Lets Fight Bears

24. they. sexual. ENFP. Hufflepuff.

[bunnyblase-blog]

Just a heads up that I'm leaving this blog for a new one.

[thequotejournals]

Don’t forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

Charles de Lint, The Blue Girl (via wordsnquotes)

[jewish-mccoy]

belarus will be putting the bones of jews in dumpsters

let’s not kid ourselves. if jews desecrated a christian cemetery, there would be riots. jews would get murdered. but because it’s a jewish cemetery there is no uproar. the world could care less.

belarus is doing this shit for apartments. they’re disturbing jewish gravesites for apartments. karma is a fucking bitch and I hope they get to experience it in full force because this? this is beyond despicable. 

[dinnerollz-deactivated20181127]

additional info: https://www.jta.org/2017/08/25/news-opinion/world/belarus-court-clears-way-for-building-of-luxury-apartments-atop-former-jewish-cemeteries

[jewish-mccoy]

Goyim better reblog this because if this was happening to Christians y'all would be furious

[wordsnquotes]

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

Maya Angelou (via wordsnquotes)

[philosophybits]

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers (via philosophybits)

[my-dc-universe]

Batman explains who will really win in Batman v Superman.

[patrickdiomedes]

#god bruce’s face#‘wonder woman doesn’t have weakness clark’#‘wonder woman is flawless and perfect clark’#‘wonder woman could probably destroy the earth if she wanted to and I couldn’t stop her clark’#‘we’re all fucking doomed clark’

[itswalky]

did he just make that wonder woman case special only to keep it empty for a fucking dramatic reveal

[katjohnadams]

HAVE YOU SEEN BATMAN WORK? HE IS LITERALLY LIKE, 90% REVEAL

[notlostonanadventure]

What bugs me about this is Wonder Woman totally has a kryptonite, and Batman was willing to use it against her. 

JLA: Tower of Babel.  Great comic. Ra’s Al-Ghul has a super secret plan to destroy written language, but needs to keep the heroes busy. His solution? 

Steal Batman’s fail-safes and use them. 

They’re pretty fucked up. He lights Martian Manhunter on fire, freezes Plastic Man with liquid nitrogen, and fucking steal’s Batman’s parents. Yeah, graverobbing. That’s not even getting into literally dehydrating Aquaman. 

Wonder Woman’s weakness? Weirdly badass. 

He forces her into a simulation where she’s up against an villain who is in every way her equal. Why does that take her out? Because Wonder Woman is so dedicated to justice and finishing the fight, that she will literally exhaust herself to death fighting. 

Wonder Woman’s weakness is that she. will. not. fucking. STOP. Even if it kills her. And that’s why she’s the best hero around. 

[bidoctor]

[star-anise]

God fucking bless the “worried well” who seek psychotherapy. They can mostly keep their lives/jobs/families running, but want an increase in their mood or quality of life, and come to me for a tune-up. They talk about existential questions and childhood dreams and personal fulfillment, and worry that they’re “whining” or “taking up [my] valuable time.”

I like them for them, of course; I find their lives and worries interesting and valuable, and enjoy the work we do together. But also?

They make the more “serious” work I do possible. People with the greatest need for therapy are frequently the least able to pay for it. When one of my clients loses their job and benefits, they need therapy more, not less. And in private practice I can only afford to keep treating them for free if I have enough people on my caseload who are paying me full price. My ability to volunteer at a homeless shelter and talk to them about grief and trauma is strongly dictated by how many upper-middle-class people pay me $200 an hour to talk about optimal job performance.

And emotionally, it is an honest fucking joy sometimes to get out of a session with someone whose childhood abuse makes their entire life difficult, and spend an hour talking to one of my worried writer clients about anxiety management and creativity and nothing too deeply painful.

So if you’ve ever paid a therapist but felt self-indulgent or whiny or like your problems “weren’t serious enough”: please know you’re valuable and important. Not just for yourself (though you are), but because your presence in that therapy room makes a lot of other things possible.

[fierceawakening]

i was tense because as someone who has trauma in her history but looks to a lot of people like “worried well” (to the point it took me years to be properly diagnosed with PTSD, ugh) i expected bashing from this post THANK YOU for doing a very different thing <3

[neurodiversitysci]

I mean, once upon a time the worried well had confession with priests, or village elders/wise old men and women, or shamans/people in touch with the spirit world to listen to them and advise them on how to lead a happier, wiser life. Now that we’re a secular society that treats shamanism etc. as superstition, and locks old people away? All the worried well have is self help books, psychotherapy, people they know in person who are probably no wiser than they are, and talking to people on Tumblr. Of all these options, psychotherapy seems the most likely to actually help. Going to psychotherapy when you’re not severely mentally ill fills an important need that society isn’t otherwise filling, so it’s not shameful to go.

