#also on the topic of mental illness and this

[arcaneyouth]

You're so real for the kin posts, btw. I'm not a kinnie but I was for a while, and the one time I was open about it on main I got shit on so I kept that private and only within a small friendgroup who also kinned. I *did* end up having DID, but that's a different matter lol. It's just rude people shit on others for doing stuff that isn't hurting others

literally if its not hurting anyone, no one should be made fun of. it is so fucking horrible that its normal to make fun of people for it. there ARE times when it might be harmful, either to themselves or to others (remember no doubles. remember how wild that was. that was fucked), but even then there is no fucking reason to make fun of the beliefs. kinning is valid as hell!!!!!! i hope you still managed to have fun while you were kinning!

#asks #i consider kinning to be a religious thing for me personally so im gonna make a religion comparison because it is like that to me #but if you know its not socially acceptable to make fun of people for their religious beliefs but you turn around and make fun of someone #who believes in a 'more cringey' form of reincarnation. i think that is hypocritical #even if its not religious or spiritual for someone like it is for me hey maybe just dont be mean????? #also on the topic of mental illness and this #i dont think its bad to maybe double check with someone that their kin stuff isnt like psychosis or did or anything #i think reminding someone to check in with themself and get help if they end up needing it is fine #(probably? i do not have any psychotic or did/similar disorders if i phrased that wrong i apologize) #but i DO think its a problem if someone HAS thought about that and concluded they do not have those things #and you INSIST they must have mental disorders #thats just fucking weird. #i have checked in with myself on this many times. i have no symptoms of anything. it was fucked up that #someone was so insistant about it they basically diagnosed me with did while ignoring me explaining my experiences #THATS fucked up as hell #just fucking be normal about peoples beliefs #everything within reason.

[medicalunprofessional]

#psychonauts #gristol malik #theodore malik #<-Yeah. Hes there #psychonauts 2 spoiler #nightmaretheater #time on canvas: 8 hours #also YES this is psychonauts fanart. I prommy. Iii prommy. its gristol when he was younger #rips my hair out rips my eyes out #Hi Ugly. Points at him #travel back in time and take him away from his parents Okay #you will get my message #as much as i hate him i feel he must be understood at some level. #im not saying we should excuse or forgive him. No. We need to understand why he turned out like that #(its his parents (he only knows propaganda)) #i have so much to say on the topic . i have been consumed by thoughts of him #kind of upsetting how the one guy with a cluster b personality disorder gets No Understanding in the Understanding Mentally Ill People game #<-once again. Not excusing his actions #also yeah sorry i had to unleash the rendering demons oops

[sergle]

hey just between me and y'all, do any of those like... glaze/nightshade/etc services Work for their intended purpose of protecting art, is there any merit to them, and are They Themselves also doing any type of data scraping, or what

#I'm curious if any of the mentally ill women in my followerlist happens to have an encyclopedic knowledge on the topic #as is often the case. with. any given topic #i'm curious i'm inch rested. okay thanks bye #sergle.txt #also do i (me) have any reason to be particularly worried about protecting my art... i'm not exactly Loish

[astriiformes]

I remember the spring of my freshman year of college, when I was seriously suicidally depressed, I was taking an Ancient Egyptian literature course and ended up being assigned a short presentation the week we were discussing "The Man Who Was Weary of Life," which is this Middle Kingdom text where a man argues with his ba (one of the parts of the soul in Egyptian cosmology) about suicide and how difficult it is to cope with life's hardships.

It's very "To be or not to be", except more like 4,000 years old instead of 400, and it did something permanent to my brain chemistry to think about people that long ago struggling in the same way I was. Ultimately I got a great grade on it from a TA that should maybe have been a little more worried about my analysis being so insightful, but it was also weirdly heartening to think I was that not alone in human history in having such an awful time coping with life.

But also. Other things that could go in the DSM maybe.

#anyway. that last ask i reblogged really made me think of this #this is also exactly why i have so many feelings about the way pentiment handles the topics of depression/suicidality #i am very mentally ill. there have always been people like me #some of us have even made really enduring art about it #& i'm grateful for that

[novantinuum]

lmao biggest L to the person who’s been spamming and harassing SU artists with passive aggressive links to a post about writing image descriptions and stalking certain posts to send this spam to anyone who interacts with it for pointedly skipping Over my main blog (which is the only blog I interacted with a related post with) in favor of spamming a link to my art only side blog that’s linked in my about, bc Guess What, my sideblog has anon activated but my main Doesn’t.

chicken lol.

