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theonethatyaks93 · 2 years ago
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Where I've Been These Past Few Months
Hello Tumblr. I'm back! You have probably been wondering where I've been these past few months. I mean, no major posts, no re-blogs; I basically went cold turkey. Well, a lot of things happened that kinda drained my energy. I had some hellish friend drama, my family life hasn't been the best, and I just needed to take a posting break from both Tumblr and AO3. I also took a break from the PaTB fandom so I could expand my horizons with other things I'm interested in. But now, for the 30th anniversary of Animaniacs, I'm returning to posting for the fandom until the end of the month. I'm going to be hopefully writing some more PaTB fanfiction (there's an idea in particular that I'm excited about) and my goal is to get ideas that I had planned done (i.e. more essays, ranking lists, other special posts). I also have a few announcements for my followers that are listed below:
After September, this blog will be changed so that all my fandoms can be incorporated. So, this blog will no longer be dedicated to solely Pinky and The Brain. For everyone who came for my essays, I thank you so very much for all your support and appreciation. And I'm hoping you'll stay for all my other hyperfixations. Don't worry! I'm not leaving the Animaniacs community; it's just my blog will include more things I'm interested in. I'm also hoping this will get more people to see my work.
A few ideas I had planned are now cancelled due to lack of interest. Brain Week is the biggest cancellation on my list. I just don't have the time right now and I've lost interest in the idea recently. My fanfiction "When He Loved Me" will also not continue for the time being. I've had so many other ideas for other, much better fanfics, that I haven't have time to work on this one. Some ideas are still ready to go, such as my reviews of the PaTB comics and my ranking of every reboot episode/song. And of course, new essays about certain aspects of PaTB and Animaniacs are in production. Also, I have a new multi-chapter fanfiction currently in planning, so the first chapter will probably be released in the upcoming weeks.
Below are some introductions to a few fandoms I'm planning on exploring (Ps: for some posts I'll make for these fandoms, you don't need to be in the fandom to understand what's going on):
The Owl House is a show that was released in 2020 on Disney Channel. It's famous for it's LGBTQ+ characters and it's insane world building. The magic lore, beautiful animation, and memorable characters have made this show a phenomenon with millions of fans and a dedicated community of people who use this show as a comforting tool. I've been involved with the fandom since 2021, where I fell in love with the show after discovering the LGBTQ+ themes. As someone who recently discovered their sexuality, this show connected with me. I even made some close friends through this show. I'm very excited to start discussing it with all of you, and maybe I can get some people into the show.
The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronic band dating all the way back to 1980. For people who follow me that are familiar with the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, you may or may not know that these guys are one of the major inspirations behind the video game. The restaurant the band performed at was called Showbiz Pizza Place. The RAE became staples of many people's childhood (including my mom's) and were beloved icons. Though their rival company Chuck E. Cheese would replace the band, their memory lives on through private collections, and even a few public venues. This is actually the oldest fandom I've been involved in aside from My Little Pony. I've loved this band since 2019 and have been wanting to discuss them for a while. I know many people on Tumblr aren't familiar with the band, but that's my goal. To give my followers something they've never seen before, and might become interested in. Seriously, The Rock-afire Explosion have some great music and are so full of character. I might even make a series reviewing their showtapes along with old Chuck E. Cheese tapes. This show is underrated and I believe that giving you guys some exposure to them might give you a new topic of interest or just something new to learn about.
I also might do some reviews for other shows that I want to watch like She-Ra, Dead End: Paranormal Park, Steven Universe, The Looney Tunes Show, Amphibia, The Ghost and Molly McGee, DuckTales 2017, The Dragon Prince, and more. So, basically, this is becoming a generalized animation review blog on occasion, with my fixations being places at the forefront. I'm hoping these expansion plans help to give me motivation for posting more, and will give my followers a wide variety of content to look forward to.
