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[anxietyproblem]

[noshameinoursickness]

Do You Pull Your Hair or Pick Your Skin? How to Cope With Trichotillomania and Dermatillomania

The urge to pull at your hair or pick at your skin – does this sound familiar to you or anyone you know? This comic has what you need to know about trichotillomania and excoriation disorder (also known as dermatillomania).

As many of you know I struggle with a BFRB and I just love this article.

[valscrapbook]

[alettorome]

I. Just. Want. Someone. To. Take. Care. Of. Me. I'm. Tired. #isthisamentalhealthissue #amiactuallymanicdepressiveorjustoverthebullshit

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i’m being neurotypical for april fools day

[bogleech]

How do you do, fellow functioning brain owner!! I sure do enjoy looking people directly in the face while I speak to them, don’t you??? After we comfortably tend to all pressing responsibilities for the day, what say we participate in a loud, crowded social gathering?? Maybe later when we all go home we can lie down in our clean and well made beds long before four in the morning and enjoy a nice, refreshing eight hours of uninterrupted sleep! I hope tomorrow will be both very warm and brightly lit!!!

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i understood what you said the first time you said it because i paid attention and because my audio processing brain meat works super normally, and i’m agreeing with you! i would also like you to know that my brain produces the normal amounts of all my chemicals, nothing more and nothing less

[chickenonabicycle]

I remember the text you sent me 5 seconds ago, fellow person with a functional memory! Let me send you a direct reply! Oh, I so enjoy executive functioning! Oh, you replied? I shall immediately check your text without anxiety because my rejection sensitivity is so average!

[bogleech]

Isn’t it great that we can all do things we want to do and should do JUST because we’re literally capable of doing them???? After I’ve done some things, I might spend some time thinking some thoughts that I chose to think for an amount of time that I’ve also chosen. Maybe I’ll throw in some worries, just to spice things up, about only real problems that I can control.

[homoidiotic]

im stressed out that ppl don’t know my intentions at all times. spoiler alert: top priority is, i love everyone. second priority is to have a sexy and fun time

[alettorome]

Double spoiler: if you have ever been under the impression I fucked you over, I 100% did it for your benefit. I was intending to teach you a life lesson only experience could bring. Does this make me a narcissist with a God complex? Probably. Will it stop? I dont know. The thing is, when these situations occur- it truly feels like the most compassionate choice I can make. Plus, it's hard to put into words the myriad things I see to justify whichever action. It's not a spite thing, it's not a selfish thing (usually, I am human and I have let my emotions guide me in unhealthy ways). Does anyone care? Doubtful. Keeping secrets sucks.

[wordsandroads]

These, for me, are the two most depressing paintings in western history. They were painted by post-impressionist Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec, a man who, due to inbreeding, was born with a genetic disorder that prevented his legs from growing after they were broken. After being so thoroughly mocked for is appearance, he became an alcoholic, which is what eventually caused his institutionalization and death. His only known romantic relations were with prostitutes. And then he paints something like this which is so beautiful and tender and sentimental. It seems like the couple in bed really loves each other–cares about each other. Wakes up happy to look at each other. And I see that love and passion and I wonder how lonely he must have been. I wonder how he could paint something like this without it breaking his heart.  Maybe they say artists should create what they know, not because its unbelievable when they extend themselves beyond their experiences, but because when they pull it off with such elegance, it’s so damn unbearable to look at. I hate thinking of Lautrec, wondering about the lovers he created and knowing it was beyond his experience. Creating something that he knows is beautiful and knows he’ll never really understand. 

[alettorome]

I think he captures it because he did experience this. Who are we to say that those encounters with prostitutes weren't filled with compassion, care, and understanding. Sometimes the most pure interactions come from those in which we expect nothing. If it was a conventional relationship I doubt you would see the same sentimentality show through the work. The beauty is a product of his pain, but also illuminates the truth that connection and understanding can be found in unconventional means.

[nubbsgalore]

“one stormy night my girlfriend saw what we thought was a dead sparrow below our balcony. he was barely breathing, covered in ants and completely blind.

“we brought him home and put him in a box. after spending a night in our bedroom, he woke us up with high pitched tweeting. we tried feeding him, but without any luck, so we placed him on our balcony. he continued tweeting non stop for three hours.

