m seriously saying this because you should focus on the stuff you like instead #And my blog has plenty of GGY content so >> y’know ? #It’s ok to do this too #Not really sure why you’d ask me that knowing it’s something I draw but sincerely it’s ok to unfollow people when something upsets you #Be kind to others and yourself and put your mental health first y’know ? It’s just fiction and everyone is sharing their ideas for fun #✨🌸✨🌸🌸

[cal-is-a-cryptid]

Something that makes me happy #41:

The lip sync between Anetra and Marcia Marcia Marcia on season 15 of drag race

#something that makes me happy #you know the one 👀 #the girls turned it the fuck out and that should have been a double save #this is the hill i will die on #FREE WILLY woosh #mental health #positive thoughts #mine #social anxiety #positive habits #positive thinking #productive thoughts #drag race runways #rupaul's drag race #rupauls all stars #rpdr #rpdr season 15 #anetra #marcia x3 #sasha colby #mistress isabelle brooks #luxx noir london #marcia marcia marcia #boss bitch #boss bitch by Doja cat #doja cat #lip sync #drag queens #drag

[awigglycultist]

Okay I'm curious, if you're a TSS fan rb this put in the tags how long you've been a fan and your opinion on the who "Thomas isn't giving us episodes often at all we're absolutely starved for content/we get the content for free he can take as long as he needs" debate

#I'll go first #I've been a fan since like the first episode #And I think he should take as much time as he needs. He's giving us free content to watch. He doesn't owe us anything. Fuck I remember back #when the fandom was always there like ''THOMAS YOU NEED TO BREAKS THOMAS PLZ GO SLEEP GO DRINK WATER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH THOMAS'' whenever #he'd talk about being the works of an episode. So ngl it's kinda odd to see people saying that he's taking too much time. I get it. We are #starved for content. But also again. He is putting time and money effort into something to give us for free. #Also I can't say anything about pateron. I've heard ppl say some things but I'm not on it and I don't know enough to say anything about it #thomas sanders #sanders sides #tss #thomas sanders sides

[kazoosandfannypacks]

OUAT!Belle🎃

sometimes fall is about flannels and hayrides and corn mazes- and sometimes it's about cozying up with a good book as the rain pours outside 🌧️📖🍂

🎃 Send me a character and a fall themed emoji and I'll draw you a fanart! 🍂

#once upon a time #ouat #belle french #fanart #kazzy draws #kazzy draws fanart #fall #fall fanart #once upon a time season 2 #also before anyone asks why she doesn't have a cup of tea (as she should) #in my mind august is in the kitchen making her a cup of tea <3 #please do not ask why two characters who didn't interact in canon are now a lynchpin of my mental health #feel free to disregard them

[fionacle]

#mental health #privilage #poll #polls #ferrenpost #i see posts on both sides #the posts about how you can’t prioritize mental health make me feel awful but when the world is awful maybe that’s right? #I’m privileged enough to live in a nice space and I should take advantage of that vs. it’s selfish to ignore the pain in the world #What’s the general consensus? #If you think I misrepresented your view in the option please feel free to elaborate/correct in tags/replies/reblogs #Plus I had to change some words to keep it under max character count

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

anyway before I go to bed I think something a lot of people forget when it comes to stressful situations and activism is that you have to have your own lifejacket on before you help others like legit burning yourself out and focusing more on activism than your own health will lead to you being unable to help. but also there’s people who say that and mean they’re just going to like, ignore everything which is. not how that’s meant to work. i don’t know how to explain to you you should help others. don’t, like, sit back and watch people drown when you’ve got that life jacket on, that’s defeating the whole point innit. you need to be healthy to be helpful, and that means caring for your own mental and physical health and taking breaks if you need to (which doesn’t mean ignoring things it just means like. working on restoring yourself first so you don't have a mental health crisis which genuinely does not help anyone) it doesn’t mean just being an asshole who doesn’t care about other people who are suffering and deliberately does harmful acts without any need for “self care”.

