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sometimes when i’m struggling w/ self-care i remind myself that i am, at my most basic, a hamster in an enclosure.

i need food & water & a safe environment

i need enrichment & the right level of stimuli. i get exhausted if exposed to too much stress & handling. 

i am a being with needs, and i deserve to have those needs met, by a responsible and loving caregiver. i just happen to also be that caregiver. 

when i think about it like that, it’s easier somehow

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Everybody, introduce yourself to Goose! via Submitted November 08, 2020 at 05:24PM by error_424, Poop4U

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Roll for goodboi. via Submitted November 09, 2020 at 09:31AM by 5_Frog_Margin, Poop4U

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A very happy pumpkin via Submitted October 30, 2020 at 07:17PM by agoldennamedkevin, Poop4U

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golden boi solicits scritches via Submitted November 04, 2020 at 04:21PM by bandanabananabonanza, Poop4U

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Urgent help for Lux, a disabled homeless trans person.

WHAT WE NEED: BOOSTS. Urgent donations to gofundme.com/emergency-funds-for-lux . People near MISSISSAUGA, CANADA willing to help. Skipthedishes gift cards so Lux can eat. The funds in the GoFundMe have been put to good use, but more is still needed.

ARE YOU LOCAL? There are a lot of ways you could potentially help. Grocery & med pickup/delivery. Help looking through housing listings or visiting houses to verify accessibility. Providing hypoallergenic warm clothes.

If you can deep-clean a washing machine & use scent-free detergent to provide laundry, that’d be a lifesaver. Or just talking to people you know about this and seeing if they can help would mean the world. If you’re willing, please contact disasterlux@gmail.com or dm @letmeliedown on here.

WHY WE NEED IT: Lux has an autoimmune disorder, potentially lethal MCAS scent allergies (hence the scent free laundry), chronic pain, injuries from unprovoked cop violence and more. After being failed by an inaccessible shelter system & lack of subsidized housing, they’re posted up in an inaccessible hotel that’s 128$ a night.

Since they rely on a CPAP machine for severe sleep apnea, sleeping on the streets is death. They’ve demonstrated extraordinary endurance to survive this long, and desperately need help with things they flatly cannot do. They need to be in stable housing & reunited with their cat. Please help make sure my friend lives. Boosts really, really help, on any social media platform.

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“Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a forest — thick canopies of maple trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devastated.”

— Beau Taplin, Temples

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I work at a recycling plant and today I noticed a bright piece of construction paper with a little kid's handwriting.

"Can I Pleeeeeeese have some hot chocolate"

Sure hope the polite little one got some with extra marshmallows and whipped cream.

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“You don’t find your worth in someone. You find your worth within yourself and then find someone who’s worthy of you. Remember that.”

— Unknown

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I really needed this. Im trying desperately to not be hardened by the world. Been looking for ways to do this. Being a big ole softy under capitalism, the cis-tem, and cruelty in general is hard af.

“Millions of people have decided not to be sensitive. They have grown thick skins around themselves just to avoid being hurt by anybody. But it is at great cost. Nobody can hurt them, but nobody can make them happy either.”

— Unknown

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“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings. Always believe in yourself.”

— Unknown

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“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”

— Virginia Woolf

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“Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.”

— Matt Kahn

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“Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain they must have pain inside. Wish them healing.”

— Najwa Zebian

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Susan Sontag, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh