Finding Me.

4 years later and I’m back on tumblr

[annavrin]

Look closely and you’ll see

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[academla]

"Mentally ill"

I’m so sick of trying to explain “mentally ill” to people bc my mom was all shocked and disapproving of me using that term because there’s this stigma that mental ill = psychotic or like deeply deeply depressed. I think it’s generational though. But like okay let’s talk about these semantics.

When you’re physically ill, when you’re sick, you have a number of symptoms. It might come and go. Sometimes you’re not sick at all. Some days you’re really sick. You go to the doctor if it’s really bad and they usually give you a diagnosis. And then you come up with a treatment plan and eventually it will be resolved.

When you’re mentally ill, you also have symptoms. You aren’t always mentally ill, but you have some bad days and some good ones. You get a diagnosis. You figure out how to treat it, how to cope with it.

Now, I’m not saying that just being anxious or just being depressed to a normal degree is mental illness, but I mean people like myself who have been hospitalized, on medication, in therapy, formally diagnosed, etc. although I also understand not everyone has access to resources.

There are varying degrees of feeling physically ill, from allergies to head colds to being hospitalized. The same is true of mental illness.

I view mental illness as a strength. It makes me proud to say THIS is what I’m fighting. THIS is what I’m surviving. If I had cancer I would much rather say I AM BATTLING THIS ILLNESS than “oh yeah…I just have like a few symptoms…but I’m not really sick.”

So being “mentally ill” is not pathologizing yourself unless you’re wallowing in it. And I do not wallow. I use it as a tool and an overarching term for a basic human experience. Owning my experiences with mental illness gives me strength and allows me to reach, touch, and inspire others. So no, mental illness is not just for psychopaths and scary asylum patients anymore. One of these days, hopefully, society will get that.

[belladonianoir]

You know you’re a goth when you buy your skulls and chokers from pet stores.

[annavrin]

Omg you are absolutely gorgeous and i love your piercings!!!

Thank you so much!!!! It really means a lot to me that you say that since I’m trying to recreate my blog so I can foster more self love 🖤🖤

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A comic about controlling your symptoms and trying to get other people to understand why it’s so hard to do so, in goo form

[simonalkenmayer]

This hit me much harder than anticipated. I feel it very deeply. Thank you for drawing it.

[annavrin]

WARNING

my account is going to become very different!!!!

I will be posting art of my own body to accept the flaws and the beauty of which I share with myself.

If you’d like to see the growing strength I intend to receive with these posts, please continue to follow!

If these posts make you uncomfortable, you’re always welcome to come and go as you please.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO LOYAL FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS THAT I HAVE HAD THIS ACCOUNT.

Here’s to self love and strength!

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Rub the booty.

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Smack the booty

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Eat the booty

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Love the booty

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Value the booty

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Bite the booty

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Hug the booty

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Cherish the booty

[thelovergirljasmine]

Kiss the booty

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Worship the booty

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Fuck the Booty

[imflamable]

All I want is a 2018 movie directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

[annavrin]

Dance in the sheets with me

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Good, JuJu ✨🗝

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[apolionian-deactivated20170404]

🎉 It’s transphobic to say that trans women can’t be lesbians!! 🎉

[aislesoflesbos]

🖤 🖤It’s lesbophobic to say they can be!! 🖤🖤

[apolionian-deactivated20170404]

🌸🌸🌸no it’s not!!🌸🌸🌸 🌺🌺🌺trans women are women!!🌺🌺🌺 🌼🌼🌼women can be lesbians!!🌼🌼🌼 💐💐💐I should know, I am a lesbian!!💐💐💐 🌹🌹🌹stop reducing people to their genitalia!!🌹🌹🌹

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reblog this post to administer a swift but devastating kick to raddishcowgirl’s teeth

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*reblog to show trans lesbians you care

[randomslasher]

trans lesbians are valid beautiful women and I love them. 

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