That's about it for updates to the blog. And yes, I changed my username. Once again, I sincerely apologize for my absence in these past few months. This break was what I needed for my mental health and I feel motivated enough to continue posting. Thanks to everyone who's stuck with me, I'm eternally grateful. So, to everyone who views this post, I'm back and more than ready to be active again! I'm excited to engage in fandom things again! See y'all soon! Narf!
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screechingsandwichhologram · 9 months ago
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my uninformed american opinion is that i will be calling it derry not londonderry because im american and therefore will always support ireland if its ireland vs the british.
(i wasn't even going to post this but i wrote a whole essay in the tags so i don't want to waste that)
#i feel like i'm getting into very controversial waters here idk if i should say any of this#also. what do the actual people that live there call it bc i think that should be the end of it.#i saw on tiktok that the only foreign alliance that could make america turn against the uk would be ireland and i fully agree#(i live in new england. uhm. almost everyone here is irish) (irish american i suppose.)#i could talk about ireland and american relations. maybe i will.#here's my understanding of irish-american relations as someone who has never studied the topic in particular#but does have an interest in american history#first off. yes america is very good allies with the uk but culturally it's like. a bullying sort of thing. leftover resentment from the rev#i'm sure it's somewhat similar to everyone's resentment of america. maybe idk im not european#anyway america is built on underdog stories. thats like the foundation of our national culture. the american dream#and these stories started showing up innnnn .... the mid to late 1800s!!#do you know what also happened in the 1800s?#yup! irish people started fleeing their homeland to a better life (cough cough the americas)#so! in the time when stories about immigrants coming to america (the american dream- the most important part of us culture)#a ton of immigrants were irish! wow. do you see where i'm going with this#anyway about 9.5% of america is irish. which is A Lot (3rd most prominent ancestry)#and here in america bc being an immigrant and coming from immigrants and etc is kinda A Thing here#people typically hang on to their non-american identity#i mean i do. you can catch me talking about being french canadian a lot on tumblr.#another thing! even if you aren't irish american sometimes places r so irish that it kinda. blends into ur identification with a city#cough cough boston. cough cough massachusetts.#anyway . so. to recap#ireland and america share a common sorta not really enemy : the british. also they r the underdog which makes us sympathetic#And a lot of america has irish heritage and bc it's the us there's heritage actually matters (sorta)#and therefore the usa will always like ireland A Lot. or at least the people will.#rereading that i hope it makes sense#once again i am not a scholar and have not studied this topic these are just my inferences and observations#rain feathers talks#i will not be tagging this
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tea-and-secrets · 1 year ago
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Okay this one is sorta NSFW but it's not detailed. Anyway I made a tumblr blog about a deeply taboo subject that I am into (it is not illegal or immoral just heavily looked down upon) and since this thing is so taboo and shameful I don't tag my posts with it. I don't want to get harassment or banned yk. Anyway I found some sort of a community and one of them had a confession blog. I submitted an ask related to the content and mentioned a fic I really liked and they deleted my ask and made a post saying not to make asks personal related. Like it was fandom related it wasn't personal??? (The blog was about fandoms so) the community is so tiny and im kind of forced to interact if I want some content tbh. I'm also autistic and a freak so that does not make social matters any better. I just want to talk to more people about my *ahem* interest without getting canceled or shunned is that too much to ask :( anyway I also found a really cool person on Twitter who writes amazing fanfics I like. I feel bad for them because they're going through some mental stuff but they cater to my niche perfectly. I'm going through some mental stuff myself and I think thats what sparked me making the blog in the first place tbh. I've barely slept since making it and feel extremely anxious. Also further rant very off topic. The