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ursaribbon · 10 months

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What Modern Pokemon Means to Me

I've felt this way for so long, and I can't just not talk about it anymore. I'm hoping to find more people who feel this way, and I think Tumblr is the best place to do so. (cw: su/c/de)

In elementary school, I was cheerful and loud all the time, and people thought I was weird for it. I had been told my whole life that I was so unique and special, and since I only got that validation from adults, I would do everything in my power to get more validation by doing whatever adults told me to do and valuing whatever they told me to value. I was almost blindly obedient, and I sought academic validation. I started masking my ADHD. I was so stiff on the outside that I rarely cried anymore, especially at things other people would cry over. I felt like there was something wrong with me, or that I really was emotionless.

When puberty started and genetic mental illnesses came into play, I became a husk. I never displayed emotion, and people called me a zombie. I was frustrated. What did they want from me if I couldn't be loud or quiet? Classmates would ask me unprompted if I was depressed, exchange an amused look with their friends if they were paired with me for a group project, and whisper about me when they thought I couldn't hear.

Since I was a preteen, I would continually push away the people in my life because I had mental health issues that made it draining to talk to people. I wanted to spend all my time alone because I wanted to rest--I constantly wanted to be left alone in silence because everything going through my head was already too stimulating. My younger brother, my biggest supporter, would try asking me to play with him or try to talk to me about something he was excited about, and I pushed him away every time. He thought it was because I was tired and lazy all the time, because that was what I told him. He began to resent me for always leaving him alone, and even though I never tried explaining myself or even going to him for support, I thoroughly believed it was my fault for leaving him behind.

People who make fun of "teenage angst" are just making fun of themselves for what they see as "dramatic" looking back. It's easy to forget that regardless of what hormones generate them, feelings of depression are real and harmful. It felt like no matter where I turned, there was no light to overcome the darkness.

Gens 7 and 8 of Pokemon have gotten me through the worst of my teenage and pre-teen years. I had been following the Gen 6 anime by the time it was ending, and I was so excited for the next chapter of Ash's journey. I remember going around school telling everyone, "ASH LEAVES KALOS ON THURSDAY! NOVEMBER 17!!!" Not many people wanted to hear it, but for what felt like the first time in forever, I didn't care. I was already known as a zombie at school, and there weren't many things I unapologetically loved so much.

I was in middle school when covid hit. During online school, I felt lonely, scared, and sad. I had the rest and lack of stimulation I had always wanted, but I didn't realize how much it helped to be at school where I was forced to interact with other people. When I was really alone with my thoughts, I couldn't find a reason to live anymore. I was having s//c/d/l thoughts. One day during my lunch time, as I nibbled at my sandwich with my head down on the desk, I decided I may as well catch up on the latest episodes of Pokemon Journeys.

The Beautifly episode was playing, but I was only half paying attention, barely able to focus on anything. Ash had misheard and thought they were going to watch Beautifly hydrate, and Goh had a short fantasy about a Beautifly laying on the beach with a cup of juice before realizing the mistake.

He phrased it something like:

"Yeah, they look so peaceful when theY HYDRA-HOLD ON!!!!"

And I just died laughing.

I knew the joke wasn't funny. The funny part was Zeno Robinson's delivery. I must have replayed it ten times. It was the first time in months that I'd felt like everything was okay.

I even showed the scene to my brother. We both laughed at it for at least ten minutes. It was so nice to share something with him.

I became a bigger fan of the show, and started shipping Ash and Goh. It wasn't because Goh was flamboyant, although I won't deny that many fans assert him to be a certain sexuality based on how he presents himself, which is stereotyping at best and homophobic fetishization at worst. I ship the characters because I think they're compatible and are just cute together. That was when I found the Satogou Discord server.

I had never really had online friends like the ones I had on that server. For what felt like the first time, I had found people I could talk about anything with for hours. While progress wasn't a straight line, I was beginning to have s//c/d/al thoughts less and less because the people and media in my life filled me with light to overcome that darkness.

And then episode 62 aired.

In that episode, Goh's Sobble evolves into Drizzile. It was so excited to be an Inteleon that it didn't realize there was a middle stage in between. It couldn't even use Water Gun properly anymore, and other Pokemon made fun of it for that. It began isolating itself, and when Cinderace forced it to come out of its cave, it ran away in tears.

When Goh finds Drizzile, he tells it about his own childhood, when he was pointed out as being different for reasons even he didn't fully understand. When he asked himself "Why?" he only felt frustrated. This is what he tells Drizzile:

"I don't understand, but that's okay. And I don't need immediate answers, either. ... I'm fine if you just want to be who you are. ... If it helps you to nest, just do it. And if at some point you feel like being with a friend..."

"...I'll be there whenever you need me."