#jen rambles #this whole High Horse situation is literally so immature #be the change you want to see in the world and write image descriptions yourself instead of wasting your time harassing people mayhaps #fun fact: your attitude is actually making a Negative impact in the fight for accessibility because it is making people who are neutral on #the topic have very negative thoughts towards the idea of staring to invest time in making image descriptions #man what a world we live in #like yeah I Acknowledge that I need to start thinking about practicing image descriptions but also I am very tired and mentally ill #and what you’re doing? Not The Way #shame on you #spread light instead of loathing into this world please

[quirkle2]

me going bonkers in my partner's dms while he rewatches big cleanup arc. im showing u this bc i think im onto smth here

#qktalks #mp100 ritsu #ritsu kageyama #sorry if any of this seems weird or off this is just how i see the characters <3 #i love studyingthem. like bugs #also mentioned after this that i would Love to write a fic abt the concept toward the end but #i would not be good at writing those topics </3 this isn't me going blehh i suck this is me admitting that is not my area of expertise #i wish it was. cuz God would i love to write this #anyway everybody thankmy partner.for letting me say this many words this many times.yelled in her direction #she lets me be mentally ill abt them.hashtag goals

[scarefox]

This episode they really showed how Uea wants sex to distract himself to make the bad feelings go away for a while and King is the only safe option (not the best way of coping maybe atm but it gets better). Hope they will make him talk about it because I feel many in the audience still don’t understand the link between sex and comfort and coping especially for an abuse victim who always turns to it after triggering events (still think this part is more about the mom, cause whenever the stepdad is part of the trigger he can’t have sex or cuddles ... at least can’t enjoy it as we have seen in this episode). Shortly said, an orgasm gives you dopamine, and it’s all your mind and body focuses on in that moment. Reasons why this could end up in an addiction under the wrong circumstances. Under the right ones it can be therapeutic and have an antidepressant effect.

Uea is a bit torn with King. The caring side of King is an unexpected surprise for him every time. He doesn't really expect kindness from people. But he's glad whenever he receives it from people he trusts. Which King became a part of way too fast for Uea to admit (he’s a player after all). That’s why he rarely shows King his smiles when he’s fond of him. I think the cake scene was one of the rare moments he truly showed him this kind of vulnerability to him (him being truly happy, it’s a delicate feeling easily snatched away under his circumstances). He also took a long time to even understand that King really means it, that this birthday cake is really for him because King really wants to make him happy and he’s allowed to take it. I wonder if the little cake fight and unceremonial bite into the cake is an emotional defense from Uea to not get too deep into vulnerable emotions and turn it into fun / silly & sexy moment instead while still keeping the good vibe.

He’s not ready for an emotional bond with him yet when they clearly stated from the beginning this will just be about sex and they don’t even like each other (we all know that’s a lie). I suspect Uea has trust issues as well since his stepdad always acts nice, caring and misunderstood... so Uea needs a while to learn if people really mean it or if they just want something from him.

I bet that will become a big issue at some point, when they both think the other has no feelings while they secretly do have feelings. I fear Uea will push King away for a while when their feelings get clearer.

#bed friend the series #bed friend #ep4 #king x uea #here have another round of trauma and coping rumbling #the reason why I can understand Uea that well is because I also have a dysfunctional fam just not THAT bad (not physical) #and I got to a few bad people outside of my fam #I have a big urge almost a survival instinct to learn human behavior since childhood #as self-defense and to navigate through this world of neurotypicals as a neurodivergent person #I basically suck up everything about WHY humans do what they do. like criminals. what trauma does to you and how mental illnesses work etc #also all the psychology and science behind sex and sexuality (including k!nk and erotic) is a big topic for me #i don't just read about that stuff I watch recordings and documentaries and interviews as well #basically down to the core of fac.ial expressions and body language and thinking patterns #learned a few things from my therapist as well #not saying I am a certified specialist I just learned a few things through my life #and while this is obviously just a tv show they still did some research

[girldewar]

i'm quite wine drunk BUT i wrote 1.4k of brodumba that's been simmering in my brain for like a month and a half SO expect full fic sometime this week maybe. heartbreak etc.