other day I sent an anon ask to a person that involved me oversharing about my mental illness. It was completely unasked for but said disorder was related to a post they made that upset me. I don't really feel bad abt it because they upset me and made a pretty rude post about a sensitive subject. I have more tea still. I infiltrated this community of insufferable people who had an anon ask blog much like this. People were so mean on there like I was just trying to share my thoughts like this and they kept bullying me :( it's so annoying bc my mental illness is irrational and people just don't Get It. These days I sometimes just pop into random peoples ask boxes and talk about this stuff. I just think way too much and my friends and people irl would think I am literally insane. I kind of am but thats beside the point. Here's to the ramblings of a mental person. Anyway diagnose me im waiting
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voidthebean · 7 months ago
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Introduction :>
Nickname: Void !!! As of 1/26/2025, I am no longer a minor where I live. !!! The friends I have that are younger than me, especially the ones literally less than 12 months younger, I will still be talkin and rping with yall dw cuz i grew up with yall for years- Since I only recently de-minored, I am fine with minors interacting as long as if ur not like younger than 15 years old cuz that would be weird- Religion: Islam :> Likes: Religion, talking with friends, roleplaying, tickles ofc, gaming, horror, and other stuff :> Hyperfixation: Friday the 13th Dislikes: Rude ppl, racist ppl, NSFW, being bored Tickle Type: Pure lee DNI List: Islamophobes, NSFW ppl, Racist ppl, creeps, Suicidal ppl. Boundaries
No bellybutton tickles or raspberries on me or my ocs
I have many restrictions of what I can do with friends because of my religion, for example I cannot ignore/ghost my friends, I must always act like a friend even when under pressure, I cannot lie about my well-being when I am asked how im doing, I must control my anger, and lots more- so I expect yall to not do the things to me that I cannot do to you. You will learn more about what I can or cannot do as you r friends with me for longer :>
If you want to vent to me, please dont like show any sarcasm like "Oh yes im doing amazing" bc it rly annoys me.
DO NOT BELITTLE URSELF AROUND ME OR ANYONE ELSE IF UR FRIENDS WITH ME, It really bothers me, especially if u make a gift for me and say that it's bad, that straight up ruins it. I dont want u belittling yourself anywhere whether im with u or not.
If u r a fellow Muslim, I will probably give u Islamic advice every once in a while, but I aint one of those Muslims who just get angry at every little thing u do XD
I cannot support nor respect LGTBQ+ because of my religion so I must go by yalls biological pronouns, but this doesn't mean I am homophobic or transphobic or anything like that.
If you wanna request somethin go ahead :> just make sure u aint weird and follow my boundaries. Tags: #voidybean art = my art ofc #voidlee = something related to me bein a lee in it #voidybean yaps = me talking abt random stuff #voidybean vents = me venting #voidybean vent-ish = me sorta venting #voidybean polls = polls from me #voidybean non-tickles = non-tickles posts (hopefully this will be rare-)
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fujouppy · 3 months ago
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tried making some pokemon teams for medalist characters! tsukasa doesnt get one because i couldnt think of one um i mean he couldnt support a team financially and had to surrender his pokemon to a shelter. look theres a lore explanation and everything that means its not just a cop out....
explanations for some pokemon under the cut!
so for inoris team of course i had to give her an orthworm... i mean come on... i didnt limit myself to specific types while making these but i kinda wanted the team to have an Air of bug/fairy cause thats just So her yk. i gave her ribombee and togekiss bc theyre cute and nice and she is cute and nice too, a victini to represent how determined she is to win and a volcarona bc its a strong bug type. the marshadow completely kills the vibe but suits her so well if you read its pokedex entries... she trained without a coach using her book for so long which reminded me of how marshadow lurks in the shadows and learns from observing others (& then later can surpass them in skill). it just fits! im afraid the inclusion of victini on the team kinda goes against the whole (paraphrasing) "you cant will succesfully landing a jump into existence" thing but that feels like more of a jirachi thing? so i think its fine...
