#Coping with Difficulties

[livingwellnessblog]

Did you have a bad day?

We all have days when life seems to spiral out of control. On such days, managing our mental health can feel like an uphill battle. Panic attacks, paranoia, and delusional thoughts may overwhelm us. It's crucial to remember that these struggles are valid,

Did you have a bad day? Sometimes we all go through a bad day, and when we do it feels as if it is forever. Some individual have mental health issues that make these bad days happen more often and with more intensity. Weather it is just a rare occurrence for you, or something that happens often, hang in there. It’s incredibly challenging to deal with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, or…

[autism-autobot]

I may have gotten a little too emotionally attached to Flying Bark Studios.

[smallblueandloud]

i keep feeling like. there's something parallel between rose and yaz's endings. maybe parallel isn't the right word -- but i keep wanting to draw comparisons, i think because they're two characters who really defined specific doctors and for whom it's basically confirmed the doctor returned their (romantic) feelings

(they're not the ONLY ones who fit this description, but i'm in no way qualified to talk about clara or even river, so bear with me)

it just feels. i don't know. rose never leaves on purpose. she is separated from the doctor, forcibly, every single time. the doctor sends her home, or she gets stuck in an alternate universe, or the doctor leaves her in the same alternate universe. every single time, she fights to get back to the doctor. the writers had to create a perfect happy ending for her (half-human version of her doctor who'll age along with her, in the alternate universe where her father is alive) because otherwise she wouldn't stop fighting to get back to the doctor, and the show can't have that. the show needs to move on. we need rose to fade into the past.

i haven't seen all of yaz's episodes, but her arc seems very similar from the limited amount i've seen. she keeps fighting to get back to the doctor. she's in love with the doctor, and the doctor basically confirms returning her feelings, albeit in a very stilted, hesitant, doctor-y way (compare "imagine that happening to someone you--" with "and if i was going to, believe me, it would be with you").

but when yasmin's doctor regenerates... yaz is just expected to. step away, go back to living her life, never see the doctor again. kinda like the abandonment that most companions have ever experienced -- getting dropped off once and then goodbye forever! -- except with more of the onus on her. the show has to move on from rose's era, so she gets dumped on a beach. the show has to move on from yasmin's era, so yaz has to accept that the doctor is going off to die alone. she has to make her peace with that information.

i don't know. i think yaz's ending is trying to go hand-in-hand with graham and ryan's purposeful exit -- it seems like the chibnall era tried really hard to have Not Terrible endings for companions. which is very admirable! but honestly? yasmin's ending feels crueler than most, including rose's. yaz was in love with the doctor. the doctor reciprocated those feelings. they should've gotten their equivalent of s2-era 10rose! she should've gotten a chance to stay with the doctor through their regeneration, the way other love interests have been able to (s/o to river and clara!).

i know this is because of the limitations of the show. bad ratings meant chibnall left after only one regeneration, and new incarnations of the show rarely bring in characters from other eras.

but i'm still very sad for yaz :( like yes, she wasn't just dumped on the curb without warning. but she was still expected to say goodbye to someone she loved, knowing that person was dying, and not say a word of protest. if the previous history of the show is any indication, she's never going to see the doctor again. she doesn't get a half-human version of the doctor to live out her days with, and she's not "allowed" to fight to get back to the doctor, either, due to the way the show's structured (but also the way the doctor talked about them saying goodbye). she has to live the rest of her life knowing that the doctor is out there, perfectly capable of visiting, and the only reason they won't visit is because yaz is from a specific time of their life that they've moved on from.

i know she has the companion support group. and i know she'll move on! she's yaz. she's strong and self-actualized. she'll be okay, eventually. but she has to be okay, you know? she has to learn to live without the doctor. rose never had to do that.

it just makes me sad :(

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #9066

  To learn that you can now handle difficult situations that used to cause panic attacks with grace and poise. – Guest Submission

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[ms-hells-bells]

one thing that always makes me depressed to think about is how many women undergoing chemo treat the hair loss as the worst part of everything. they'll literally be throwing up daily, no energy, losing fat and muscle, and battling CANCER, and they'll go 'i'm BALD, i'm hideous, i don't feel beautiful, i don't look like a woman anymore'. and you see those 'inspiring' videos of women with cancer doing their makeup to 'feel normal' and 'look pretty again', and people cheer them on...hell world.

[oldtvandcomics]

I just wish death wasn't such an absolute taboo in our society.

My grandmother died unexpectedly. But, really? Did she really??

Once upon a time, a passer-by helped Death up when he'd fallen down alongside the road. To thank him, Death promised not to come unannounced, but to send a messenger ahead of him. Death sent illness, and fewer, and old age and grey hairs and aching joints. The man didn't recognize any of these as the promised messenger, and was genuinely shocked when Death showed up at his doorstep.

My grandmother died unexpectedly. She was old, and getting noticeably weaker for years now. The last two weeks, she could barely move her arms for pain in her shoulders. Eventually, she had to call a relative for help, who called a doctor, who called an ambulance to take her to the emergency. The next day, she died of heart failure. Unexpectedly.

She was, by a complete coincidence that we definitely won't need to worry about, almost exactly the same age as her father, when he died of sudden heart failure. Funny thing, these coincidences.

My grandfather also died unexpectedly. He had Parkinson's, and wasn't able to move much those last years. Just before his death, my mother took him to the hospital for a check-up, and left him there, then came back here where we live. According to my sister, she cried when she left my grandparents' city. At that time, we visited three times a year, so she knew perfectly well that she would be back in three months' time. Why would she cry? But no, my grandfather died unexpectedly.

The next one to go will be my aunt. It is pretty clear, has been pretty clear since she was diagnosed with cancer last year. We could, theoretically, like, prepare for it. But no, because you can't talk about death, so we can't even mention it unless I'm alone with my father.

"Thank you for helping me," said Death. "As a thanks, I will not come unannounced, but will send a messenger."

"That is a fine thing," said the man. "That way, I won't have to worry about you hiding behind every tree."

And if I say any of this out loud, then I'm an unforgivable asshole.

[gecemi09]

Bruce Wayne stop slandering your dead son whose murder you were high-key responsible for challenge

[clingylilhoneybee]

Life finally feels like it’s falling into place 🥰

[juicedbeetle]

when the note doesn't light up (fav moments 6/?)

[necropathys]

The concept that Horror's stolen eye not being a perfect fit. The magicks of two different monsters not integrating perfectly—causing his vision to sometimes be blurry, or his eye to strain. Perhaps even bouts of blindness occasionally. The worry of eventual rejection from his eye.

[lesbiancolumbo]

good evening

[silverstream2]

I'm gonna start callings Red Orbs "Robs" (pronounced like "Rob", but plural). Cause fuck it.

[aardvaark]

is it the trauma or am i autistic: a question for the ages

[un-pearable]

i think me being genuinely garbage at video games only enhances fallen order’s story considering our main character stopped his training at age 12 and has major ptsd preventing him from accessing his force abilities 👍

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #8865

  Smiling despite the hardships. – Guest Submission

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[baldursgate3]

ffxiv posting, at this point i am going to have to pf and pray i can try and prog p4s approximately 84 years later after its relevant, i need the glam SO bad for dawntrail but our mini semi static only gets like 6 people every night we meet up... either that or i wait until i can fully unsync it all but man i am so desperate for that maiming & fending tops