#touch repulsion

[dysphoresque]

— James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

Text ID: Sometimes I thought / but this is your life. Stop fighting it. Stop fighting. Or I thought / I will never let him touch me again. Then / when he touched me / I thought / it doesn't matter / it is only the body / it will soon be over. When it was over / I lay in the dark and listened to his breathing / and dreamed of the touch of hands / of Giovanni's hands / or anybody's hands / hands which will have the power to crush me / and make me whole again.

[basuralindo]

We genuinely need more touch repulsed characters in media and I really mean that.

Like, this shit is socially debilitating and that's almost entirely because of other people not understanding or believing it and taking it personally. Like it should not be this impossible to get someone to understand that "physical contact is viscerally distressing" does not mean "I find your body specifically repulsive", and yet that always seems to be where it lands.

Representation might not fix everything, but it could at least establish it as a thing that exists, y'know? And right now literally the only examples that I know of are Kaz Brekker and fucking emperor Kuzco

[rjalker]

ah that reminds me.

Mom, at the appeal for me to get disability SSI: [misgendering] was born 4 months premature and the doctors said the reason [misgendering] hates being touched and never even wanted to hold hands with me as a little kid is because of the way the nervous system's development was disrupted by being born so premature. As a kid [misgendering] never wanted to hold hands or hug, wouldn't even let me or the grandparents hug [misgendering]. It's a real disability that shows how disabled and not normal [misgendering] is.

Mom, literally less than 10 minutes later, bragging to the lawyer and pulling me into a hug against my will "haha but I still hug [misgendering] anyways hehehe mom's privilege hahah"

You'd think this would be an unrealistic satire if I wrote it in a fictional story, but no, it's just what actually happened and what she always does.

Feel free to reblog.

[loveandscience]

me, wanting to scrape off my top layer of skin whenever people besides my husband touch me: 😬 must... restrain... self...

[archaardvarkarchive]

“imma do something i know from prior experience with other animals, doing it regardless of their reaction, which he/she probably won’t like, ie, violate their consent, but whoops i was saved bc this one actually likes it. Accidentally RPing dubcon today i guess”

No but seriously, as an asexual who is fine w impromptu hugs and cuddling but IS AWARE that there are aces who don’t like it and/or need to be asked so they can say yes or no, DON’T DO THINGS YOU KNOW A GIVEN ANIMAL ISN’T GOING TO LIKE. This shouldn’t even have to be said.

discovering absolutely shocking things about one of our new kittens

[cosmicredcadet]

Accept and support repulsed people or die by my blade

[cry-ptidd]

I can't see Vlad and Alucard as the same people Ik they are but like. Not the same vibes

[icelogged]

[tartrazeen]

THE INTENT OF THE THOUGHT IS ENOUGH, DON'T TOUCH ME

TWO LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION AWAY PLZ

reblog to send your mutuals a hug. maybe just the thought is enough to cheer them up 🥺

[australet789]

Look, i dont want to start fights because of shipping

But don't erase the fact that Alastor is AROACE

We have so little representation, let us have him.

[theotherhappyplace]

Me: how could we inspire hate in a cosmic horror god if we are so small and insignificant?

Brain: how do people react to a spider in their bed. Or maggots in their fridge?

Me: oh

Me: OH NO

[marshallmigraine]

unbearable longing

[rjalker]

PSA since I haven't mentioned it in a while:

"Athiktomisia" is a term for ableism specifically against touch averse people, because just calling it general "ableism" is too broad and just gives people excuses to ignore you.

It comes from the greek word that means pretty much "untouchable".

Solitaremit / solitaremity refer to a touch averse person who does not get touch starved and does not crave touch in any way.

Solitaremisia is athiktomisia specifically against touch averse people who do not want any kind of touch ever.

because even within the touch averse community there's still the idea that you must crave touch even if you don't enjoy it, or else there's something horribly inhumanely wrong with you -.-

@solitaremit is a sideblog I created to try and archive info about it.

[aro-culture-is]

touch repulsed aro culture is people telling you you can still hug and cuddle your friends because cuddling isn't necessarily a romantic thing but you don't actually have any interest in physical intimacy and feel kind of left out.

it's okay if you don't want to hug cuddle, ever.

.

[queergutz]

❀ A little possum approaches with a gift!

{PT: A little possum approaches with a gift!}

Touch stance flag redesigns!

❀ Touch Favorable ❀ Touch Indifferent ❀ Touch Repulsed

{PT: Touch favorable, touch indifferent, touch repulsed.}

❀ Touch Averse ❀ Touch Ambivalent ❀ Touch Oscillating

{PT: Touch averse, touch ambivalent, touch oscillating.}

Sex Stances - Touch Stances - Friendship Stances - Romance Stances - Orgasm Stances - Affection Stances

Tagging: @radiomogai @starzjay @not-victor-ann @vampiric-gay-chaos @stary-baa

[szaryherbatnik]

Oh i missed drawing in a sketchbook hello new sketchbook hello farryn

Just some random birds and shep because he blessed my sketchbook