hikarus team is a bit more straightforward though im not sure how happy i am with it? i gave her a lycanroc because of her association with wolves, a ninetales because she is currently training in starfox (and i made it an alolan ninetales specifically because i tried to give the team an ice type vibe) and a froslass to represent her time spent in the kamisaki household before jun found her. she has a primarina and meloetta as a nod to the the story behind la cage aux oiseaux, primarina represents the ballerina and meloetta represents the pianist (kinda. sorta. its the music theme). the frosmoth i like to think is maybe a gift from inori? or alternatively she got it after watching inori fight. either way it ties into her bond with inori (who is associated with bug types)
juns team is i think the best one here. i tried to go flying/dark + ice-y with it and did a good job i think. he has a staraptor bc nighthawk? staraptor is as hawky as it gets in pokemon i think? and corviknight bc its another edgy and strong bird. the bombirdier completely kills the vibe but its here bc i found it funny how he dropped off hikaru at coach sonidoris house after finding her. the weavile is here cause its a dark/ice type and i wanted that here. i included absol on the team as a callback to what he said about absolutes to tsukasa that one time? i think being able to sense imminent disasters and his whole deal with that was kinda similar but also ive been boiling my brain like a frog this past week about this topic so maybe im not onto anything. the reason its a mega is cause hes just stupidly strong so it felt correct to give him a strong generational gimmick on the team. he got a hisuian zoroark bc 1) its edgy & 2) hes kinda like a ghost? he can only live on the ice -> he is not on the ice -> dead as fuck. again back to the boiling brain thing im not onto anything here im just suffering of jun yodaka brain disease where everything is about him and solves every mystery related to him if youre enlightened like me. the reason its in the final slot is cause i thought itd be funny for him to completely ignore its ability. he doesnt need that shit lol. nasty trick + 252sp.atk/252speed/4sp.def + spell tag + bitter malice + fuck you + L + ratio
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intomybubble · 1 year ago
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Oh and related to the tags of my last post
Spice and Custard is also a decent childhood friends to lovers shoujo. Sadly, only the first 12 chapters (partway into vol 3, and theres like 10 volumes) were translated from japanese, but into spanish. Luckily, you can toss images into google translate and its pretty understandable
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Like it’s about childhood friends where the girl confesses when they’re 6. He rejects and says when they’re older. But when they’re now in high school, he can’t be in a relationship because the kendo club prohibits dating (i think he chose the school for the club). He accepts her confession this time, but now now they have to hide their relationship so he can stay in his club, otherwise they have to break up.
The ML is pretty strict towards the FL, who is more ditzy and airheaded, but he has a soft side. Like giving her treats from his family’s bakery, helping her study so they can attend the same high school, etc.
Anyway i bought a set in japanese for like $10 and it’s going to be part of my next proxy order that should be ready to pack like next month. I am trying so hard not to add more things bc I am sorta at the limit i set… when i actually get a job, im splurging on merch of my faves
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20cm · 3 years ago
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♡ megbias highlight reel — heart boys, if you will . for meg @slowrabbitpd , happy birthday . ♡
#caleb.gif#i could tag all these guys but honestly this is For meg <3 :') its rly not fandom related its just going to be posted on tumblr dot com#( if anyones curious tho: changkyun + yeonjun + kang daniel / kihyun + junhyeok + taehyun / seungyeop + steve + romin )#meg!! happy birthday bestie 💕#really i hope you have an absolutely wonderful day ahead of you and are able to enjoy it w/ your People whoever they may be#and that you get to treat yourself to something fun <3 and have a wonderful meal 💖#spiritually i am making you egg on rice right now.. or go out for kbbq or w/e u kno..#truly its been an absolute pleasure to have met you and become friends outside just being mutuals on tumblr#youre such a fun and warm and funny person whos just . smart as a whip and have a killer sense of design and general eye#ur an absolute joy to talk to nd i cherish all the roller coasters we've been on together since last year .. theres no one else id rather -#be SO so normal with <3 u just Get it. and i appreciate that more than i could put into words. i love all our shared megrook bias boys +#biases in law? is that what we can call it. anyways. megbiases are treasured <3 so i wanted to include them in a little something#all for you <3 including some very special sky pics !! bc u sent them to me a while ago and i treasured them!! so. have some megbias boys#peeking into ur photos. thats the concept yup fkgjkjdgf idk i just had an idea of sort of .. flipping thru photos here.#anyways. love u bestie! very much. sending u big warm hugs#we are the [deep breath]#taejunist high school yearbook editor freshman orientation leader magic and hiyyih defense squadists kep1er detectives#the boyz gatekeepers woojinist dailytaehyun and soobinsource admin team •_• (witnesses of the horrors) + peer review service#^ that gets longer EVERY time. lmfao 💕#ill shut up now but <3 just thank u for being here and being u. i admire u and cherish our friendship + thank u for ur endless patience#bc ik the last few months i was sorta awol but u never once made me feel bad for it and its that sort of level of Comfortable that means -#the world to me<3 so im glad i have tht w/ u <3#MWAH ok [posts]
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demonboyhalo · 4 years ago
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Why do you watch and support the dsmp when it’s full of racists, anti semetists and transphobia? Why does supporting and listening to poc, Jewish and trans people matter so little to you?