I didn't cry. I almost cried, but I didn't. And I didn't need a reason why anymore. Anyone else may have cried. I might have been a zombie or a husk for not crying.

...Maybe it was because I wasn't overwhelmed by what was going through my head anymore. It made me remember what I had been through, but the way these characters reached out to me was so much more meaningful than anything that came before.

The media that allowed me to laugh and to live and to make friends with ease once again provided light to me, not blinding me, but providing for me a moment of clarity.

I know not everyone likes the newer seasons of Pokemon. It doesn't fit the formula that provided light to those who have been fans for a longer time, and believe me, I understand how important these things are, but goddamnit, it's one thing to dislike a piece of media and an entirely different thing to continue arguing when you find out it means something to someone else. I respect those who don't like the newer seasons, and I won't tell you they're better than the ones that came before because, at least to me, they simply can't be compared to each other.

I know not everyone likes Goh, but I miss him so much for what he represented, and I can't thank the creators of Pokemon 2019 enough for what they went through to make what they did.

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tayyaboenix · 10 months

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"the best thing a father can do for his childern is love their mother."

-shaykh dr. 'umer farūq 'abd-Allāh

#islamicpost #islamic #father #mother #childern #writeblr #muslim #lovecore #family #peace #happiness #mental health #child mental health #inspiration #happy place

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 1 year

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This article alludes to some things I've suspected for a long time. Relying on schools (where staff usually only have minimal or basic training at best) to deal with the increasing crisis in child/teen mental health isn't working.

I am very reluctant to say schools should do nothing, but I do think in settings which lack expertise, we need to be very careful about the "somethings" we choose to do.

#education #mental health #child mental health #teen mental health #schools

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commonsensecommentary · 1 year

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From my blog archive:

When you dig down to the bottom of the youth mental health crisis now rampaging through America, the explanation is likely right in front of our eyes.

#Role model #children #adolescents #mental health #teen mental health #child mental health #mental health crisis

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divinefem333 · 8 months

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A Mother Shares How Ketamine Helped Her Teen's Depression

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#mental health advice #mental healing #mental health #teen mental health #depresssion #child mental health #childhood development #mental wellbeing #youtube #youtube channel #mental illness #self help #self healing #self improvement

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glitteryfoxsoul · 2 years

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I shouldn't have dreams about you scratching me or yelling at me.

#child abuse #childhood trauma #childhood #child mental health #you broke me #bpd blog #actually bpd #trauma #toxic traits #i feel so bad #i feel empty #yelling #fighting #screaming

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borderlineteen · 10 months

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I was recently hospitalized for suicidal thoughts for the 3rd time in the past 400 days, and this is the only time I've come home feeling like I've made a difference and am ready to grow. I would like to start at the very beginning of my journey in which I have navigated for the years.

Since I was born I've been attached to my mother at the hip, which is completely normal for a child until I was 4 years old, having full on panic attacks at the thought of my mother dying when it was completely irrelevant to the situation. When I started to go into school I would have episodes of screaming and crying everymorning before school and mother and many doctors thought I had been autistic or something had gone wrong in the early development of my brain. It had gotten to the point in elementary school that I was still crying every morning and was sent to the nurses office most literally everyday because I would work myself up to puking everyday.

This was kept pretty consistent until the first time I was sent the hospital for suicidal ideation, I was 11 years old and felt like I had nowhere to go in life. Even talking and sitting at the dinner table during holidays felt like a battle and always ended in severe panic attacks that rocked me and the relationship between me and my family.

Many people conspirised I was just spoiled or was a brat when in actually I had no idea what was going on myself. I distinctly remember being 11 and writing terrible things all over my body, "you don't deserve her," "[my name] should be dead," etc. Luckily, throughout covid, I didn't have as many issues as I wasn't actually interacting with anything that could trigger me.

It was only after covid that things started get really bad, about 9th grade. In the first semester of high-school things ok, I got in trouble for blurring and things like that but nothing to surprising for a freshman. It started in 2nd semester that things had really started to go downhill. I remember feeling empty all the time like I could never get a grip of who I was, what my name was, who I liked, who I hated, what my feelings should be. I broke multiple great relationships and ruined trust between many people.

I was bullied severely until I had decided the only way I could get out of this was to cut my hair off, died it bright pink and tell myself to kill myself. I was sent to the hospital that night and from there transported to a high risk inpatient facility an hour away through an ambulance.

When I got there, I didn't do much that helped myself. It was 40 suicidal, ill kids in a room with to little staff. I've seen someone cut themselves and be sedated and restrained in the middle of the day. This is only the first of 3 hospilizations I will be continuing my perspective of my own life in the next blog.

