#my kids aren’t normal

[ewwww-what]

friendship so strong it grants you a sixth level spell slot. I have words to say.

#you aren’t always supposed to handle doubt alone. #even if you aren’t afraid of the dark it’s easier to navigate with someone holding your hand #Kristen said ​‘I just love my friends. I love my friends so much.’ #and Fig said ‘maybe I’m not an artist. maybe I’m just a really good friend.’ #and everyone in the world wanted me to be okay and normal about it #queerplatonic love comes in so many forms and this is one of them #fig and Kristen. fig and Kristen. fig. Kristen. #also also #I’ve been so emotional about the fact that all of the bad kids care so deeply about Cassandra despite not worshiping her #‘​I believe in Cassandra because I’ve seen her!’ like they have come eye to eye with a goddess and chose the mutual friends route #god I love it so much #also nonbinary fig believers how are we feeling tonight #fantasy high #d20 #d20 fantasy high #d20 fanart #fh #fantasy high fanart #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #d20 fhjy #fig faeth #fig fantasy high #kristen applebees #kristen fantasy high #faebees #queerplatonic #that’s important to me. that is an important part of this. #undescribed #my art

[granhairdo]

yeah im thinking it’s best i go into urgent care tomorrow im not doing good

#they aren’t just my epileptic seizures i swear #it’s like im fully conscious and they’re shorter #I used to get them all the time as a kid but it was connected to other stuff and kind of stopped when I was 14 or 15 #and replaced with epileptic ones #but like this is not normal for me #I really hope this is just a weird thing I cannot handle another diagnosis #I hate this fucking year #seriously I have a fucking tower of neurological and psychological issues one more and im fucking done #vent

[terraos]

How can harry potter still even be relevant. The only good thing to ever come out of harry potter is My Immortal. You can find fantasy content with wizards literally anywhere (and probably done better too)

#save me from this hell #best friend’s boyfriend is playing hogwarts legacy and I’m like. i am trapped in a 5ft glass cube yelling and screaming #-repeating mantras to stay sane- I will not let harry potter ruin my day i will not let harry potter ruin my day i will not let harry potter #usually i really don’t care but come on ppl. Just Kidding Rowling is literally vocal about her transphobia and antisemitism #these ppl were not forced against their will to make this game and being paid by how well it sells #they’re like from a real actual company that pays them a salary. they aren’t smallscale indie devs #anyways #hi everyone i’m normal today #apologizing to everyone that follows me <3

[virgincognito]

this is the third person to leave my dm on delivered but posting on their story…..

#for the first two its been weeks #guys im mature and ofc i dont think they hate me and want me to die but #how normal can you act when you are trying to make new friends and communicate but they aren’t receptive at all #rmring why i dont use my main ig #but this go around i want to be an active participant in my irl social life and the kids use ig right? #and yet…. #me #i have a hard time making friends as you can tell :p #if you are still here thanks…..but let me tell you a little story #one of the friends i seen on the bus #and she was smiling at me but wearing a mask but i can tell #i didnt recognize her at first and it was 5pm so i was like nigga got a staring problem 😐 #but then realized when i sat down i was like o 😃 #maybe she was just being nice but if you really fwm youd answer my dm and TALK TO ME 😭😭

[mars-ipan]

honestly i don’t really think any mental illnesses have been like “destigmatized”- not fully at least. i think the stigma has just changed from demonization to “that’s not a real problem get over it god”