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planet4546b · 4 years ago
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the single image on the mythosaur page on wookiepedia makes me see red so heres my take on a mythosaur!!!! theyre just big guys
theres not a ton of info about mythosaurs, but i tried to keep true to the skull depictions we’ve seen as well as including the large, rigid sternum that the kyr’bes was originally carved from - i also kinda like the idea that the the t shaped visor was partially inspired by the t shaped sternum itself!!! tried to take inspiration from all sorts of animals otherwise - if you have any questions id love to talk more about it so feel free to ask!!!
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dangergays · 3 years ago
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how to explain that i dont want women interacting with my mlm posts bc it feels invalidating to me not only because i am gay but also bc it feels weirdly like theyre unintentionally misgendering me
anyways
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switchbladefightz · 2 months ago
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no u dont understand im intensly curious abt oz laws of ?? livingness? of what becomes alive. i know of the tinman and the scarecrow, though i keep seeing some ragdoll girly pop up in the tags. is it anything that's a humanoid shape?? someone explain the ragdoll girly to me
but back to MY GUYS :] like the tinman was at least at some point human and to the best of my understanding its more of a ship of theseus situation than a robocop situation but like. i can sorta justify that. the livingness was there before, it just gradually transferred to a different material . there were curses involved. i can roll with that
but the scarecrow is just straight up straw?? just straw and cloth and some paint! that regularly gets torn apart and put back together and hes FINE! (and he . goes blind/deaf when his painted on face gets rubbed/washed off but he remains alive so it's not just the humanoid features! he also has no discernable ears in the specific books i'm talking abt so maybe it's will based? like he reasonably should be deaf at all times, he also would technically lack the same heart the tinman does he just does not care about that so he doesn't miss it. did this bunch of straw in an old suit just really want to live? or are all scarecrows in oz sentient and hes just the only one smart enough to learn speech from the crows etc?)
to the best of my knowledge in the brown books he's ?? elfaba's cursed ex boytoy? or is that just the wicked canon?? i'm not sure. but there's an explanation for the scarecrow SOMETIMES. there's none for it in the wizard of emerald city, at least none that i remember (i was BIG into it as a kid but it's been a while and i'm only on the first book now, i will come back and correct myself if necessary!) he's just an icon 🖤 hes the rules of emerald city 💚 he has a giant robot son 💙 he uses a walking aid and is so autism coded 🩷 i'm obsessed with him 💛
re blue son: actually wait tilly willy is also sentient . like my memory of the last few books is lacking at best but he was very much build from metal and became sentient . although the part where they build him involved a witch giantness and some cursed sand so maybe that's related?? i dont rmmbr.
i keep editing this post bc i keep rmmbring shit . theres a specific herb tht can be used 2 turn stuff alive!! i forgot abt it agakhsjs my bad mr juice . dnt rmmbr if they used tht for tilly willy so i still have no clue especially regarding the scarecrow
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tin man: questionable but i get it
wooden soldiers: got it ✔️✔️
tilly willy: don't got it but may at a later time when i get to the 5th book
scarecrow: ?????? no idea
i wish i could consume wizard of oz fandom content but i only fw the wizard of emerald city which is the same but slightly different
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orcelito · 4 years ago
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I genuinely love when ppl other than me refer to my fic as 'discacc'. Like andi yea cause I use that abbreviation all the time when talking to them. But even then they don't use it a lot, Much Less anyone unrelated to fic development
This isn't to say I have a problem with it lol, it's just my dumbass abbreviation for my own fic bc I used to b really into dragon age so DA as an abbreviation means That to me. Way to dodge it?
discacc.