“finally, his father found him and started feeding him. he brought his chick huge bugs and bread every 10-15 minutes all day long for two weeks straight.

“he was getting bigger every day, but he was still blind. i called a vet, and he told me to try simple eye drops. it worked like a charm! he even started hiding from us behind our flowers. soon, his father started showing him how to fly trough the window.

“one day he just left – we knew this day would come eventually. we became really worried because that same night, and for the next few days, there was really stormy weather. however, three days later, he came back and fell asleep in one of our pots.”

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[just-shower-thoughts]

You can either keep scrolling or let this be the last post you see here. Whichever one you choose will set your life on a different path forever

[bobbyverse-deactivated20191221]

Be careful how comfortable you get with jokes that cut yourself down and emphasize the false concept that there’s no hope for your future and life is pointless. I get that talking about struggles is important and helps in not feeling alone. There has to be a line though, between “hey here’s something that’s rough so I’m gonna laugh about it” and cheering each other on as you hammer unhealthy concepts deeper into your mind. You are not worthless. You are not ugly. You are not trash. Good is absolutely possible in your future. Don’t forget that words have power. Be careful how much poison you throw in your own well.

[micdotcom]

Watch: The most wonderful moment of joy came when he entered a Nazi guard bungalow.

[nerapalooza-blog]

We are the last generation who can hear from these survivors directly. Do not take that lightly. Do not waste that opportunity. Do not forget your freedom isn’t infinitely guarenteed. And do not, do not, let it happen again.

[healingdoesntcomequickly]

Really truly, watch the video, reblog it. Teaching about the holocaust is so necessary for our generation before it slips under the rug and people forget about it.

[kittyit]

kinda fucked up how society teaches that “it’s not fair” is a whiny and childish emotional response to have. what a good way to gloss over the fact that things need to change until they are fair & that distress is a valid emotional response to injustice

[bimbocracy]

cash app link culture was popularized by sex workers who are now routinely banned from the platforms they were instrumental in building. pass it on.

[bimbocracy]

all your favorite cash apps built their platforms on the backs of sex workers and then banned sex workers when they got big enough to run shit without them. square cash, circle pay, venmo, gift rocket, even fucking patreon. all patronized predominantly by sex workers at first, all banned sex workers as soon as they got off the ground.

[northw0man-deactivated20201019]

anyway, the 8 hour workday and the concept of “8 hours work, 8 hours rest, 8 hours recreation” is outdated and based on the lives and needs of married straight men who had a wife at home doing all the unpaid domestic labor, childcare, and elderly care. We should all be fighting for a 4 hour workday tbh

[shipsterella]

Research suggests that in an eight-hour day, the average worker is only productive for two hours and 53 minutes.

In an 8-Hour Day, the Average Worker Is Productive for This Many Hours

The workday and how we work are intimately related to productivity, yet more hours may not lead to increased focus, concentration, and succe

[thedramaandart]

They did an experiment with a 6 hour workday in Gothenburg, on a nursing home. The staff became happier and healthier and the elderly also became happier and more content because the staff could focus more on their needs when they weren’t overworked and tired. The staff felt they had more time and energy towards the elderly.

Recently there was an article about a care home in Stockholm were they “””over hired””” (I would argue they just hired enough people), that is they added 1,5 full time staff member. There was an economic gain, not only in health for the workers but also with fewer temps, less overtime and less time wasted on constantly educating new people.

The 8 hour workday was met with the same ridicule a 6 hour workday would. Once, the upper class thought that 14 hour days were reasonable because the poor would just get into trouble if they had time off. Even when there’s actually net gain from caring about their workers, employers prefer making them miserable and paying the cost in new hires, medical costs and poor performance. People have fought and died for our free time and our weekends, even when we know a healthy worker is a healthy company. 

So it’s not strange, nor unbelievable, to take that fight again. There’s nothing holy or special with an 8 hour workday. It isn’t set in stone. It could be done.

[psych2go]

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[you-know-its-actually-funny-dea]

while we’re all on this fuck makeup culture band wagon can we also talk about shape-wear? stockings? painful heels? the fact that for women to be tastefully “done up” she has to be five different types of uncomfortable?

[alettorome]

I have messages

With no sender Not even anonymous Who are you? Where are you not in the states? Do I know you?