#this isn’t about anything in specific #it’s just something I’ve noticed being common #where people deeply invested in issues will pressure others and themselves to neglect their own well-being for the sake of the cause #even though that genuinely helps no one you can’t help others if you’ve neglected your own mental health because that fucks up #your perception and logical reasoning and even values sometimes if it’s bad enough #or y’know. if you kill or hospitalise yourself you can’t spread awareness about shit #meanwhile people will use the fact that like. you should take yourself first to neglect others completely #which is just cruel and callous. you should in fact want to help other people #like even if you genuinely can’t do much there’s usually something you can do once in a while ok #including in your real life! this is talking about the entirety of someone’s existence #if you’re running soup kitchens in your free time it doesn’t really matter if you post about it on ur tumblr

[vamp1rate]

okay so a few people showed interest in a post going further into this topic so here goes.

Hallucination: "A perception-like experience with the clarity and impact of a true perception but without the external stimulation of the relevant sensory organ." This means perceiving something to be there, real in the physical world, when there isn't actually anything in reality causing causing the perception.

these can be:

auditory (hearing things)

visual (seeing things)

olfactory (smelling things)

gustatory (tasting things)

tactile (feeling things on or under skin)

somatic (feeling things further within the body)

Illusion: "A misperception or misinterpretation of a real external stimulus." This means that there is in the real physical world, something causing the perception, but the brain is sending signals that whatever is being perceived is something else. Examples would be seeing an inanimate object as being an animal, hearing wind blowing as human voices, etc.

Both of these are things that many people will experience at least once in their lives, for various reasons. However, if it is causing impairment to functioning/making it harder to go about your life, then it is considered to be a symptom.

sources here are the DSM-V, as well as like, personal experience lol.

#uhhh i should come up with some tags for this post #actuallypsychotic #spoonie #mental health awareness #actually mentally ill #actually disabled #schizoposting #this post is for everyone btw. im just trying to tag some places where ppl i think might be interested would hang out lol #but anyone can reblog feel free to reblog #also feel free to dm me personally for a pdf copy of the dsm-v. who care #and if anyone has any questions let me know im happy to elaborate #i hope i didnt over explain too much. im trying to make this post more accessible #but i actually have no clue how many of these terms other people know and dont know #anyways. enjoy #dinosting

[siena-sevenwits]

:-)

#I've spent the past week organizing in the play's wake - sorting and laundering huge numbers of costumes #some to return to those they belong to and some to come home to my costume storage room which had become chaotic over the last few #months #so a complete spring cleaning for the storage room became part of my task list too. Now the play's been over for a week #and the emails are starting to come in from admin about next year. As some of you know I did a lot of discernment this semester #about what next year should look like and I have decided a mix of continuity is best. I won't be working for my 'main' schoolboard anymore #but I will continue to teach and direct for the one program in the city (the one I did the play for) and possibly with a new home school #enrichment program that may go ahead this year if there are sufficient numbers. Otherwise I am going to spend a semester #tutoring and running workshops f I can get it off the ground. Then we'll see. #Anyway - admin wants me to get new syllabi in to them within a month's time so my thoughts are all in that direction! #I get to teach 19th/20th century Canadian history to the middle schoolers and Late Antique/Medieval Church History to the high schoolers! #Also direct another play and do a humanities course centred around an epic in the spring (the last couple of years we've done Iliad and #Odyssey - they want Aeneid this year but I am trying to talk them into another option. The Aeneid is valuable but I am not sure it's the #time or place with this group of students. The result of all this is that I am spending far too much time doing Internet research for ideas #and then taking breaks on tumblr - which isn't good for my eyes or mental health. What with the play and end of term #I fear I've been out of the reading habit. I'm still hyperfixating on the Book of Romans so there's that at least #but I lost the novel I was in the middle of and am not feeling so motivating with out books. It's a proper reading slump! I need a kickstar #of sorts. Feel free to yell at me that I should pick up a book!

[specialmouse]

every so often i remember that they discontinued my medicaid and i jolt out of fear

#i dont think im gonna like. die or anything but i do think it means i have to stop t and i lose access to kaiser permanente which sucks for #mental health but it's very easy to schedule appointments and shit #i mean honestly maybe it's for the best? i'm getting a job soon and perhaps i'll even keep it thru the summer so maybe i can find a fuckass #plan #but honestly i think i should leave kaiser anyway #it just sucks because i get my hrt for free... #ultimately what i feel this leading up to is me having to move to alabama which i think will actually kill me UNLESS i meet a beautiful #southern boy. it's possible