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aceyanaheim · 5 years ago
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Adrien Agreste is no joke the only character I’ve found that shows how fucked up you can get from an abuser who never lays a hand on you and is trying to protect you and honestly I’m no longer surprised by how much I wound up fixating on him.
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dykeyfangs · 6 years ago
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i dont know how to explain to you that indigenous people fucking exist. theyre not fucking mystical creatures that died off thousands of years ago like fucking dinosaurs indiginous people are here and alive and can here all the dumb shit u say
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maxer-blaster · 2 years ago
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THIS THIS THIS!!!
If it isn't treated seriously, it will definitely affect my feelings about the show and my respect for the creators.
Though if anyone can make jokes about the toe, it's Izzy.
Gallows humor can be quite healing.
i sometimes get the impression that a lot of people forget that while our flag means death is a comedy, it does know how to handle trauma well within the narrative. we are shown it over and over with the flashbacks for ed and stede and jim. at no point do they play the real trauma of the situation for laughs, its treated with the weight it deserves, while still being part of a comedy show
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genderkoolaid · 3 years ago
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hi it's physical issues/disability question anon again
so i was wondering if u knew any sorta... pain-reducing tactics? cause some days, if i stand in place for longer than like 2 or 3 minutes my legs and back start to hurt really bad. (i was at the store today with my mom even and i wanted to cry bc my ankles, legs, and back all hurt really bad and i couldn't sit down anywhere) its not all the time but when it does happen it sucks
im not physically disabled, my mom says the pain is bc i never run around/do sports so im lazy, and im only 14 so i guess there's not really a reason for me to be feeling it other than that. but regardless of the reason it still hurts and i was kinda hoping that bc you ARE disabled you might know a thing or two about making life suck less in that department? google's not helpful it's just bringing up, like, "here's what it might mean if you feel X" articles with a bunch of long words i don't know.
thanks in advance and sorry if this is a weird question, have a nice day
Okay first of all, this ask totally triggered my "protective older sibling" response, so anon uhh consider yourself adopted now.
So, before I get to my advice for managing pain, I just want to cover what your mom said. I was actually a similar age when my chronic pain started (a bit younger, I think), and I actually was told something very similar from my then-therapist. I was told that I probably wasn’t getting enough exercise, and that was the reason my legs hurt. Which, uh. Wasn’t the reason. At all. In fact, while I’m not a doctor, I don’t even think that’s how chronic pain works. Older people can get pain from not getting enough exercise, but unless you’ve completely stopped walking altogether? You should not be dealing with chronic pain as a 14 year old. It took me a long time to learn this, but you shouldn’t be feeling any chronic pain. The reason why people complain so much about aches and pains as they age is because when you are young, you are supposed to not feel any pain! Just, like, none! I spent a long ass time thinking “maybe I’m not even disabled, I’m not in that much pain,” when the amount of pain I should have been in was 0. Again, I am not a doctor, but I sincerely doubt that “not running around enough” is the cause of your pain (especially if, like me, you are doing phys ed and/or walking to or from school, in which… that is exercise.)
