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Kitty, Irish trans woman (she/her)/Bean trasinscneach Éireannach (sí/í), 30s. Icon by @anicomicsicons.

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1976 Ford Escort Mk2 on Jenvey throttle bodies

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Except, critically, at bedtime.

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Ravings and urges get miscoded over time. Let’s say you’re thirsty, and you live in a strawberry field. Strawberries contain some water and a bunch of sugar so, over time, you may start to crave strawberries when you are thirsty because you get a reward and some relief in shorter time from the need starting than the trek to the stream. This can happen for every need: sleep, food, whatever.

Trevor Noah has a great tip, that when he craves ice cream at night he breaks it down into parts: I want something cold, I want something sweet. He drinks a glass of cold water then waits to see if he still has the ice cream craving. Usually he doesn’t.

So listening to your body isn’t “follow every urge” but “decompose the urge to discover the underlying need.”

If you always feel like getting cozy in bed you may be: cold, dehydrated, and/or malnourished (maybe a need for high calories that are bioaccessible…not processed).

If you do not feel tired at bedtime you may: need to eat dinner earlier because your body is still digesting, need to exercise or go outside more during the day, get the fuck off your screen for an hour so your brain can enter sleep mode.

Hope this helps someone.

P.S. notice i said nothing about neurodivergence. Not that it’s not a likelihood but the over-pathologization of behaviors prevents us from taking simple actions to improve our wellbeing. Also, these tips are pretty accessible and applicable to most brain variations.

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Kimera EVO37.

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The original flag, by Gilbert Baker, June 25, 1978.

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Malachite Green Audi Sport quattro exploring London.

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Mattias Ekström's 2004 championship-winning Audi A4 DTM looking good at FuoriConcorso on the shores of Lake Como.

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Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R 2020. - source Bring a Trailer

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1986 📸 Bring a Trailer. - source Rétro Passion Automobiles.

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Klaus Ludwig (Ford - Ford Escort RS 1600 Ford-Cosworth BDA) DRM - 6 Heures du Nürburgring Nordschleife - 1974. © Thomas Dirk Heere. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1992. - source SpeedHolics.

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Baba's domain 🐈 Collab with @ceeejus 🌟

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Spotted at Villa d’Este in Lake Como: The fabled Volkswagen Nardò W12. 1 of 2 ever built, and the ONLY one in private hands. Decades ago, VW built this 222 mph (357 km/h) masterpiece just to prove they could. A legendary rolling unicorn.

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Antonio Marras, Questi miei fantasmi (2023), Rampe del Salvatore, Napoli.

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Bizzarrini Centenario Edition, the last of the 5300GT Corsa Revival cars.