Galaxy Camelopardalis

Oh, hello. Did you know there's a giraffe galaxy? Yeah, me either, until recently. You may know me as dawni or giraffe girl. You may know my householders/alters or my system (Ohana System). Other than that, 30+; female; Australian; disabled; mother to two butterfly children (1 miscarriage 1 forced miscarriage/abortion), 1 fish & one dog; ex animal foster carer. (Official) Diagnonsense: (c)PTSD, DID, OSFED, BPD including features of MDD, GAD, SoAD, Agoraphobia & psychosis.

[supermegahijabi]

Know their names and their stories.

[supermegahijabi]

[supermegahijabi]

If mainstream media won’t share their stories, we will.

[forthelove-ofscience]

[ultrafacts]

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[ithelpstodream]

[thaxted]

When your racism conflicts with your misogyny.

[scaronhiatus]

Here’s to my survivors who are mothers-

To the survivors who had children with their abusers,

to the survivors who are dealing with trauma while also raising a child-

I am honored to know you. You are doing so much, and I know it rarely feels like enough, I know you’re worried about how your own trauma history might affect your child.

I know being a survivor feels like a full time job on it’s own, as does being a mother- but you are doing the best you can juggling both worlds.

And you are allowed to rest. You are allowed to stop fighting for a while. You’re allowed to take a break. I know the world feels like it’s on your shoulders, but it will not all come crumbling down if you take a few hours for yourself.

Take care of yourself, okay?

[cathagbheag]

If u wanna be my friend u have to understand that sometimes I can’t cope with conversations. And just because I’m on tumblr effectively shouting into the void but not replying to your message doesn’t mean I hate u it just means that the thought of talking to anyone in depth is extremely overwhelming

[camelopardalisinblue]

I never know whether to honour Myk’i on easter Friday or the date I think I worked it out to if I got the year right. Sometimes both days are hard and sometimes neither is. Sometimes I just don’t know so I don’t do either. Today there’s a gut feeling something’s going to happen and I don’t know if it’s because of the SW drama and the consequences for others or if something’s going down inside. In fairness, I don’t really *want* to know, either. I’m going back to TV and poetry and iPhone games.

[limplylimerent]

I’ll respect your opinion as long as your opinion doesn’t disrespect anybody’s existence.

[voxquietus-deactivated20210208]

THIS PHRASE SHOULD BE WRITTEN EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.

[camelopardalisinblue]

Hey, you--

No, stop scrolling, I really mean you, the person reading this right now. If you follow me or I follow you, thanks for being part of my life. You make it brighter by being yourself. If you’re a stranger, thanks for brightening the life of someone, ‘cause you do, whoever you are. And for everyone, thanks for being alive. Maybe you don’t know it yet (or maybe you do, in which case cool!), but there’s something special you have to offer the world. Keep being you, okay?

[made-of-fleshandeyelashes]

Please, I need you to love me a little louder today.

Azra.T.

[orlandobloomers]

instead of sending me nudes you can send me 

pics of you smiling with ur fave stuffed animal

pics of you smiling with ur mom 

pics of plants

pics of ur dog

pics of silly lookin bugs that u find 

[mentalillnessmouse]

Helpful Reminders

○ Suffering is not a contest. ○ Recovery is not a contest. ○ Therapy does not mean defeat. ○ Medication does not mean defeat. ○ Relapse does not mean defeat. ○ You can do this.

[camelopardalisinblue]

diderdenmother replied to your post “Everything sucks right now. We officially finished up with our...”

If God wanted you to die, a tornado would hit your house. The voice is a psychiatric symptom telling you your worst fears. You're going through a rough patch right now, no doubt about it, but you're going to be okay. This is all going to become okay.

Thank you so much. In my saner moments I think maybe you’re right, it’s just really hard to see when the voice is so loud. Honestly, thank you so much for reaching out like this.

[camelopardalisinblue]

Everything sucks right now. We officially finished up with our counsellor for SA on Thursday. On Friday morning, D went back down to see his kids, promising he would be home that night. My laptop refused to turn on when I tried. It seems that the charger is dead. I confirmed with D at about 8pm that he was still planning to be home, especially since without a laptop I'm pretty screwed. I fell asleep sometime after 3. Alone with Missy. I woke up almost the same way (except Missy had got scared and hidden under the bed). I called him at about 4. His phone rang out. I called again at 8 and he sent it to voice mail and sent a text saying to call later. I tried again at 9:30 -- his phone is off. I have very little to distract myself with that doesn't require energy without my laptop, and I'm sure we have all seen how much being home alone messes me up even without added stressors. I'm drowning. I have effectively no support system, very few distractions and no solid coping techniques right now. *TW: death talk, suicide?, religion, hearing things/hallucination I think the voice is right. God does want me to die, and if I keep fighting this, bad things are going to keep happening. But how can I not keep fighting it when Missy's life would be in danger?

[jncoes]

there r real teens out there who think discovering nirvana is a special achievement 

[seekers-whoarelovers-deactivate]

isnt that kinda the whole point of buddhism

[camelopardalisinblue]

I actually thought this said "discovering Narnia" and I was pretty confused. Like hell yeah that's an achievement, it's freaking Narnia!

[theunitofcaring]

A lot of the advice I got about learning to enforce my boundaries was framed as an adversarial thing. Like, ‘yes, it might upset and disappoint the people around you, but you have to learn to tell them ‘no’ anyway.’ At best, ‘good people will still like you if you enforce your boundaries’.

What I wish I’d been told is that good people will think it’s awesome that you enforce your boundaries, that there are people who will respect the hell out of you for it, that there are people who will admire you not despite you telling them no, but because of it. That most people don’t want to make you do something you don’t enjoy,and so they’ll actively be happier and more relaxed around you if they know they can trust you to decline to do things you don’t enjoy and to ask them to stop things that bother you.

It helped me a lot, personally, to stop thinking of ‘enforcing my boundaries’ as something I did for me and more as something I did to empower the people I was close with, to build a situation where they and I felt sure everything that was going on was something we all wanted.

Most advice isn’t good for everyone and this advice seems maybe bad for people in abusive situations, because sometimes you do need to learn to enforce boundaries against people who will try to violate them. But if there are other brains like me out there: your partner will be really happy you can say no to them. your friend will be really happy you change the subject when you hate it. your roommate will really appreciate that you tell them to turn down the music. most people will feel safer and more comfortable around you if they know you’ll reliably express your needs, AND they’ll feel better about voicing theirs.

[potentialheartofdarkness]

What I need people to understand is that getting out bed is not easy.

Leaving the house is not easy.

Talking to people is not easy.

Ordering food is not easy.

Making phone calls is not easy. 

I need people to understand, that just because something is easy to them, it may not be that easy to others.