#how i cope

[chocomars]

Seelos trio movie night

(Dessert extraordinaire)

#rebels rewatched emotionally crippled me again so here it is #how i cope #captain rex #captain gregor #commander wolffe #star wars rebels #the clone wars #star wars #star wars the clone wars #swtcw #swr #marsdraws #marsrb

[chelleztjs18]

Hi angst lovers! Anybody has painful angsty idea for me to write? Please give me, I need it.

I need to write angst but i dont know what to write, give me ur best n most hurtful angsty idea with Wanda, Lizzie or Nat, Scarlet Johansson please.

The more detailed the request is, the better.

I appreciate it!

Cheerio!

#chellez speaks #i need to write angsts #to cope #how i cope #i need to let it out #send me your thoughts #send me your request

[justaz]

i’ve figured out how to make myself feel better when i come into contact with those aus of percy accepting godhood/becoming a god and leaving annabeth behind: he simply doesn’t. he takes a page out of dionysus’ book and makes her immortal and they happily ever after for enternity the end

#percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heros of olympus #those aus always make me super sad #this is how i cheer myself up #how i cope #WE ALL KNOW THAT PERCY WOULD NEVER LEAVE HER #HE WOULD TAKE HER WITH HIM #I GUARANTEE IT #headcanon #head canon #hc #fanfic #fanfiction #fic

[in-pursuit-of-happiness-caroline]

Health issues & uninformed doctors and nurses...how I deal in eating disorder recovery

Let me warn anyone reading this: this post does deal with eating disorders & things like getting weighed & although I won't ever give specific details that could be more obviously sensitive/triggering I do want to still give a forewarning. It's important for me to mention too, that I am NOT in any way a professional in anything...all my blog posts are solely my opinions and my own experience and what has helped me etc. Also this particular post might be a little disorganized. My posts on this blog are things that I pre-plan & think on and rewrite before I post them because when it comes to mental health issues and even some physical health struggles I don't ever want to be reckless with my words, however this post is not planned - a very impulsive blog post triggered by an interaction at a doctor appointment this morning. You have been warned.

To start this out let me give you the situation from earlier today that was the catalyst for this blog...

I had 2 doctor appointments this morning the first was just my annual bone scan because I have osteopenia I have my bone density checked once a year to make sure it has not decreased any further and moved in to full on osteoporosis. My second appointment was with cardiology and I was not seeing my main cardiologist today, this was a last minute squeeze me in kind of appointment because my medication has quit working quite as well as it should - not anything really major but something to sort out before things get worse and become a major problem so they just squeezed me into whichever doctor at my cardiologist office could fit me in their schedule. Got through my first appointment & bone scan with out an issue and so I go to my appointment at the cardiologist. Now had I seen my regular cardiologist today I don't think this would have happened because He knows my background and history but I didn't see him I saw a female cardiologist today...we'll name her Dr. Jones for this post. Dr. Jones comes into the room after the nurse has done my weight and vitals and noted the issue I am being seen for & made sure the list of medications I take that they have on file is up to date and correct. Along with my heart medications I take thyroid medication [I have hyperthyroidism], an antidepressant, a prescription sleeping pill and a few different prescribed supplements and vitamins [again because of the hyperthyroidism and also malabsorption syndrome I have]. So Dr. Jones comes in to the room and is looking over the nurses notes. She asks me about what condition I have that I take thyroid medications and a list of supplements and vitamins for. My answer; I have hyperthyroidism(aka an over active thyroid) & malabsorption syndrome. Dr. Jones is kind of chuckling when she next says to me "that must be your secret to being slim but I guess you could probably get skinnier if you didn't take those medications!" & you can just cue my face palm after that comment.

Here's the thing; I am in recovery for anorexia and orthorexia and I say in recovery rather than recovered because I don't want to portray myself in such a way where some, especially in the world of social media, see calling myself recovered as l have all my shit figured out (spoiler I definitely do not) and I don't need space held for a struggle or a mistake now and then. That being said I have been actively in recovery from anorexia and Orthorexia for a few years now. I have not known my weight since I entered recovery...my doctors and parents know. I do know I have been maintaining a healthy weight and I have been doing well enough in eating disorder recovery that I no longer have to have specialized eating disorder therapists and mental health treatment team (I see a therapist who is more specialized in treating PTSD and trauma now). I am happy in my recovery and although this comment from Dr. Jones today didn't shake me or "trigger " eating disorder thought patterns it certainly could have a few years ago. Also this is not the only experience I have had with a doctor or nurse that is eating disorder insensitive/could be triggering.