#obviously demonization is more Actively Harmful #but to say things like depression and anxiety have been destigmatized is. incorrect i feel #yes we are not treated like we’re evil. which is for sure an improvement #nobody deserves to be treated like they’re evil #but our illnesses are now being dismissed. ‘oh everyone has that’ not like me #‘you’re just being lazy’ i wish that were true #like. ok hold on let me use an example bc i’m worried abt reading comprehension on this website #(not my followers i trust u guys but i act as if every post i make will get popular) #my brother is autistic. i have GAD. #my brother was diagnosed when he was 2. he’s faced a lot of bullying from both kids and adults and it sucks and he didn’t deserve it #because of all that bullying (especially as a kid) he’s rejecting his autism and focusing really hard on being as ‘normal’ as possible #i was diagnosed last year at 17. i’ve been having these issues my whole life (my mom and i both saw it) but my issues were dismissed #by all the other adults around me (save for family) because i wasn’t visibly struggling and i was doing well in school #it made me doubt my convictions for a long time. what if i’m wrong? #as such i didn’t seek a diagnosis for a long time until my anxiety had gotten to a point where i knew i couldn’t keep ignoring it #now that i have that diagnosis i’m able to wield it as a weapon. my struggles aren’t made up #they’re real. and they always have been. and i can’t just ‘calm down’ like you can. and that needs to be respected #so while i think one is more actively harmful (bullying and harassment lead to self-rejection and loathing) #the other is also harmful- just passively (constantly being dismissed leads to self-doubt and not asking for help) #also why are people angry about the idea of a mental illness being destigmatized? #one group freeing itself from oppression isn’t gonna immediately forget about the groups who helped them get there #if i’m one day able to get perfect accomodations for my anxiety and nobody looks at me like i’m dramatic when i talk about it #i’m not gonna suddenly stop advocating for mental health issues to be normalized #if anything i’ll argue HARDER. you learned to understand me now learn to understand my siblings #learn to understand those with bpd. with psychosis. the sociopaths. the narcissists. the systems #i’m not gonna act like i have it worse than people who are heavily stigmatized. i’m not gonna get attacked for stuttering at mcdonalds #but that doesn’t mean i have /no/ problems and it doesn’t mean i think i’m better than anyone else #i don’t get why people fight each other about this. it’s a good thing so long as we remember where we came from

[woodsy-hoe]

ya know, finding out i have MS and need extensive immunotherapy treatments to manage the damage, all while i made a huge career shift from nursing to teaching, is kinda too much for ya boi right about now lolol

#it’s like a catch-22 bc i love my job and am so passionate about it but i have 0 immune system and obviously kids get sick/show up sick sooo #and like i wear fun masks so the kids aren’t too bothered about it but it still just fucks me up that i can’t just live and work normally #all of my other co-workers are v fit + healthy and don’t understand how scared i am lowkey each day just showing up but fuck it we ball #i committed to this career so if it hospitalizes or fucks me up 🤷🏻‍♀️ we’ll just figure it out then #rant over anyways adulting is torture and i hate it here lololo #becca speaks

[countess-of-edessa]

looking at the stepparents subreddit for five minutes should be enough to dissuade any person with children from attempting to date until they’re grown. it is so unkind to bring a random unrelated person into a child's home

#selection of posts from the last few days include— #i hate how much my 7 year old step daughter wants to hold and hug my baby it’s MY baby not hers #now that my stepson is 18 how do i tell him we don’t want him coming over every other week like custody said he has to #i hate when my boyfriend talks about his six year old daughter buying her gifts and taking her on trips. he should be doing that with me #these people hate your children #so much of what they complain about is just normal child behavior (tho children of divorce do often act out which makes sense) #but because these aren’t their children or people they love they just have no tolerance or understanding for these children #and they all circlejerk each other like yes this seven year old whose parents have divorced has a responsibility to act maturely to you #her father's girlfriend. set a boundary—don’t let her come back! #wow i wonder why all of these children are so mentally destroyed #everything would be perfect if he didn’t have kids :( well damn that sucks. die about it i guess or just leave him alone!

[bisexualseraphim]

Do queer people who gatekeep sexualities and gender identities have nothing better to do like genuinely what is your problem. The whole point of the community is that gender and sexuality are more fuckity wuckity than man or woman, gay or straight and in almost 2024 we STILL have mfs going “nah that’s not a thing :/ you don’t belong in the community” unless they’re causing harm to others I seriously urge you to shut the fuck up. It is the easiest thing in the world to just say “hmm I don’t really understand that. But it’s their life and none of my business” and just move on with your life and let people live theirs. I do not give one iota of a fuck if someone identifies as a wolfgender they/them/bun/bunself AMAB transmasc who is only attracted to butches with curly hair and brown eyes IT DOES NOT AFFECT ME. I’m happy that they’ve found a way to express their identity that feels true to them and then I think about it no further. Like it takes active mental energy and emotion to get pressed over how someone expresses themselves and I don’t understand why you’d put yourself through that stress and then decide to be bitchy and make people feel like shit for being themselves. I’m seriously getting so tired of people in the community acting like it’s a fucking competition or you can only join if you meet X Y and Z criteria as if it’s some college mean girls sorority club. People are actively trying to take our rights away all the time and while this is happening we’re helping them by tearing our teeth into our own. Great

