Aradhel~

Hi! Name's Aradhel (or Hailey, either one is fine). I love to draw, play video games, and read comics (eastern&western). Recently getting into larger novels because a book a day keeps the stupid away.

[stellawitchcraft]

I’ve been meaning to make some kind of portable altar for a while, figuring I’d just put together some kind of tiny kit for travel or something. Then I was like HEY WAIT, I COULD JUST DRAW ONE IN MY GRIMOIRE, and voila :D

[stormbornwitch]

This is a BRILLIANT IDEA 😍

[araadhel-blog]

I love this so much!!!

[stasiaholl]

ummmmm we also still have kawaii ass pastel bats sooooooo get your creepy cute ass ready for halloweeeeeennnnn

[lorenhgames]

8 Days Til Launch

There are 6 zones total in Puzzlestuck: Earth, Sburb, Sgrub, the Dreambubbles, Alternia, and Alternia’s Green Moon. Each zone has different enemies and introduces new combat mechanics and characters to collect.

Please help me spread the word! I’m also inviting a few people each day to get early access to the game, for feedback and last minute stability testing - if you’re interested, reblog and send me an ask!

Puzzlestuck will come out in 8 days on 11/23/2016 at 4:13 PM PST and will be 100% free to play.

[beeishappy]

[thahalfrican]

[mama--medusa]

Charities that may need some love in the upcoming climate

Planned Parenthood: reproductive and sexual health, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Forge: supporting trans people and their families, https://forge-forward.org/

The Trevor Project: suicide and crisis prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Assata’s Daughters: empowering young Black women, based out of the Chicago area http://www.assatasdaughters.org/

Tell Mama: fighting anti-Muslim sentiment and hate (they’re UK based, still searching for a US-based alternative) http://www.tellmamauk.org

the American Civil Liberties Union: actually defending the constitution and ensuring a safe legal process, https://www.aclu.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center: actively documenting and fighting hate groups in the US, https://www.splcenter.org/

NARAL Pro-Choice America: defending abortion rights, http://prochoiceamerica.org/

Please share and add anything I may have missed.  I know not everyone is able to financially give right now, but a signal boost never hurts.

[mama--medusa]

Some more:

the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: working to defend Arab-Americans in the US, http://www.adc.org

Immigrant Defense Project: offering legal assistance to American immigrants, http://www.immdefense.org/

[mama--medusa]

Lambda Legal: civil rights lawyers for LGBT+ individuals and those who are HIV+, http://www.lambdalegal.org/

[sigilcrafter]

There is nothing you can do to enhance your craft than you better yourself. Help one another. Be kind to the earth, and your siblings. We all share this space, so help one another and the world will thank you.

[thedarksideoffashion]

Can a dark skin black person be Goth? It seems Goth is for only white people and being super pale almost white is the most popular look so it feels its not meant for Black people especially dark skin, love Goth but afraid of racism and rejection

Listen my friend, I am going to give you the same answer I gave the other person who asked me about dressing goth and wearing plus size. A person’s skin color, hair color, weight, ideologies, physical abilities, socioeconomic status etc have nothing to do with being goth or liking goth stuff. We’re all connected by the fashion, art, music, literature that we tend to gravitate towards. Our similar interests should transcend any discriminatory attitudes that people may have. Be yourself and like what you want to like. If you ever encounter someone who is being racist, the issue is not that you’re black and goth, the issue is that person’s upbringing and the lessons they were taught throughout their life. Don’t be afraid of rejection or let that make you feel like an outsider, just remember that you’re on a different wavelength, one on which you know how to accept people based on who they are and not on how they look. So basically, IF YOU LOVE THE GOTH LIFE, THEN LIVE THE GOTH LIFE ❤

[cunningcraft-deactivated2023060]

Brewing a “potion” to Black Sabbath. Although potion making has been dominated by Harry Potter and the world of fantasy, witchcraft folklore has always included a knowledge of herbs and their uses, both magical and practical. I see a lot of people who make potions including herbs for purely metaphysical correspondence rather than practical/medicinal effect, and this is a safe route. However, I’m not very interested in it. This “potion” contains a lot of the herb mugwort which has subtle psychoactive properties, similar to a caffiene. It’s used to induce lucid dreams and astral projection when brewed into a tea, and is also used by some people as an alternative to melatonin. This mix I’m making right now is a very concentrated mix of herbs and teas from both leaves and berries. I’m going to boil it down to 1 cup, and when I wish to use some I can pour a small amount into a mug, then fill the rest with a nighttime tea to dilute it. I suppose you could take a shot of it, but that would be very strong and unpleasant. This potion has natural and metaphysical properties to aid in astral projection, vivid and psychic dreaming, and divination. It would also help very much with scrying, meditation, or astral magic. I’ve been thinking of ways I can expand my online shop, who would be interested in buying concentrated herbal potions like this one? I’m thinking about 15$ per 1 cup measurements, about 1 cup can produce 10 mugs of tea. Let me know if you’re interested!

[durintrash]

this is the money spock. reblog within the next 30 seconds and he will bring you good fortune ✨💸✨

[onedamnminuteadmiral]

So I’m just saying. I put this in my queue yesterday and today I was offered a raise that is literally life-changing, $10,000 more a year than I’m making now. 

