#mental health posts

[i-am-a-fish]

important message for trans girls taking estrogen as well as anyone who has breasts developing right now,

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL TO HAVE ONE BOOB GROWING FASTER THAN THE OTHER

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL TO HAVE ONE BOOB THAT IS A DIFFERENT SHAPE THAN THE OTHER

IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL TO HAVE NIPPLES THAT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN EACH OTHER

literally nobody talks about this because people are afraid of Sex ED but PLEASE for the love of tits do not stress over not being perfectly symmetrical, you are beautiful.

[betzabobababi]

Anybody have that random urge to burst out crying? (Ignore this I'm half asleep and mid way through a breakdown)

[pretty-porcelain-petals]

I'm a horny son of a gun and a huge romantic all in one fun, dysfunctional rag doll :-)

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

[what-iz-life]

people need to understand that once you go through your worst time alone, you really don’t care who stays in your life anymore.

[multidimensional-trashcan]

if anybody needs to hear it:

[Image ID: An image of a front facing pale axolotl in front of a dark backgroud. At the bottom of the image is a pink handwritten text readin 'You can do it'. /End ID]

[thelatestkate]

Here's my favorite drawings of 2023, wooooo! It's so fun to see all the different seasons represented. I'm curious, which of these do you like most?

Thank you for following along with my art this year! I feel so lucky that anyone connects with my weird little drawings. Your attention and kindness is very much appreciated. ♥

Here's to more growth in 2024!

[starfishinthedistance]

I talk to many people who say things like "oh I have trauma but I don't have PTSD", but then when I talk to them a little more I realize that they most likely do, they just can't recognize it as such due to how lacking PTSD awareness is, even beyond the whole "it's not just a veteran's disorder" thing.

The main reason they think they don't have PTSD usually has to do with flashbacks and nightmares, either they have one but not the other or have neither. But here's the thing, those are only two symptoms out of the 23-odd recognized symptoms. Flashbacks and nightmares are two of the five symptoms under Criterion B (Intrusion), which you only need one of for a diagnosis. The other three symptoms are unwanted upsetting memories, emotional distress after being reminded of trauma and physical reactivity after being reminded of trauma (i.e. shaking, sweating, heart racing, feeling sick, nauseous or faint, etc). Therefore you can have both flashbacks and nightmares, one but not the other, or neither and still have PTSD.

In fact, a lot of the reasons people give me for why they don't think they have PTSD are literally a part of the diagnostic criteria.

"Oh, I can barely remember most parts of my trauma anyway." Criterion D (Negative Alterations in Cognition and Mood) includes inability to recall key features of the trauma.

"Oh but I don't get upset about my trauma that often because I avoid thinking of it or being around things that remind me of it most of the time." Criterion C (Avoidance) includes avoiding trauma-related thoughts or feelings and avoiding trauma-related external reminders, and you literally cannot get diagnosed if you don't have at least one of those two symptoms.

"Oh I just have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, but I don't have nightmares." Criterion E (Alterations in Arousal and Reactivity) includes difficulting sleeping outside of nightmares.

"But I didn't have many/any trauma symptoms until a long time after the trauma happened." There's literally an entire specification for that.

Really it just shows how despite being one of the most well-known mental illnesses, people really don't know much about PTSD. If you have trauma, I ask you to at least look at the criteria before you decide you don't have PTSD. Hell, even if you don't have trauma, look at the criteria anyway because there are so many symptoms in there that just are not talked about.

PTSD awareness is not just about flashbacks and nightmares.

[chittychittyyangyang]

Listen, you should never film strangers in public without their consent, but I swear there need to be fines or something for people who do that shit in some spaces. For example: I had to go to the ER last night, and some jerk filmed a woman who just came in and was clearly having an asthma attack. She immediately got to go back, and he was unhappy about that. Believe me, I get that it sucks having to wait when you're in pain, but you don't get to pick who deserves care when. The medical system in the US is a nightmare, and the ER could be the worst moment of someone's life. No one deserves to be recorded because some jack ass believes someone doesn't look like they need care.

This is fine to reblog. People who film strangers should be shamed if nothing else.

[the-swift-tricker]

this episode aired in 1992

[oliviawhen]

May comic! Happy mental health awareness month. 🐝 Comic brought to you by my constant worry that I don't exist if I have nothing to show for myself.  

Advice to my past self: Read about burnout. Stretch. Stand up. Get lunch. Ask for extensions. Get help. Sleep. Take time off if you need to, don't ask. Take care of yourself.

[i-am-a-fish]

get 3 or more to win

🔲 Brush teeth

🔲 Pet animal

🔲 Draw something

🔲 Shower

🔲 Drink water

🔲 Cook something

🔲 Find a new song you like

if you win, you get to look at this really good clipart of a rhino I found

It's hidden in the keep reading tab. DO NOT look at this rhino unless you have successfully done 3 or more tasks

WARNING

this section contains spoilers

please make sure you have read the post above before you keep scrolling, seeing this image will be great but only if you earn it. trust me, it will be worth it.

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seriously, good job. I'm very proud of you.

[dilhhindustani]

3 stages of life :-

BIRTH

What the hell is this

DEATH

[pretty-porcelain-petals]

I’m finding my way alone in this life

Figuring out what makes my heart bloom the brightest, a genuine smile cross my face

Yet I have such an intense desire to be loved, to be cared for

To be swept up off my feet, treated with gentle, loving words and intertwined hands

My heart aches and yearns for a companion, someone to share the high and low tides with

Maybe it isn’t my time yet. Maybe I need to be alone for longer, and be patient until the right person expresses that they want to be in my life.

Waiting is painful sometimes.

I know love isn’t all that’s there to look forward to— I have plenty else that lightens and invigorates my spirit, more soul-searching to do and myself to work through.

I want to be the closest I can be to my best self, so that when the time comes, I can treat both my partner and I with the care and compassion we need. To embrace one another with a warm, peaceful love that says, “I am imperfect, I have my flaws, we both do— and I think that I’d want to experience life with you.”

I’m a romantic, melancholic, poetic. Awkward, for sure, easily confused and clumsy.

I am also very passionate, artistic, sensory, sentimental. Flawed, scarred, uneven.

Scared. Hopeful. Lonely. Loving.

Yet that is how I was made to be.

Maybe someday, I will find even more meaning in sharing myself- good, bad and ugly- with another who embraces my flaws, and does not “put up with me despite them”.

Love will find its way. I need to remind my heart to be patient, to ease the pain of feeling alone, to remind myself that while lately I am getting much better, improving every day, finding peace within, that the right person and the right time will come.

For now, I need to figure out how to be the right person for myself. I need to fight my way out of the darkness and out of the fear I feel so late at night. To be comfortable and secure in myself is what will unlock the closed doors I see myself surrounded by.

[maybe-itsforthebest]

- j (x)

[what-iz-life]

normalize not forcing people to choose you. If someone thinks they can get better elsewhere – let them try. Respectfully.