#helpful to know

[thesoulache]

*REMEMBER *(take heart)…

Bessel Van Der Kolk, trauma specialist, worked with a client for two years solely focused on helping her tolerate physical sensations in the present moment

SO THAT

she was capable enough to do the subsequent core trauma work of revisiting the past in a way that wasn’t re-traumatizing or counter productive…

***shit takes time!!!

BE PATIENT…SLOW DOWN…SETTLE IN…

ACCEPT…

LONG-GAME PROCESS;

GRADUAL NONLINEAR PROGRESS;

SMALL STEADY WINS;

“GOOD ENOUGH” MENTALITY:

— (POSITIVE FOCUS, ENCOURAGEMENT, REPARENTING, COMPASSION)

LET GO…

ATTACHMENT TO IMMEDIATE, QUICK, EASY RESULTS;

PERFECTIONISTIC STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS;

CONTROL;

TOXIC/UNHELPFUL MENTALITY:

—(RUSH, CRITICISM, NEGATIVITY, ALL OR NONE THINKING, ETC.)

[pirateprincessjess]

When I was early on in my transition I got in a Lyft, and the driver was this big country guy. I was a little nervous so I just sat quietly in the back.

After a moment he changed the music on his phone to what sounded like a Hatsune Miku song. Curiosity got the better of me, so I finally spoke up and said “is this Hatsune Miku?”

And he said “Yep. You looked uncomfortable, and I know Transgender women like Hatsune Miku, so I thought it might help.”

I think about that interaction a lot.

[bonesandthebees]

one of the most infuriating things about becoming an adult is when you realize that it actually is 10x easier to solve problems by making a phone call vs literally any other communication method

[still-searching-for-something]

[ffverr]

Leaks of the cut scenes from the team up preparation !!

Source: trust me

[lettuccine]

i cant stop thinking about a post by @possamble so i made this

inspired by this

based on a fanart by BugsGay on twitter

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[queermania]

i think before you marry someone, you should sit down and go through the AITA subreddit with them and see what their take on those situations is

[marzipanandminutiae]

As someone who works with social history for a living, I feel like I’m the aggressive opposite of an anti-vaxxer

I fucking LOVE vaccines, friends. Give me the science stab. I’m so ready. it’s a beautiful day to not die of a Bajillion and one diseases that carried off like half the population before they had even reached age 10, and a significant portion before they made it to old age, 150 years ago

I go to the old cemetery. I see the vast numbers of infant and child and young adult graves. And then I go to my doctor and get injected with Potion of Fuck That Noise. This is beautiful and miraculous and I do not remotely understand how some people can reject it – not just for themselves, but for their children

[x-poprocks-x]

everybody say happy sweet 16 slenderman

[glitter-stained]

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

***

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

***

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

***

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

[pyrus-salicifolia]

“Normal” test results are not the relief people think they are. When you wake up in pain and continue to be in pain for hours every day and your tests come back normal you don’t stop being in pain.

[astorkes]

what if act2 but nobody gets better, they get worse instead🌚

[nyehhehhehs]

cool leg activities