It is such a tricky thing because what I have experienced tells me most medical professionals are not adequately trained or educated in eating disorders and how to interact with patients who have a history of eating disorders. I don't blame Dr. Jones in this situation she just didn't know my history & really other than my initial face palm reaction to her comment...I didn't have any further negative reaction, feelings or thoughts over it at this point in my recovery. I did want to talk about some things I have done in order to deal with situations like this because eating disorders are quite common anymore and since my health puts me in a lot of doctor offices I find myself in these situations pretty often

First thing I have done in the past is to be sure I tell whoever I am seeing up front that I am recovering from eating disorders OR if you maybe don't want to tell them about an eating disorder you can just say you struggle with insecurities with weight and your body. I have found most of the time this helps whatever doctor or nurse be more conscious of what they are saying to you. I think in the world we live in weight loss, body shape and all of that talk is so main stream and common casual conversation that most see it as harmless small talk...it's something in America that is common ground to relate to and because most are not so informed & aware of eating disorders most of the things someone says that could be unhelpful to another's recovery is not intentional - it is said purely from a place of ignorance around eating disorders so being upfront with whoever you see is key.

Now since you can not really control other people the rest of my tips that help are all about work that you, the person who has dealt with an eating disorder, has to do in order to not react in a negative, triggered, upset, spiraling fashion when shit is said. That being said find people to vent to and to keep you accountable when things happen - Preferably find ...I'd say at least 3 people you can call on when you find an interaction or situation has stirred up some eating disorder shit [the list of 3 people should not count your therapist. I think it's important to have people to call on & talk to that are friends and family you can trust because you have to be able to get through things without a therapist at some point].

It was really important for me to work on, for lack of a better word, desensitize myself to the comments and situations that "triggered " the anorexia and Orthorexia garbage so eventually I stopped having a triggered reaction to them otherwise recovery is really fucking hard and even more isolating because others may trigger you. You can and should try to communicate and educate people about eating disorders but also you have to realize that the best way to avoid being eating disorder triggered by outside people, conversations, situations etc is for you to find a way to talk about, think about, & deal with those triggers so they don't trigger you anymore. It sounds so shitty but I found the most helpful thing for me is to take I guess responsibility for my triggers and accept that the world is not going to stop being triggering & they really are not responsible for how I respond either in a triggered or more healthy way to a comment, situation or whatever. It sucks but honestly it's one of the best things I did to help myself in eating disorder recovery because now there is not much that shakes me in my recovery.

I have to wrap this post up - it is already really long so the last thing I want to say is Dr. Jones was not out of line in what she said to me today. Even though yes, earlier on in my eating disorder recovery her comment could have sent me in a tail spin...medically her comment was factual...without medication to manage my hyperthyroidism I would lose weight & I have said that on this blog and my main blog before, without medication I would rapidly lose weight despite my food/caloric intake so this is just another reason why dealing with triggers, thinking about them differently and moving on from them being triggering has been so important because the outside world doesn't have much power over my emotions, behaviors, thoughts and decision for recovery anymore...they don't trigger me. Anyways again I am not any sort of professional in anything...this is all just my experience and my opinion having dealt with eating disorders and other mental health issues and physical health issues.

#Eating disorder awareness #Anorexia recovery #orthorexia recovery #Doctor visits #Health issues #How I cope #Mental health journey #Personal #reactive attachment disorder #complex ptsd #generalized anxiety disorder #OCD #depression #Life after heart surgery #Heart health problems #Hyperthyroidism #Malabsorption #Osteopenia #Writer #Dancer #Athlete #Volleyball #Soccer #Tennis #Pianist #Cellist #Motorcycle rider #Motorcycle enthusiast #Dog lover #Growing up military

[tiny-yoongienthusiast]

damn, that sex was poggers but i need to get back to telling you about the magnus archives timeline

#tiny thoughts #how i cope #the magnus archives #mag 200

[nonebinary-leftbeef]

DEVASTATING the lyric you've been mishearing is better than the real one

#i've been listening to icarus by bastille #and for some reason my brain fills in 'this is how it feels to take a fall' as 'this is how it feels to take off all your skin' #and like fuck man #and I KNOW that’s technically not a misheard lyric but my post my rules cope #anyway my line now #also probably phrased this poorly but its ok #im allowed to be incomprehensible #as a treat #and then fuckin #from we sink by of monsters and men #the original line was 'please look away dont look at me' #and i kept hearing it as 'please learn a way to look at me' #anyway #shoving this post in the queue but please be aware that i am writing it very late at night #q