#i'll probably have more to say on this topic i'm just too tipsy to do anything about it teehee ! #anyway please send me brodumba trade thoughts i'm gonna be so mentally ill this season <3 #bees speaks #my writing #rpf talk #also yes there’s a typo in this i don’t CAREEE i want to go to bed

[the-most-pathetic-edge-marquis]

hm. this is going to be vague on purpose bc i'm not interested in arguments, but i am once again getting REAL uncomfortable with how some people talk about edward's actions at the end of new moon

#sorry i'm just Seeing Posts TM #listen i UNDERSTAND that suicide is always a painful topic #and smeyer really did set everyone up for failure here #by wanting a romeo-and-juliet aesthetic with 0 of the same themes #and god knows every depiction of mental illness in new moon fucking sucks #but i just... #okay. #i think that there's a lot of nuance in the situation that is getting flattened down #by people being like 'he's suicidal!!!!!' #and using that as some checkmate defense against criticizing him #(or making fun of him in that moment) #and like...ugh. #i've made a post abt this before i know #and articulated it way better there #but i'm just so sick of that being what people focus on in that situation #like. he's suicidal. he's self-destructive. absolutely!! #he's also very nearly homicidal. EXTREMELY self-obsessed. and 'suffering' the result of his own manipulative actions!! #he is doing some FUCKED UP SHIT #and he has been for the whole story!!!! #and listen (time to overshare on tumblr dot com) #i am not in any sense unaware of how much being violently suicidally depressed sucks #i have been there! i have as a matter of fact broken up with a girlfriend out of self-loathing #and then attempted suicide a few months later!! #i have also experienced someone 'attempting' suicide as a manipulation tactic #SPECIFICALLY bc *i* wouldn't date him #did he have other issues going on? clearly yes! #but that doesn't change the fact that he did something incredibly wildly fucked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #and obviously i'm not saying that's what's happening with edward #but i am saying i think we DESPERATELY need to leave more room for nuance in that situation #especially given that he's a fictional character

[romance-incubomp3]

like if therapy and meds help you that’s so cool but it drives me insane how people treat those as some magical cure all that EVERYONE needs to seek out even though the psych industry is fucked and biased and not affordable and if trying to find a good therapist or find the right meds is doing nothing but causing you even more stress and anxiety even after you’ve been trying to get help for years than maybe it’s not worth it at that point

#do people just like forget that every med has a shit load of potential side affects?? #that can make your mental health and even physical health WORSE?? #like no one in my family has actually had meds work for them #they just kind of. didn’t do anything for me and my #brother is cursed with getting the Bad side effects of any medication he takes #so like #and when you have mental health conditions that entail #having an incredibly difficult time opening up emotionally or even talking about vulnerable topics #what’s the fucking point #I’d go thousands of dollars into debt before a therapist would ever get me to open up #and that’s IF I was lucky enough to find one that worked for me #also no psych is gonna solve the housing and economy crisis lol #they can’t do anything for me being depressed cause I’m stuck living in a tiny apartment crammed with other people! #even therapists and psychs have straight up told me I don’t seem to benefit from their services #idk just like. if you see that a mentally ill person isn’t on therapy or on meds by choice #consider there’s a reason for that and mind your own fucking business lol

[lycunthrope]

the narcissistic parents subreddit is the worst thing to happen to online discussions of mental health

#built up a whole ridiculous framework to armchair diagnose anyone with shitty behavior w NPD #and then pathologize every behavior #WHILE also recounting sensitive topics like childhood trauma #meaning now they associate abuse with a specific disorder and will project and apply that to every conversation about parents ever #like to a ridiculous amount and starts to assume the dynamics of strangers' homes based off that #then it leaked into the toxic cesspool known as quora #and quora has a vile enough opinion of mental illness as it is #so theres countless threads going 'THIS PERSON IS A NARCISSIST AND WILL ABUSE YOU!!1!!!1' #if you're still dealing w your own baggage from childhood trauma do yourself and others a favor. and dont insert yourself into convos that #trigger you. bc the projecting and the assuming dynamics seems like helping but it's not

[dyelwi]

Not naming names bc this genuinely isn’t about one specific person but about a trend I’ve seen recently but. I really hate this new trend of defending manfred von karma/ saying he isn’t abusive when like. You don’t get how franziska and edgeworth are without going through a lot of shit and franziska specifically has went through shit mostly relating to her father. Is he a complicated character?? Yes. And I’m not saying you shouldn’t like him or find him compelling or anything. But it’s very clear he abused his kids and as someone who was abused and treated similarly to edgeworth and franziska hearing his treatment of his kids being defended is disheartening and a bit rage inducing ngl. He didn’t physically abuse his kids, yes, but his whole thing is having control and it definitely extends to his kids as well. It’s clear in the main trilogy as well as the investigations games.

