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i swear my dog is krypto. he matches that level of chaotic neutral
he’s a runner. why? because he likes being chased and going on long ass walks. you either gotta sneak up and snatch him after walking down the road after him (like how humans hunted mammoths to extinction) or pull up in a car and open the door next to him. and then he just jumps straight in
dude will demand to play but growl when you try and get the toy he’s brought to you
he will nip at loose clothing and drag you around the house. he will attack towels and blankets
he will go completely still while staring at you before lunging to lick your mouth and he WILL succeed
he’s so frustrating but i love this dog so so much he’s my baby brother and i will go running down the road for him every time
#dogs of tumblr#pets#krypto the superdog#he scares me sometimes lowkey#all i can see in hallways at night are his eyes cause he blends in#our cat has also unintentionally taught him how to box by swatting at him#he swats back at the cat now and tries to play but the language barrier is barriering
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i have spent most of the past two years without doing much physical exertion since my health is sporadic (get periods of pain and tiredness for days or weeks all on and off throughout the day and then it goes silent for days or weeks or months before coming back) and today i did a lot
praying i haven’t theybossed too close to the sun cause just a week ago i was in so much pain i couldn’t sleep 🥀
frustrating not knowing what this is. all of a sudden i got told about ms by one of the doctors i go to and like, ????? why am i just barely learning about something that might fit better with the waves of symptoms
#chronic pain?#chronic pain#not sure what this is#i also have joint issues sometimes so my joints aren’t happy with me#but that’s easier cause i can always try and pop my legs back to normaler#personal rant
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oh to be in love again(bittersweet). oh to be in love again(full of dread).
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keep remembering the last time i was being harassed (still not sure if im allowed to call it that?) and how my arm and back kept getting felt
and i can’t even layer up or anything to stop from remembering feeling gross cause it was happening when i was wearing a SUIT. a whole ass SUIT
#being on adderal and prozac at the same time has let me think in 4k while not feeling anything#like i’m just tryna process stuff but i can’t feel sad or mad#or happy lowkey i feel like diana goodman#maybe i should change meds?#personal rant#don’t know what to call this#felt gross
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throwback to when i was 3 apples tall and not interested in relationships AT ALL so i decided fuck it, i’ll become a nun when i grow up
tricked myself into believing seeing someone as cool = attraction for a bit then BAM. aroace.
it took a while but i got there
#aromantic#asexual#aroace#i was confused but had the spirit#AND i turned out agender too i maxed out on the A’s#lgbtq
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finally confessed to my therapist that i was forced out of the closet in my first outpatient program and that my parents don’t actually use my name or any pronouns other than she unless we are in an area where i am openly out as gender nonconforming
she asked if i’d like them to use my name more and like, fuck, idk? it’s been around 5 years now i’d get whiplash. i’m oddly used to my gender never being discussed or affirmed.
#agender#genderqueer#gender is a performance and it is no longer clear where the stage ends and the wings begin#semi closeted???#i actually have no clue who in my family even knows#cause allegedly my nana knows but i never told her so maybe my mom spilled the beans but she hasn’t talked about it either???#idk man
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im once again projecting my breakdown pains (not yet my general nerve pains though) onto dan goodman
him being in pain whenever he cries. that first day after losing gabe he just locked himself in a closet to break down and for the first, but far from the last, time he starts to ache.
with every sob his arms start to burn, his legs, his chest. like the universe itself is damning him. so, as he adapts to a life of caring for diana, he learns to bottle it up and avoid even thinking about their son. because the memory will bring tears. and with the tears comes pain.
he does well until diana starts spiraling. and all of a sudden he’s in pain even when he’s not locked in a closet crying with a fist in his mouth. he’s so scared all the time and it hurts in more ways than one. but what can be done about it? he has to keep pushing on and taking care of his family.
so he tries to shove it away with the rest of the ghosts in his closet
#dan goodman#my emotional support middle aged man#next to normal#next to normal proshot#n2n#i’m projecting#throwback to the years i spent since quarantine as a caretaker for online friends and in physical pain every time i panicked over them#it gave me so much lore to then give dan goodman
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i find it funny how i’m the only one in my family who has accepted that i’m slow. i was the fastest to realize it.
