the-orange-solace

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"I have come to believe with fervent passion that the focus on multiple personalities is missing the point. Dissociative identity disorder is not rare; it is not unique; it is not special. It is just a logical set of symptoms to some terrible trauma. It is a normal way to react to very abnormal childhood treatment."

- Carolyn Spring

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My favorite color is… blinkies! (Pack)

Experimenting with different styles of graphics!!!

(Plz don’t let this flop, this took more time than my standard blinkies)

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"This system is unsure about their origins" Userbox. made by us because we are this.

Plural and Collective versions.

★ please like or reblog if using!

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Fictive culture is finding it really funny that your brain went "ah yes that blorbo, the one that was cursed to be lonely for centuries, that one shall be perfect for dealing with this newfound grief and loneliness!" Props for at least trying to make some sort of sense this time, brain, but you know, I just feel like there could have been better choices made here.

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if i had wings i would spend all of my time over the open ocean doing those ridiculous peregrine dives where you fall at top speed and then swerve up at the last second. thats literally all i need. society would never see me again

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A regular part of my job is trying to reach out to people who have been quietly trying to make their community a better place; the volunteers, the teachers, the fucking. People who rehabilitate injured wild owls in a Quonset hut in the woods, and to a one this is the kind of person who immediately reviles at recognition. The kind of person who immediately says that they never got into this to get praise for it, and that they’d infinitely prefer to quietly plug away at this anonymously forever.

And from this I’ve always drawn two conclusions:

To always distrust Mr. Beast and his ilk who always want their acts of charity done on film, because the people who really want to do good and have no motives to do it besides the doing it never want recognition for it, and

That there are, in the dark, in the quiet, always people who are doing good, and the reason you don’t hear about it is because they’d rather die than receive recognition for it, but they’re real; they do exist. And you are never alone

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>forgotten where I've left my keys

>no worries, I'm an intellectual

>simply stop, smug look to camera, and announce that I'm entering my mind palace to remember where I put them

>close my eyes and pinch my temple

>instantly find my consciousness transported to the entrance of my mind palace

>mfw I've forgotten my mind keys

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Does your system have symptom holders?

Definition

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question 112: do you have associated colours for your system members?

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Introject-heavy system culture is “I bet if we draw our own system art and post them online, it’ll look like weird fanart in the eyes of people who only know our sources lmao”

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i need to soapbox about DID more, because its kinda like being trans, you'd think that you'd notice if you had it but that's just cultural osmosis giving a skewed impression, statistically you probably wouldn't. statistically you need to do rigorous work to notice.

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You Are Plural!

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hey, I was just at "things got better" island and everyone there is talking about how excited they are to meet you

[the-orange-solace]

I think the first step towards the life you want is often to just say yes to more things. Accept that coffee invitation from your coworker even if it seems awkward. Sign up for that free class at the library that you're not sure you'll like. Join that club. Book that tour. Say yes to as many things as you can and kill the part of your brain that gut-reacts with a no.

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Getting a diagnosis like depression, anxiety or PTSD may make you feel like you are broken, and it is OK to feel that way. You are not broken and there is nothing wrong with you, but it is still OK to grieve the loss of the life you might’ve had

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sometimes you just gotta say "oh brother" and move on