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I couldn't save myself

Why did I think I could save you?

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^^^^^

It took me weeks upon weeks of explaining to people around me that I had debilitating chest pain before they took me to the ER all because "it isn't normal for someone your age"

HOW ABOUT IT ISNT NORMAL AT ALLLL

Can we please for the love of god stop telling teenagers they’re too young to have aches and pains. Can we please stop being dismissive about these things. Fakeclaiming is disgusting period, but it is exponentially harmful to youth. Just because you didn’t start hurting until your 20s or 30s or 40s doesn’t mean every teenager complaining of chronic pain must be lying. I learned the hard way that if kids are invalidated enough about this, they will just learn to accept constant pain as a fact of life. And then they will need surgery they can’t afford in ten years bc it turns out constant pain is NOT a fact of life. At any age.

p.s. same goes for mental health

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the man who owns and runs the thai restaurant in my town knows me by name. he is one of the kindest and most thoughtful men i know. i started ordering from his place back in january, which was when i got my fibromyalgia diagnosis. back then i was using a walker, had limited mobility in my entire body but especially my hands, and was very visibly in pain. i always ordered the same thing: yellow curry with no meat, potatoes and carrots only (i have texture and other dietary issues). he always made it a point to make sure i could get out the door and carry the food safely. he had his workers package the food so that it was easier for me to open. as i kept coming back and i told him a little bit about my health status, he would always encourage me to keep going. he told me about how the spices he used were good for inflammation and began to edit the recipe just for me so that spices that were even better for fighting inflammation were used. he’d give me extra portions and despite the fact that i would tip every time, i realized later that he never charged my card for them. as time went on and my condition began to get better, especially with the help of a physical therapist, he would make encouraging remarks and tell me how happy he was for me. the day i came in without my walker, he practically jumped for joy, and despite my insistence, he gave me my meal for free that day. i continue to make progress with my conditions and i continue to go to the thai place. this man who does not know me personally and who i hardly know anything about is one of my favorite people. it’s interactions with humans like these that make loving life easier. and his curry really does help my chronic condition. it’s comfort food taken to the next level.

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The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive

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Got an A on my algebra test over logs and it fucking brought my grade down 4 points

I'm so mad

IM AN ACADEMIC VICTIM

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to create.

i often wish that i was more talented, more able to express the essence of my thoughts into my words and art. but honestly, half of the joy i find in it comes from just getting the swirling thoughts into paper and feeling the scratch of the pen against the paper. to create is such a deeply human experience, and it shouldn’t require perfection.

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FREE FREE PALESTINE 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉

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it's time to stop being an academic victim and start being an academic weapon (i am delusional, academia is going to kick my ass for this bold statement)

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I am living a life of achievements and telling myself that none of them matter

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"Academic Validation isn't that bad!"

Academic Validation: *considers a 97% failing and cries over it*

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The private school experience is this:

Student: "Hey miss teacher, when you worked at a public school was the dress code for banquets as strict as ours?"

Teacher: "Honey we didn't have banquets."

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okay coming out as a bistro huddy enjoyer cause idek it feels in character for me

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Maybe in another universe I'm not immunocompromised

I wish it was this one..

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now i only want what’s real-

to let my heart feel what it feels.

gold, silver or bronze hold no value here,

where work and rest are equally revered.

"Three" by sleeping at last

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I get it if y'all want to sign exact English, I did it for years! But call it what it is.

SEE (signing exact English) and PSE (pidgin signed English) are NOT the same as ASL (American sign language). The grammar (and even some of the glosses) are entirely different!

Especially when interpreting songs. Most people are just signing word for word instead of interpreting concepts and it drives me crazy