#I know im gonna get hate for this lol but. I needed to ramble #characters like manfred and Blaise literally are the reason I realized my dad was treating me abnormally and badly #and I’ve heard ppl say the idea he’s abusive is a thing only in recent years which?? no?? #I’ve been in this fandom since 2016 and even back then it was generally accepted that he’s abusive #have also seen ppl claiming he just needs therapy and meds and he’d be fine which I REALLY hate as a mentally ill person but that’s a topic #for a different post

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

my professors should know that i do hours of research on topics to write the most unintelligible essays and if my essay is good that means i didn't even look at the material. if my essay screams 'edited in 5 minutes' then i can and will discuss the topic at length but if it looks sooooo good and sooooo nice and gets me an A i have no idea what i was writing about

#sadly many do not understand this #if i can soak it up and write you nice papers i will forget in days. if my essay is awful i've been obsessed with the topic for a while #and no longer see any reason to write out my opinions in a reasonable manner because research has consumed me #and the essay is less than secondary to me #i just want to know things. we can discuss with words out loud if you wish but the paper? i don't care anymore sorry #this is about the worst fucking essay i've written in a hot minute but i can now discuss at length the history of jeffrey dahmer's reign #and the dubious ethics of the police during that time as well as the responsibility that the mentally ill have over their actions and what #factors can distinguish between being legally insane and what behaviors can be used to cancel out a guilty but insane criminal #also i have seen pictures that i wish i can unsee #so that was nice ig

[cliveguy]

when people are like WHAT could POSSIBLY be wrong with roman? we don't know it's a MYSTERY! it's like. come on. ive only seen succession all the way through once but i still think it's incredibly unsubtle and obvious, even if it isn't explicitly explored within the show.

#um.txt #its a very difficult topic and its understandable if people dont want to get into it #but also cracking light jokes about how nobody knows whats up w him (ive seen multiple tweets saying this) #like ??? do you not watch the show #one thing i like about succession (usually) is the ambiguity and assumption people will pick up on what's implied #but i dont think romans going to have a big tragic backstory reveal or mental illness diagnosis lol. hes going to keep #cracking jokes or having people mention weird habits hes has / had and you can infer from it what you like

[musical-chick-13]

It's also just so incredibly frustrating because people will take any example of a (usually male) character being horrible as some sort of "proof" that they're mentally ill (which, hmm, interesting that your automatic explanation for "why do they choose to treat other people horribly" is "they have a mental illness that just Makes Them Act Like That"), but there is no kind of nuanced or critical discussion of media that ACTUALLY (for ill or for good) tries to depict mental illness, and you try to recommend media that handles it well (that might even be good for other, completely unrelated reasons!!) and people just ignore you.

#I'm going to work myself into a Full Rant™ a la the infamous '[this topic] in fiction' essay from two & a half years ago if I'm not careful #so I'm going to stop now. but I just. I want to fucking scream lmao. #honestly...once mental health awareness month hits in may I might just genuinely try my hand at making gifs #just to give stuff some fucking visibility lmao #maybe I'll try to get that 'emotional support dw lady shares my Disorder™ and here's why' fic finished (or the one about lizzie) #maybe every day is me explaining why a different character has a given mental illness according to me #maybe I'll write 3 million essays. idk. I just feel like I'm yelling into the void. I HAVE been yelling into the void for 20 years. #it gets exhausting. and tbh. also very sad. #like at this point I'm seriously considering organizing an event of some kind #but Idk if anyone would even be INTERESTED in that #because they're certainly not interested in anything regarding this topic in general! #In the Vents

[calvinandhobbes]

my three girlfriends and yes they smoke weed

#bro this is making me EMOTIONAL #also like. Seeing Tom’s drawings featured reminded me that he drew a piece inspired by my submission where i talked about my mental illness #and being unmedicated and the struggle with that and i want to find the video again #especially because the song is so relevant to that topic #anyway