Additionally, while I can’t tell you how to identify, chronic pain is one of the biggest reasons behind physical disability. You can totally refer to yourself as physically disabled, because there is something physically happening to you which is causing you to suffer and be unable to do things (stand in place, for example). Even if it doesn’t happen all the time, it’s still a disability which impacts your life. Abled children do not have chronic pain, even only on some days. I’d recommend looking into things like fibromyalgia (one of the things I have), juvenile arthritis (what my friend has), and specifically people’s experiences just to see how you relate. It doesn’t mean you for sure have any one disorder, but it could be helpful – you can try checking out tags like #cripplepunk, #spoonie, #actuallydisabled, and #chronically ill. If you can convince your mother to let you see a doctor for the pain, I would. It took me a few years to get my parents to do it and a few more to get diagnosed, and it was largely because of my insistence that something was wrong that I got diagnosed at all. Self-advocacy is a huge skill that disabled people need to develop to be heard and get the help we need, and unfortunately when you are young that can involve having to advocate for yourself to doctors and parents (which, btw, you are totally allowed to be mad about. It took me years to realize I deserved to be pissed off that nobody listened to me).
Now, onto your actual question lmao. Here are some ways I manage my own chronic pain, but if anyone else has ideas please feel free to add them!
Pain medication. Honestly, OTC (over the counter, i.e ibuprofen, tylenol/paracetamol) pain meds are kind of hit or miss for me, but it’s still worth taking them to see how you react to them. If they work, good! You have something that helps! And if they don’t, you can bring that up to your doctors to help them get a better understanding of what’s going on.
Heating pads. I practically carry a heating pad around the house with me, I find them heat to be very helpful with my pain. You can buy them most drug stores or online, but you can also make one at home (my friend taught me to make one by filling a sock with pinto beans and heating it in the microwave. Although I have 0 idea how safe that technically is, but it worked p well for me).
Stretching. I don’t mean this in a “yoga will fix all your issues” way, but doing some stretches could help with your pain. Specifically try looking up stretches for the elderly, because those are generally designed for people with chronic pain and mobility issues. Stiff joints really do not help with chronic pain, so stretching + heating pads can be really helpful for a lot of people.
Weed. Now, you are 14 so I’m not just gonna tell you to go smoke some weed, but a LOT of chronically ill people use weed to treat their pain, including myself, so I feel like it’d be kind of stupid not to mention it as a possibility. Honestly one of the only things that actually takes away my pain temporarily is this CBD cream called Relef, although I’m not sure how easily you could get that or something like it (especially if you don’t live in a place where it’s legal). But I felt I should still put it out there as something which can help with chronic pain, if for no other reason than you may still have pain when you are older and can more easily access THC/CBD products.
Sitting down. For real, just stop standing. There’s a post I’ve seen talking about how if you have issues with standing for periods of time, you can literally just… sit! You may get weird looks in public, but if you need to, sit down, even just straight up on the floor of the store. Ask for a chair if you can, or find somewhere to rest for a little, especially if you’ve been in pain for a while. Or at least lean against something to take the weight off at least one of your legs, if you can’t sit. I’ve been in situations in which I was forced to stand in one place for a while, because my abled family didn’t want to leave an event, and it was absolutely fucking hellish, so I really feel your pain with that – even resting for a little bit can be helpful to make it through until you can sit down for real.
Mobility aids. Again, I’m not sure how easy you could access or use one being a minor with a possibly unaccepting parent, but getting a cane (and later a wheelchair) has been a massive help for me. You can buy canes online and at drug/convenience stores, including ones that fold up. There are also walkers which can also serve as a portable chair. A lot of people worry that they aren’t “disabled enough” to use a mobility aid, and that’s bullshit. If you think it might help, and you have the chance to use one, use it. Plus, you can put sick designs on your mobility aids, which can be really fun to play with. If you live in a place that gets icy there are also things you can put on the bottoms of canes which prevent them from slipping on ice.
Ultimately, I just hope that you put yourself first and don’t let any adults make you feel like your issues aren’t serious or real. Being young and realizing you might have a disability can be scary enough, and when you have people older than you insisting it’s “just X,” or that you are overreacting, it can feel really embarrassing to think of yourself as disabled or keep trying to get help. But you deserve to be listened to, you deserve help, even if it was “just not getting enough exercise”. I spent far too much of my childhood feeling ashamed of being in pain, desperate for someone to listen to me, and I don’t want anyone else to have to go through that if I can help it. If you have any other questions or even just want to vent, please feel free to shoot me another ask.
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