Titles are Hard

mr-miracles

nudityandnerdery

Sub-Radio, the band that did Stacy's Dad, coming out with another banger for Pride.

this is amazing

akindplace

cyborg-sevalle

You want some real legitimate advice about mental health? Stop being mean to yourself.

Like, when you wanna say mean shit about yourself either internally or externally, work to learn how to step back a moment and remind yourself that what you are doing is a form of self-harm and not a fair or legitimate judgement on you as a person, and furthermore is not productive to your survival or well-being.

Even if you fuck something up, you can resolve to do better in the future, you can tell yourself that you’re going to make this a learning experience, and even if you’ve made the same mistake 50 times already, telling yourself you’ll get it right someday if you just keep trying will always do you better than calling yourself an idiot and beating yourself up for not being able to get it right.

Take it from me, a lot of mental health shit is a product of your environment and personal history, and therefore you really don’t have the control over it that you need to get by without others’ help, but one thing you can have some control over is whether you’re going to be a friend to yourself or just another enemy, and if you want to survive, you’ve gotta strive to be in your own corner as best you can.

usagiberry

pflugy17

multiplicity-positivity

Here’s some positivity for introjects who are attempting source separation!

In plural spaces, source separation is often ignored or looked down upon. However, for many introjects, separating from their source is necessary in order for them to grow, heal, or change for the better! This post is for all the introjects out there who want, are in the process of, or who have achieved source separation!

🚀 Shoutout to introjects who want to separate from their source, but aren’t sure how to begin!

💫 Shoutout to introjects who change their names, alter their appearances, and attempt to separate physically from their source!

🔭 Shoutout to headmates who used to be introjects but no longer consider themselves as such!

⭐️ Shoutout to post-fictives, factionals, and other headmates who use their own term to describe themselves post source separation!

🌌 Shoutout to introjects who are struggling to separate from their source, or who find themselves adhering to their source unconsciously!

✨ Shoutout to introjects who are separating from their sources as a step on their path to healing and self-acceptance!

🪐 Shoutout to introjects who consciously decide not to conform to their source, and take steps to explore and celebrate their own individuality!

🌟 Shoutout to introjects who have drifted away from their sources naturally!

🛰 Shoutout to introjects who do not want to be seen or treated as their source!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with introjects wanting to separate from their sources. For many introjects, source separation can improve and enrich their lives, and encourage them to explore and embrace their individuality! We wish you all the very best on your journeys towards personal understanding and self-discovery. We know it won’t always be easy, but know that you will always be a vital and cherished part of the community, no matter how separated from your source you become!

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ivycrownedsatyr

weaver-z

I don't just think kink should be "allowed" at pride, I think we should train a huge pack of those puppy mask dudes to bark at all of the floats that have corporate branding on them

weaver-z

You get it

whichwitchami

afterword

idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol

wahoo-shem

One time when I was younger I was refusing to take headache medicine and my mom said “the person who invented that medicine is probably so sad you won’t let them help you” and now every time I find myself denying medicine I just imagine the saddest scientist making those big wet eyes like “why won’t you let me help” and whoop then I take the medicine

jacob-lovelace

This is how vicodin addictions begin...

fandomsandfeminism

Vicodin is an opiod (specifically, it is the opiod Hydrocodone mixed with acetaminophen so that you can give people a lower dose of the hudrocodone and have it still be effective.)

Opiods are a whole other situation than just OTC painkillers. Opiod addiction is a complex and tragic thing- a mix of unresolved chronic pain, lack of social support networks, and the chemical dependency that opiods create in the body.

It is unhelpful fear mongering to suggest that taking Tylenol when you have a headache or period cramps is a gateway to opiod abuse.

pom-seedss

Even when talking about opioids a lot of chronic pain patients do not take their prescribed medication unless things are absolutely horrible, exactly because of this rhetoric! People deserve to have relief without always being side-eyed about addiction. AND people with addictions shouldn’t be your fucking boogey man prop to scare people out of taking medication when they need it.

Anyway, back to pain. Especially chronic pain.

It is harder to calm a body down than to keep it from getting to the breaking point in the first place. If you let your pain get to a fever pitch before taking you medication, you’ve already done damage and the opioid may not be able to bring you back from that.

So some people think they need to take more to make it work, except they shouldn’t take more, they should have had it time managed so that their pain doesn’t explode to the point where an opioid would do little to help.

Toughing it out can also compound complex issues.

For example: You are in pain. You feel you should be “used to it” by now, or some other nonsense. So. You don’t take your pain meds, so you feel more tense, so your muscles spasm more, so it’s not safe for you to do normal activities (cooking, driving, etc), so you do something safe and more passive, like reading or goingo n the internet, so you develop a tension headache or even trigger a migraine, so you stress out your joints, your body gets put on alert mode, you feel mentally stressed, your focus is harder to draw away from the pain, the pain and one’s perception of it, increases. You now have to spend a full few days in bed because you tried to tough out your body when it needed help.

Addiction can ruin lives. But so can chronic pain.

Folks need to stop scare mongering about medication in general. Take your meds, use them when needed, if you think there may be a problem, talk to your doctor and help manage things. Don’t be scared to take your medication.