Also, the boundary between “worried well” and mentally ill/traumatized can be blurry sometimes. At one point I was in therapy for severe depression. But now, with my lower grade trauma, social anxiety, excessive shame, and just Needing Someone To Talk To In Order to Deal With Emotional Stuff And Reflect in General? That’s “worried well” compared to a lot of people here on Tumblr.

A related idea (which I’ve had before) is that if you do have a serious trauma, you’re wasting your/the therapist’s time if you aren’t talking about the most traumatic thing possible every single moment of therapy. But sometimes you’re not ready to go there, and that’s okay. Sometimes, your work or family need you to focus on more minor problems, like anxiety management or writer’s block. And getting unstuck on something like that can make you feel so much better about yourself, and more capable of change in general. I would think that could only help you deal with the serious trauma.

Thank you for writing this, @star-anise.

[tatterdemalionamberite]

*cheerful neurodivergent yelling* Curb-cutter effect! Curb-cutter effect!! CURB!! CUTTER!! EFFECT!!

[star-anise]

Yes!!!

Especially about that blurry boundary @neurodiversitysci mentions, a lot of people feel like they “can’t” go until they’re in Absolute Crisis… but if they go before they need help, often the therapy is a lot easier and more effective. An ounce of prevention does more than a pound of cure, you know?  If you get a checkup when you’re just feeling a little stressed and mildly iffy can help you maintain self-care routines that make you a lot stronger and more resilient when the real shit hits the fan.

My absolute dream would be my province’s medicare system giving everyone here three free therapy sessions a year whether they need it or not (and the ability for psychologists to bill the medicare system for more serious cases).  I feel like that would do us a lot of good, and prevent a lot of bad before it started.

[bunnyblase-blog]

my current favorite quote

“My guess is that millenials are killing the ‘having money’ industry” - Bobby Pines, August 24th, 2017

[bunnyblase-blog]

One of my new favorite looks.

[taekenbysurprise]

[rimcg]

This looks like a group of people about to fall into an alternate reality to have some adventures

[thewingedwhale-blog1]

Finally got this cutie up on the shop!

It’s been a difficult transition from my “traditional,” part-time retail position in the frame shop of the craft store to trying to start work for my Etsy shop full time. Brainstorming new items and the sheer amount of crafting I’ve been doing to rev up for opening shop has been pretty tiring, but also really exciting! For the first time in a while, I’m actually enjoying where I’m putting the majority of my efforts and that is really a very positive move for me. 

So far, I’ve been creating with the craft supplies I’ve amassed over the years, but pretty soon I’ll run out of material and need to stock up again. Coordinating my supply runs will be its own creative adventure since I still get a pretty serious nerve reaction to entering certain stores, namely stores that sell arts and craft supplies. But! For now, I will put that dilemma on the back burner and continue creating with the materials I currently have! 

I have plans for many more stuffed animals. costume accessories, games, wooden toys, and even some clothes, which will all be posted as they are made! each of my items is hand crafted by me, so I’ll certainly be keeping busy as I try to kick off the ground and build my inventory.

Although I’m just starting out with the shop again now and so I only have so much on the shop at the moment, I hope anyone interested will stop by quickly and take a look. Right now, the main focus is on building stock and spreading the word that we’re in business! Also, if you have any input or ideas or items you’d like to see, go ahead and drop me a message here or through the shop. I love talking to people about new ideas and sharing my excitement. 

Here’s to another productive day tomorrow!

[wnq-anonymous]

I don’t want to be famous or popular or known for anything other than that I was deep and wise and had a soul that was widely beautiful, full of mercy and light.

Anonymous (via wnq-anonymous)

[feministism]

Geography for Racist People by Lilly Singh

[themotivationjournals]

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Jack Kerouac (via wordsnquotes)

[kushandwizdom]

“Souls recognize each other by vibes, not appearances.”

http://twitter.com/kushandwizdom (via kushandwizdom)

[bunnyblase-blog]

Went shopping for clothes because it's end of tax free week in MD today, and I do finally need to buy new t-shirts. Remembered how much I love plaid and how nice the ladies at Hot Topic are. WAY too excited about the Ghost Buster's shirt.