[nipuni]

David's BAFTA looks 🥰

#david tennant #bafta 2024 #my art #the kilt one awoke something in me sorry I had to draw it #Nicolas is on a work trip to Berlin for a few days this is how I'm coping

[pherredraws]

“you were a wonderful experience”

“you were… everything”

#adventure time #fionna and cake #petrigrof #simon petrikov #betty grof #MEEEE AND MY HUUUSBAND WE ARE DOING BETTER…….. #uploading this as a video bc i cannot be fucked to scale this down to gif size rn #adventure time gang how are we coping.

[dykedarling]

I’m going to get pissed

#this is how I cope #David jenkins just posted about it if you’re only just hearing about it btw #devastated!! #our flag means death #ofmd #taika waititi #rhys darby #david jenkins

[edmeom]

low quality jjk trio i know you needed

part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14, part 15, part 16, part 17, part 18, part 19

#this is how i cope #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #itadori yuji #fushiguro megumi #nobara kugisaki #kugisaki nobara #megumi fushiguro #yuji itadori #jjk meme #chosoyuki #satosugu #choso kamo #jjk yuki #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #geto suguru #suguru geto #nanami kento #kento nanami #yuki tsukumo #itafushikugi #jjk memes

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Afton kids got interesting coping mechanisms

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #fnaf vanessa #michael afton #mike schmidt #fnaf #fnaf movie #sister location #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #they are both super normal and well adjusted I promise #another Vanessa and Michael bonding moment 🔥🔥 #I know both tried so much for their fathers approval #only to be both betrayed anyway by him #LEAST they have each other to talk about it #Mike isn’t very impressed by how they cope #but he can’t talk much seeing he copes through actually constantly sleeping #none of these guys are okay and that’s okay 💜

[daydreamerwonderkid]

I know WFA is too OOC for some people, but I need that shit right now.

I do love seeing the Batfam beating the shit out of each other. I like how messy their relationships are and I have always loved flawed characters.

But idk, man, Batman #138 just really crossed a line for me and I need a reminder that there are other depictions of Bruce that aren't so fucking heinous.

I'll take this shit:

Over this shit:

Any. Fucking. Day.

#wfa #wayne family adventures #gotham war #gotham war spoilers #bruce wayne #jason todd #dc comics #batman comics #batman 138 #im not saying wfa is better #all im saying is that gotham war's bruce is a LOT right now #and idk how to cope with that #dreamer queue #updated post with better quality scans of panels #guys I'm not saying wfa is better than gw or any other batman canon #pls stop messaging me that you dont like wfa #it's fine if you dont like wfa #all i was trying to say was that wfa bruce may be ooc but he's kinder to jason #than gw bruce is being right now #that was it #that's the post #calm down

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Thistle Debut Day!

#dungeon meshi #Thistle #Old dungeon meshi fans remember the days when it was ambiguous what gender Thistle was. #Now we know Thistle uses he/him pronouns but in my heart Thistle is still non-binary. Clowngender elf with poor coping skills. #I hope the anime-only watchers know that this is a character to keep an eye on. #Love (in it's many forms) and desire (in it's many forms) is the main course of Dungeon Meshi and THIS silly jester? #My goodness. What a perfect encapsulation of how one can hurt other's so deeply in the name of love. #The actions we take to 'protect' other's is often the route to doing the most harm. #Love is letting go. Sometimes that means control and sometimes that means saying farewell forever to someone.

[audhd-nightwing]

jason, coming back from the dead and seeing tim as robin: how could bruce replace me? how could he give robin to someone else?

dick, who created robin in honor of his dead parents and then had bruce take it away and give it to jason without even asking him:

#no hate to jason it’s not his fault bruce is emotionally inept #bruce: ah yes let me take away my teenage son’s coping mechanism that he made to honor his parents #and without asking or telling him give it to a random child i adopted #who has never met him before #and not explain the significance of the name or costume at all #LIKE #HOW TF DID HE THINK THAT WAS OKAY??? #dc comics #dc #dcu #batman comics #jason todd #dick grayson #tim drake #bruce wayne #robin #robin!dick #robin!jason #robin!tim #red hood #nightwing #batman

[captainllamathan]

Alone at the bar.. I guess this will be my new normal for awhile.

#how I cope

[sandboxer]

#making a spreadsheet about it is the only way I know how to cope with stress and emotions #it’s all data babey