#i got yelled at at 12am on my birthday for being 2 seconds too slow to respond to a question#but the moment i call myself out im apparently not slow like#i accept that i’m at least a bit slow
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if i could edit like those videos where they crop characters from scenes and put them in self care day routines i would make one of those for natalie and dan.
some father daughter bonding as they do self care instead of facing the horrors
#next to normal#dan goodman#n2n#next to normal proshot#natalie goodman#n2n west end#i love them a next to normal amount
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dan goodman post-canon seeing someone who vaguely reminds him of diana and just breaking down crying
he knows it’s not her, it couldn’t be, she’s far away, but it hurts. natalie has to guide him away as he tries to hold it all back. just when he’d thought he had overcome his grief
#based on something that happened to me in NY on my graduation trip#if you were stagedooring at Real Women Have Curves and some quiet hispanic person started crashing out next to you my bad#next to normal#dan goodman#my emotional support middle aged man#n2n#next to normal proshot#i’m projecting#diana goodman#i too am holding on by a latte and a prayer
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me and my blorbos who are metaphors for trauma and mental illness and the people they haunt <333
as i obsess over next to normal im also making a story and ocs. and i just, love non-villainized personifications of mental illness, trauma, and grief. they are not malevolent, they just are.
im making this little kid whose very presence is something another character was denying and hating for so long. she’s not evil, she just happened and she needs acceptance because her existence was no one’s fault.
#dan goodman#next to normal#gabe goodman#diana goodman#next to normal proshot#my ocs#oc#my characters#wip
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deciding if my therapist would be concerned or proud of me terrorizing dan goodman. but avoiding grief by focusing on other stuff is also a very dan goodman thing of me to do
#Next to Normal#dan goodman#n2n#my emotional support middle aged man#next to normal proshot#i too am holding on by a latte and a prayer#i squeeze him whenever i start to remember and then i forget again#like a stress ball#except with my lobotomy pills combined i just get extra good at avoiding stuff
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my main goal in life is to get old and be that old person in the rocking chair with a patchwork quilt on their lap peacefully knitting or sewing away
but the planet is on fire, fascism is on the rise, citizenships revoked, and healthcare denied while being ill is criminalized
so maybe i’ll never reach the goals i’ve set for myself after fighting to stay alive. but maybe I’ll keep fighting. because i don’t want to die. for once in my life i don’t want to die. i want to fight to be that old person in a rocking chair
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even though i’ve been working through my fear of men it’s weird. these men have done nothing wrong to me, i feel so much guilt.
i’m too uncomfortable to be too close to my grandfather still and i feel so guilty. he’s done nothing wrong. i can’t even communicate the why of it to anyone. it’s so dumb.
#it doesn’t even apply to women either which is bizarre cause the most recent time i’ve been harassed was by a girl???#and the fact that my fear of men stems from cocsa#personal vent#if any other cocsa survivors are out there lowkey send thoughts and prayers#cocsa#bit tmi my bad guys#might delete later
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i’m 18 now and instead of thinking about the horrors i am excited to get more piercings and get new library card and apply for jobs
and of course torment dan goodman some more. as always
#my emotional support middle aged man#gonna get my conch pierced asap#would get my belly done too but i wear high rise pants 🥀#i saw this rad piercing setup where it was 4 navels in a cross shape and honestly i envy that swag#i’m 5 years older than i thought i ever would be now 🎉#prozac save me
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i’m back and the brainrot is worse than ever. even my hair tie is living on a latte and a prayer today

#cause i’m holding onnnnn#and i won’t let gooooo#next to normal#dan goodman#n2n#my emotional support middle aged man#next to normal proshot#i too am holding on by a latte and a prayer
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