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bighermie · 2 years

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#covid-19 lockdowns #america's schoolchildren #children's education #child mental health

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0verthinking1t · 1 year

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Unpopular attempt at a meme time for my undiagnosed or diagnosed late friends, but...

While you were flying under the radar getting treated like other kids, I was studying the blade (and a bit of psychiatry, counselling, neurology, advanced social skills, harmful self discipline techniques....) The sum of our experiences are not the same 🤺

Ok for real tho let me explain, because legit I have nothing but respect for folks who are just finding out there's an explanation for why life has always been so shitty and hard. I sincerely hope you're finding relief in the community and resources that are open to you now, and I'm glad you're here with us. It's incredibly difficult going through life not knowing your game is set on hard mode, but in a weird way, I wish I could have been you.

I made a post a while ago about a hypothetical conversation with young me to try and demonstrate the unspoken double standard some neurodivergent kids may be held to, and how it becomes the root of a lot of symptoms later in life. Being diagnosed at 6 years old, I had the advantages of knowing, of parents and teachers knowing, and of having a way to ask for help, and that advantage has given me a huge leg up even now. On the flip side tho, that double standard I mentioned comes with the feeling of added responsibility for my mental problems starting at an age I was too young to even understand what "responsibility" meant in that sense— 'you're ADHD, so you have to manage your mood swings. You're ADHD, so you have to make more of an effort to get along with others. You're ADHD, so you have to know more about how your brain works than most adults. You're ADHD, so you have to learn extra ways to fit in with everyone else.' To simplify it with a metaphor, if we're each given a sort of "rulebook" for life as children, I feel like folks diagnosed young get one twice as thick as everyone else's. Neither way of struggling through life is preferable over the other, of course.... But I kind of wish I had gotten to experience life without the extra rules as a kid, just for a little while. I wish I knew a time when I didn't feel like the burden of emotional responsibility was solely on me.

#adhd #mental disability #mental health #personal journal #personal experience #mental illness #diagnosed early #early diagnosis #child mental health #growing up #undiagnosed #emotional responsibility #neurodiversity

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livewelltalk · 1 year

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Childhood anxiety is a serious behavioral concern, and is something that every parent should take seriously. Research shows, in US alone, 5.6 million kids (9.2%) had been diagnosed with anxiety problems.

Symptoms of anxiety in children

Signs to look out for in your child are:

finding it hard to concentrate

not sleeping, or waking in the night with bad dreams

not eating properly

quickly getting angry or irritable, and being out of control during outbursts

constantly worrying or having negative thoughts

feeling tense and fidgety, or using the toilet often

always crying

being clingy

complaining of tummy aches and feeling unwell

Separation anxiety is common in younger children, whereas older children and teenagers tend to worry more about school or have social anxiety.

A child with anxiety may only perhaps need a parent’s attention. They may have all wanted to have their parents focused their love towards them. This is why it is of utter importance to know what causes the child to be anxious and what remedies can be done to help your child overcome anxiety problems. Learn more here on → Anxiety in Children: Signs, Symptoms, Treatment & How to Help

#anxiety in children #children mental health #child mental health #livewelltalk

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gwydionmisha · 2 years

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CW: Self Harm, Suicide

#Suicide #Self Harm #Camhs #Child Mental Health #News

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climbrun05 · 2 years

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Caution! These 10 Drugs Can Cause Memory Loss

Anxiety disorders are very common mental health conditions that affect millions of individuals worldwide. Short-term memory loss is when you forget things you heard, saw, or did recently. But it can also be a sign of a deeper problem, such as dementia, a brain injury, or a mental health issue. As you grow older, you experience physiological changes that can cause glitches in brain functions you’ve always taken for granted. In fact, you may mistake this slowing of your mental processes for true memory loss. Sudden Memory Loss and confusion are interruptions of short-term memory. The person may be disoriented, confused about time, or even forgetting names, but generally, they are otherwise alert and have normal thinking abilities. Talk with your doctor about concerns you may have about your memory, so the condition responsible for your symptoms can be addressed. Discussing your symptoms and taking various tests, possibly including an MRI, may help your doctor determine what is affecting your memory, Gale says. My dad recently got lost on his home street he has lived on for 60 years. Turns out his doctor raised his statin prescription and when the statins were reduced his memory came back. Find out if memory loss is a side effect of the medications you are taking. Sudden withdrawal can cause serious side effects, so a health professional should always monitor the process. But what many people don't realize is that many commonly prescribed drugs also can interfere with memory. Until we have more time and more studies, there are more questions than answers. We don’t know how long brain fog lasts after COVID or how long fatigue lasts after COVID. Until we know more, there is no known treatment for long COVID neurological symptoms. Delirium is considered a medical emergency, in part because it’s often the main expression of a sudden, life-threatening illness. Elderly people are also susceptible to delirium after surgery. The mental changes in delirium develop quickly, often in a matter of hours or days. Do not try to self-diagnose the cause of your memory loss – always see a GP. Nootrogen Review may refer you to a memory specialist for an in-depth assessment. Further tests, such as scans, may also sometimes be needed. He or she can tell you which vitamin brands to trust, or help you incorporate more vitamin B-rich foods into your diet. In some ways, this is a good thing because it prevents us from constantly being worried about all of the things that we normally and naturally forget. If you don’t notice that your short term memory loss is causing problems for you, that’s probably because it isn’t.