Was it Money Spock? Who can say, but wow I sure believe.

[araadhel-blog]

Someone: why are you so obsessed with this show/movie/book/etc.?

Me: *nervous sweating* haha it's not like I have a world in my head that's strongly based off of the thing haha what makes you say that haha

[just-a-humble-trashbag]

Most don’t understand the pain of falling in love with someone You’ll never touch Because you both live In separate realities

[fon-marov]

okay guys but real talk about maladaptive daydreaming

It’s not something that you voluntarily do. It’s a psychological disorder that seriously messes with your head. I was told my my psychiatrist that it generally starts as voluntary stuff and then because of other disorders spirals out of control. 

I’ve had episodes that have lasted for hours and there’s literally nothing you can do to make them stop. You keep telling yourself that you need to focus on life and what’s happening around you but you’re physically unable to.

It’s not occasionally sitting around and thinking about yourself in a fantasy world and then getting up and going about your day.

It’s a complete disassociation with the real world and it’s absolutely terrifying to have because no matter how much you want to stop you literally cannot. Generally speaking it’s most common in people who as children experienced some sort of abuse or neglect. The daydreams start as an escape tactic and then never go away and only get more vivid.

Please don’t like blow this off or say it sounds great to be able to escape like that because it’s really not. When you’re having an episode you feel like you have no control of anything and it’s really really scary being that distant from the world.

And again seriously, it is not a voluntary thing.

[araadhel-blog]

MD is different for many people that have it. Some people, like you, seem to have it more severely to where it impacts your daily life and causes you distress because you cannot control it. However there are perfectly average people that can just "do it". If you watch the videos by Eli Somer (the founder of the term) he talks about this more in depth. I suggest anyone that thinks they have it watch his youtube videos because rhat would be a better way to determine if you might have it as opposed to reading individual stories. Because the diseasr is so expansive, you may not be wrong in your own sense, but someone who doesnt actually 'suffer' from it may not think they have it then based on your post. To anyone on this tag: please please please do research before assuming or unassuming you [dont] have something!!

[avpdkaneki]

[maladaptive-daydreams]

[whatisalifeihaveablog]

Please stop making people feel like they do this without even telling them what it is.

This is a frankly horrible definition of maladaptive daydreaming. It’s not about what you’re daydreaming, it’s about how often you do it. Maladaptive daydreaming means you daydream to a point where it interferes with your life. I have lost hours and sometimes even entire days to daydreaming. That’s what maladaptive daydreaming is.

It’s when the daydreams keep you from living your life. People who do this often can’t sleep because of their daydreams, they may also move around, make facial expressions, or even talk with their daydreams.

Everyone daydreams, that’s completely normal. Maladaptive daydreaming is more than that. This has been your informative post of the day.

[quotemadness]

I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.

Unknown (via quotemadness)

[thedreamersof]

Maladaptive Daydreaming Resource Masterpost!

Hello! As the MD community is really important to me, I made a first master-post of many for links to resources related to maladaptive daydreaming and some struggles surrounding it. I surely missed some things but that is why I will continue making them. Please share and enjoy!

What is maladaptive daydreaming? - 1/2 How do I quit/cut-down on maladaptive daydreaming? - 1/2/3 - Informative Sources: (links to studies/articles on MD) 1 (Eli Somer Ph.D has posted a few videos on his MD studies) 1/2 - Community Networks: (≧◡≦)

Wildminds Network (Tumblr)

thedreamersof (me)

oursecretstories (a lovely friend!)

maladaptivedaydreamingsupport 

letstalkaboutmdd

maladaptivedaydreaming-problems

or simply search the maladaptive daydreaming tag! There are so many other great blogs.

an amazing Yahoo forum for daydreamers - Fun/Creativity-Boosting for Daydreamers: blank sheet (370+ questions) to help you develop your characters (Polyvore) - to help establish your characters look/style (relatable films for daydreamers)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Heavenly Creatures

The Science of Sleep

(relatable songs)

Paradise-Coldplay song/lyrics

Intro (Feat. Zola Jesus)-M83 song/lyrics

(relatable poetry/literature segments)

Jane Eyre segment

Ode - Arthur O'Shaughnessy

- Can’t sleep because of your daydreaming? See if ASMR works for you!: What is ASMR? `(￣□￣)` Zz/ZZ/zz - Need an immediate distraction or break from daydreaming too much?:

make this fudgy paleo skillet brownie of amazing

take a shower or relaxing bath right now, do it

TED talks are so fun and inspirational

a masterpost of smoothie recipes you can try

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Links to mental health master-posts: here here and here - Perhaps most important to remember - You are not alone!: MD Problems 1/2/3/4/5 (~￣▽￣)~

reasons to stay alive in the chaos of it all

[araadhel-blog]

I... didnt know this existed... i feel like this answers a lot of questions ive had. So in signal boosting. Maybe it will reach someone else with this... ordeal... as well.

[victoriousvocabulary]

PHRONTIFUGIC

[adjective]

helping to escape from one’s thoughts.

Etymology: from Greek phrontistēs, “philosopher, deep thinker”, ultimately from phrēn, “diaphragm, mind” + Italian fuga, from Latin, “a running away, flight”.

[KUI1981]