#I’ve just had enough of it exclusionists can fuck off I want nothing to do with you #You’re honestly no better than those LGB Without The T dickheads trying to kick people out for being ‘too weird’ or ‘not queer enough’ #I’m always seeing people saying intersex people don’t belong or asexual people don’t belong. What the fuck is wrong with you #You think cishets just treat them normally once they explain who they are? I’d love to live in your world #Yeah they get treated totally fine in a world where ‘virgin’ is used as an insult and babies have forced genital surgery #[sarcasm] #Absolute dumbassery mental gymnastics Jesus Christ #You sound like edgy Conservatives with all the ‘X isn’t real it’s a new thing kids have made up’ #That ‘weird’ gender or sexuality label you’ve just found out about? Has always been around #Always. You just have to look for it #And even if it is new WHO. FUCKING. CARES. #The last thing someone who’s just discovered themselves needs is more bigotry from the people who are meant to accept them #Unless they’re literally doing blackface or are an actual zoophile or some shit leave them the fuck alone they’re not hurting anyone #They’re not. I promise you being confused by something you don’t understand isn’t harm #Where’s that post about how discomfort and harm aren’t the same thing #Work on that shit. #Anyway I need to stop you all do my fucking head in #personal #vent #rant #queer discourse #queer politics #queer infighting #queerphobia #lgbtq #queer #trans #transphobia #acephobia #anti exclusionist

[confusedskykid]

I’m gonna do some sky kid doodles

But I don’t know what they should be doing in said doodles

#“why aren’t any of these answers normal??? #bold of you to assume my sky kid is a peace maker #honk honk #sky children of light #sky children of the light #scotl #sky kid #skykid oc #skycotl art #sky cotl oc #drawing ideas #secret answer is STEALING unless you got a better idea #stealing what? #your heart <3 #just kidding they’re stealing the valley elders lunch money

[diffenbachiae]

babysitting anxiety is unmatched

#just went upstairs to check if the baby’s still breathing. why wouldn’t she be? i don’t know. but i know that i absolutely had to check #i feel like the instant i let my guard down she will somehow choke in her sleep or smth idk #this can’t be normal like i keep convincing myself my anxiety isn’t that bad #but if the kids aren’t in my immediate line of sight i feel all panicky. they’re just asleep

[seaglassdinosaur]

Remembering that two long-running arcs of the Origami Yoda series regarding Dwight were his classmates becoming real friends with him as they stop seeing him as the ‘weird kid’ and connecting with him as a person, and Dwight starting and continuing to date Caroline, the girl he likes. These arcs present to the (presumably neurotypical) audience, an autistic-coded character as someone nuanced and human, who is capable and desirable as a partner and friend, encouraging the idea of looking past dismissive judgements of strangeness and to try to understand people, and even if you can’t, accept them and appreciate them for who they are.

#I am having thoughts and feelings abt origami yoda agin #because like. those are the major arcs w Dwight-the ones that aren’t kept to one book alone #it’s nice seeing them go from kinda just tolerating Dwight because he’s a similar outcast and they need yoda #to them actually liking him and wanting to spend time w him (see the museum visit when tommy is ditched by kellen for Dwight) #and Dwight never magically changes to become ‘normal’. the closest he gets is when he’s at that private school which is observed as kind of #stifling? to all the things that make Dwight interesting and creative #nah the series goes on and Dwight still stims and gets sidetracked by his special interests either to his benefit or detriment #but none of the kids have a problem with him for it. they get that it’s Dwight and these are the things he does #they don’t have a ton of moments of insight into dwight. they talk but they don’t dissect their conversations to parse out what he means #and that makes their communication of messages a little tricky #but the thing is: even though Dwight doesn’t tell them in a way they understand why say the rib bq is so important to him #or why he stims or what sensory issues he has because they might not have the language #even though they don’t have that passage of conversation clicked up #they accept these things as a part of him. and I think that’s a nice message to send. #maybe you won’t fully understand the people in your life but you should try. and even if you can’t you should accept them. quirks and all. #the strange case of origami yoda #origami yoda series #my post #tscooy

[macncheesenibblers]

Another thing that annoys me: people love to blame individuals on their lack of willpower, laziness, determination, etc. if they’re fat. But the explosion in global obesity rates in the last few decades isn’t caused by people all of sudden becoming lazy and losing all their willpower. Our food environment has changed to highly processed food that causes a lot of people to gain weight, along with social forces that drive us to eat that food (like our culture of speed, or prices of food). People have always been people, but our food isn’t the same. The current problem with obesity is a population-level one, not an individual one, but people looove to blame individuals so they feel a sense of superiority. Blame food companies and capitalism if you actually care about health, you’ll get a lot more bang for your buck.

