Do you think any of the students are religious or come from a religious household?
Mandy is supposed to be ‘a church going girl’ ,but idk if she's actually religious. I reckon that there'd be at least one greaser that would take a bedazzling gun and write ‘John 3:16’ or something in metal studs on their jacket
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i'll start from mandy since you gave me the first example and i see exactly what you mean. she probably grew up christian and, since she's not yet in a phase of questioning the way she's been brought up, she still goes to church and so forth
but she's not that much of a believer, honestly it's more a matter of… not stopping what she's been doing. she probably cringes a bit even when people bring up religious stuff
also picking up on the greaser thing. both ricky and johnny are deeply catholic.
ricky's father was born and raised in naples, so ricky grew up with that. he always wears a cross under his shirt
johnny's family was never particularly religious, but he always believed strongly. something something if god has forgiveness for everyone maybe there's some hope for me too
peanut and his mother aren't religious either, but he has a… special relationship?? with mary. like he's no jesus but. a young girl who was preparing herself to be an adult but whose life was turned upside down by a pregnancy that would've given a new meaning to her life? he always kinda saw his mom that way. if that makes sense
most preps were raised christian too i think, protestant?? but they vary in. how much they really believe
(also this applies to most of the students tbh. some define themselves atheists, such as beatrice or lance, or still say they're christian but don't care about religion much, like bo or gordon, but generally not many students have a strong sense of religion)
tad for example has. a difficult relationship with religion. bc god is a father and he's compassionate and forgiving but to him that's… a disturbing discrepancy
justin wonders if mary ever hated her child. if she would've wanted to live a different life instead of being an important man's mother forever. his mother sure does.
parker was raised christian by his father, but he learned about confucianism from his uncle (his mother's brother, since her side of the family has korean origins). his father never liked it though, so parker is usually quite quiet about his religion
pete's family is of polish jewish origins; to him, his religion has less to do with his spiritual beliefs and more with the bond with his family, his cultural heritage and his community
cornelius is studying pagan religions and witchcraft; the other nerds took a while to understand that he was seriously religious and not just interested intellectually (the way melvin is, for example)
constantinos' parents both come from christian orthodox families, but neither them nor him are particularly religious
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hey idk what's going on but i hope you're ok. i can't say i'm here for you if it's like, too heavy a topic but i'm down to distract ya or something if ya ever need it.
I really needed to talk about this apparently. So I'm going to ... talk about it and just talk about my experience with being triggered. And knowing someone is listening does help, strangely. It also might help distract with it, idk. I don't mean to overwhelm this ask but I hope it gives some context as to what was happening and that it helps other people who go through something similar.
I am a little embarrassed to talk about this and almost put all of this under a read more, but I think that might also make it worse so. Apologies for the long post.
What triggered everything is, it's--I can't say it's stupid because that makes the situation worse. It was not stupid. But it felt "stupid".
Basically, I was thinking about something to write about (a personal experience turned into a viligante!reader snippet for tumblr) only to then experience very random--okay, not really random, but seriously intrusive thoughts about my biggest traumas all at once. I was so upset that I felt I needed to leave tumblr temporarily because I believe some BS on tumblr caused it and it was--it was not stupid, my reaction to it was not stupid, but it felt "stupid" because it was a significantly delayed trauma reaction and the situation really didn't call for such an--It's not stupid, but it felt "stupid".
First time I've experienced that in a literal decade. It was horrible. Half of my brain was super pissed off about it, about myself, about my body, which did not help the part of myself that just kept spiraling down a deep dark rabbit hole of nausea, dread, and shaking. It was like a dragon stomping around in the brain while the rest of me was tumbling down a very steep mountain. It caused a lot of emotional pain and the heavy blankets I used would not work.
So I stepped off tumblr. Tried the heavier heavy blanket, which also didn't work. And discovered I couldn't write. So nothing changed.
So I went back to tumblr because there was nothing I could do to change my situation and just... talked about it? Sort of? More like complained about my body--which is not stupid, not my fault, it happens sometimes, I'm okay.
So I posted that I was experiencing something horrible and clearly it's--it was not stupid, but it felt "stupid", and the part of myself that was angry and furious and yelling about it was fighting the part of myself that was starting to seize my heart in what felt like a fist covered in iron needles. Which is the indicator that one of my worst anxiety attacks was starting, which always turns into me lying down on the floor wait for hours for the heart pain to stop.
And then I saw the responses on tumblr. And responded to them. And I felt better after posting and acknowledging that people had noticed and I realized it was Not Stupid like my brain kept telling me. The angry part of me shut up. Then I got more responses. I responded to those as well and acknowledged them, and fuck therapy works guys. I almost felt normal. The heavy blanket was working again.
So what could have been a potential trip to the hospital has turned into a learning experience and I am sooo much better now, omfg. I am also extremely exhausted and tired, haha. But I feel almost normal again. That is such a relief. I cannot express my gratitude enough for everyone who reached out and helped me.
Sorry if this is too heavy. Putting the experience into words helps me contextualize it and even feel better about it, strangely enough. I'm gonna maybe write a reader!vigilante snippet that covers the feelings aspect and how it was resolved but with the BatClan. It might turn into something longer, though I probably will not post unless someone expresses interest.
Thank you sincerely for the ask. <3
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Recently got back to watching Dr. Quinn after taking a break for a bit, and so far I am LOVING married Sully and Michaela. 4x03 was basically just about how they want each other ALL THE TIME and I am here for it!!
But just now I saw a spoilerish thing about them having a baby by the end of this season which tells me Michaela will probably be pregnant within the next few episodes. Which is exactly what I have been dreading/avoiding because pregnancy/childbirth/baby things make me uncomfortable.
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