Hiiiiiii guess who has recently become wildly obsessed with the concept of Sam calling Max darlin as a pet name (I am going insane feral maniacal over it I’ll never be normal again h e l p)
(Fun fact, I’m fiendishly proud to say that this may or may not have partially led to @palletical’s recent post after I posted it in the discord eheheeeee >:3 go check that one out if you haven’t, they really took the concept and ran fucking record distances with it it’s SO GOOD HEHEKHGJFHSJFHJDHSV)
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PSA:
If you have related to how I have described Nathan’s struggles with his mental health and some experiences with life; emotional, physical and social etc (ignore the story/his fam background for this; I mean if you have been able to relate to his feelings/anxiety/negative physical sensations etc.)
Might be worth it to get your blood checked.
Especially B12, Vitamin D, Iron levels and Ferritin (ferritin should be 100+).
Building on top of the character, character background, and my research into trauma / mental health etc, I have always used a lot of my personal experience when describing emotions, feelings, and how mental health issues can feel like or present. It’s my attempt to make the writing feel realistic, had I experienced the things in the story or not. Aka even if the story was high fantasy and thus not realistic, I’d source my own feelings to make it ‘real’.
So. Regardless of what's causing it in the story: If you have ever related to how Nathan FEELS or describes his experience with the world and his brain… (Anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, feeling like an outsider/in a fishbowl, easily overwhelmed or over tired; social withdrawal, social anxiety, heart palpitations, chest pains, breathlessness, dissociation, irritability, issues with cognitive function; memory, overthinking, insomnia, brain fog, panic attacks, slow recovery from physical activity, etc etc et fucking c)
Turns out bish has been chronically deficient of many things for a very long time due to stomach issues that stopped nutrients from absorbing. Antidepressants have never successfully worked for me, and it’s now looking like that’s because my mental health stuff could've largely been a physical symptom, instead of just purely mental health??
I have been on a pile of supplements for a bit now and uhh… It’s like night and day? Even with the other health stuff I've been getting treated for, it's been... So much better?? Like. Life changing amount of difference?? And I’m only just starting out fixing these deficiencies, which could take a long time. But...
Holy shit, “Better” might actually be a real thing after all?? There was a reason I've been so "stuck"???
Kind of mad… And sad. Because if this is true and I keep feeling like I have been recently, it means I’ve lost a lot of time to this. I try to focus on how good I’ve been feeling though, and stay curious for this journey of what literally feels like a second chance at life.
Just… Wanted to post this in case it could help someone else. This is a highly personal experience, mental health issues absolutely exist on their own too and there's possibly often overlap as well. But stuff like this can make existing mental health conditions worse too, so either way it’s worth checking.
Yeah. So.
Happy new year?
From someone who might be pulling a whole Phoenix moment???? xx
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had an awful migraine all yesterday which is 80% gone (why the Fuck is it so bright here does anyone else want to borrow this sun for a bit?) but also basically wrote and finished a chapter which I'll now have to set aside in the fridge for later But. Goddamn. Getting the right blends of herbs and spices for the Johnny POV (annoyance, disgust, possessiveness, Wildly Horny, curious, smug, oddly pleased,Shut Up We Are Not Talking About This) where Valentine and Goro are having their emotional reunion/goodbye fuck was the only thing keeping me going yesterday.
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