#tw food #also imo genetics doesn’t really affect your weight that much but instead I think it affects how your brain processes food #like I feel like there’s some wiring shit going on that makes some people more prone to putting on weight #like someone could eat a donut that’s 500 cals and register it as such but someone else’s brain might register it as only 250 #and like some people can forget to eat and not think about food that much and it’s kind of a chore but for other people #(like me) they’re hungry almost all the time and think about food and love eating food. like there’s gotta be some brain shit going on #there. like I ate every 30 mins as a baby and was a chubby kid but my brother and sister were scrawny kids #and I LOOVED sugar as a kid but they were normal about it #and with my aunts and uncles on both sides you get some that are skinny always have been and others that are chubby/fat #i feel like it’s gotta be like a hair color gene. different siblings have different hair colors but same genetics #so like we can have the same genetics but different brain wiring around food processing #and different brain food processing makes you more susceptible to weight gain especially in this day and age of hyper processed everything #whereas things that aren’t processed I feel like the different brain wiring systems process food more similarly #like even on this low processed low sugar diet I’m on I still think about food a lot and am hungry but I do believe I’m eating fewer #calories than before because I feel like Whole Foods allow my brain to more accurately process how many calories I’m eating and so it knows #it’s getting enough. this isn’t even about food bulk like I think even if the food isn’t as bulky it recognizes the calories better #like my brain knows the difference between me eating a shit ton of broccoli and getting 200 calories vs. me eating a smaller amount of #broccoli roasted with olive oil. like it knows it’s getting more calories in less density but it doesn’t recognize a 200 calorie granola #bar as such #calorie tw #ya know? ya know

[whatareyoudoingwithamaserati]

LOVE being an autistic weirdo LOVE only being able to giggle giddily and flap my hands LOVE feeling like my chest is about to explode from special interest LOVE THE FACT THAT I GET TO WATCH CABIN FEVER TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#I’m having a minor loss of speech jumping around like a little kid incident I will never be normal about this movie #would advise you block the tags cabin fever and gore if you Aren’t a fan because I will be reblogging so much #this is my beloved fucked up older movie and I’d die die it #cats.txt

[paverics]

it’s so weird to think that i’m literally 26 and today was the first time i’ve ever actually encountered, in passing, a family with two mothers

#like she kept saying ‘partner’ so immediately I was like ‘gay’ #but also like sometimes if you’re not married but #but also like sometimes if you’re not married but you’re a long term couple #and you have like kids and that then boyfriend can sound kind of juvenile to some people #so I thought she was just one of those straight people who say it instead cause she had like 3 kids with her #but eventually during the conversation with my SIL and mum she switched to ‘she’ instead #and then she left and her partner came instead #and these 3 little girls called them boy mummy and it was just kinda cute 😭 #like it’s weird how little you see (for the most part) just….normal gay families? #it’s always like some mystical far away family or a story on tv #it’s never just ‘oh I had a conversation with them on holiday’ #maybe it’s just me and being from a small town and with limited experience / access to people who aren’t what they’re ‘supposed’ to be #but anyway I’m definitely being kind of weird about it (to myself) because they’re literally just on holiday and watching their kids lmaooo #and mentally I’m like ‘gay rights!!!! you’re doing so much for the people 💕’

[revengepath]

trying to be normal about across the spider-verse challenge (FAILED)

#literally have been losing my mind for almost an hour #how am i supposed to wait until june i feel insane #like im literally shaking irl over the confirmed characters and who knows who else appears that they aren’t revealing yet!!! #insomniac spiderman… mayday parker.. like are u kidding #theyre dangling everything i want in front me AND I CANT WATCH IT YET #.txt #marvel #spiderman #spiderverse #the first one is my favorite movie of all time man i am incapable of acting normally about this

[zaiinab]

.

#guys im like so scared #so like a week ago my 1 year old cousin she fell and got a huge glass stuck in her hand #like it went thru so deep. #and u know she went hosp etc they stitched it and she’s had a bandage on #but she’s literally been fine???? like it’s crazy how normal she was being after getting hurt so bad #she’s literally an angel mashallah #but she wasn’t putting her ring and pinky finger up #like they were completely down all week and her mum was like she seems fine idk what to do #so she went to change the bandage yesterday and they were like u need to go to this big hospital immediately bc her fingers aren’t moving up #and smth to do w her nerves #they’ve been in the hospital since yesterday 10pm and just came back now #i haven’t slept all night bc i was so worried man #and she has to have a op tomorrow :((( #my little baby i love her so bad she’s everything to me i feel so scared for her wtf #she’s literally my little bestie 😭😭 u know when a kid runs to u whenever they see u…that kind ☹️