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celeryhyena20 · 2 years

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Caution! These 10 Drugs Can Cause Memory Loss

Alzheimer’s is distinguished from other dementias at autopsy by the presence of sticky beta-amyloid plaques outside brain cells and fibrillary tangles within neurons. Although such lesions may be present in any aging brain, in people with Alzheimer’s these lesions tend to be more numerous and accumulate in areas of the brain involved in learning and memory. An overproduction of thyroid hormones is commonly caused by Graves’ disease, while an underproduction usually results from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In Nootrogen Reviews , the depressed mood begins before there is any mental decline. See our disclaimer about external links and our quality guidelines. Fill your details below to continue to a personalised experience. This article on Epainassist.com has been reviewed by a medical professional, as well as checked for facts, to assure the readers the best possible accuracy. HI U OLE PATOOTS, ORH here, and just remembered that I left the water on some plants at the farm. To cut the water off, I must drive 10 miles from our lake cabin to our farm. Irritated at myself for getting old and now have memory problems. Just as physical exercise can make and keep your body stronger, mental exercise can make your brain work better and lower your risk of mental decline. The more pleasurable an activity is to you, the more powerful its effect will be on your brain. People who aren’t socially engaged with family and friends are at higher risk for memory problems than people who have strong social ties. Walking the patient on a regular schedule seems to help improve sleep quality, but the benefit of exercise in general has not been uniformly demonstrated in all the clinical trials. Delayed recall was better in vascular and frontotemporal dementia than in Alzheimer disease, suggesting a problem with retrieval, rather than a problem with encoding. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing the information needed to carry out a cognitive task. My expectations were consistently exceeded by the expertise of the staff, the content of the program, and the overall respect and care I was treated with. I would highly recommend to anyone suffering from drug or alcohol dependency. Memory loss is a frustrating and sometimes scary experience, especially if the memory loss is caused by a traumatic event. Diagnose primarily based on clinical criteria, particularly mood, attention, presence of true memory loss, and effect on daily function. Is currently available to treat Alzheimer disease but should be limited to patients with mild symptoms.

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chinatest8 · 2 years

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Taurine Improves The Spatial Learning And Memory Ability Impaired By Sub

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gardenspade27 · 2 years

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Using lists and other memory aids, focusing on one thing at a time, and getting organized can help older people compensate for age-related changes in memory. People who are aware of memory loss may not have dementia. Most forms of dementia progressively worsen until the person's death. People who are aware of their memory loss typically do not have dementia. Memory loss, though common, is not the only sign of dementia. People with dementia may also have problems with language skills, visual perception, or paying attention. Forgetfulness and attention issues are one of the most frustrating and common problems that people deal with. Memory loss can look different from person to person, but in general, if your memory issues are disrupting your life, that's when you should seek help. To be clear, some mild memory fog or forgetfulness is normal, especially as you get older. Many conditions other than aging can cause memory problems. Attempts to multi-task in order to be efficient can sometimes decrease efficiency because of the need to repeat a task that was poorly completed or forgotten. Your brain has a limit on what it can effectively process simultaneously and remember. Ask your physician if any of your medications can be slowly reduced to eliminate this cause of forgetfulness. Meanwhile, repeated blows to the head—like those from boxing or football—can cause progressive memory loss and other cognitive problems. Other conditions aside from dementia or Alzheimer's disease can lead to memory loss or memory problems. Sometimes referred to as "shock" therapy, ECT can be very helpful for those suffering from severe depression, but it may also cause some memory loss. Memory Plus Program Review should talk with your physician about the risks and benefits of ECT. He points out things like polypharmacy , significant depression, and poor sleep that can lead to memory complaints. “When you drill down and find out what is actually happening with brain function, you can reassure someone. They have the capacity to learn and store information but because of their overloaded mental resources, they are having trouble,” says Dr. Gale.

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neuroticboyfriend · 1 year

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all your stuffed animals love you. they're not sad if they're in a box, or on the floor, or not held/played with as much. they understand. they know that you might need another stuffie more, or that you don't have enough space. they're just happy to be with you, and if you ever give them away, they'll be happy there too. stuffies are for comfort. they understand. they love you too. it's okay.

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