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[marauders4evr]

Friendly reminder that Vincent van Gogh willingly checked himself into an asylum so that he could get better, resulting in him creating some of the most iconic paintings of his entire career, done in the asylum, when he was being treated 24/7, because he finally didn’t have to struggle with his demons and could instead focus on his muse, WHICH WERE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!

Remember this little insignificant painting?

How about this one?

Check this one out:

All of these and more were painted in the asylum when he was receiving treatment for his mental illnesses and I know I just said that but I said it again and I’m saying it a third time until you dramatic abled assholes understand!

VINCENT VAN GOGH

- KNEW THAT HE WAS MENTALLY ILL

- WANTED TO CHANGE THAT

- WENT TO AN ASYLUM

- GOT THE HELP HE NEEDED

- PAINTED SOME ICONIC MASTERPIECES AS A RESULT!

SO DON’T YOU DARE COME OUT HERE WITH THIS, “I WISH I WAS DEPRESSED SO I COULD BE AS CREATIVE AS VAN GOGH” BULLSHIT BECAUSE EVEN HE KNEW THAT HIS DEMONS WERE HARMING HIS WORK, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS HEALTH, AND HE DID EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS POWER TO FIGHT THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS LIFE, UNTIL THEY ENDED UP WINNING! 

[not-petunias-again]

Vincent van Gogh repeatedly stated in his letters to Paul Gauguin and his brother Theo that he could not function during his episodes (which many historians are now labeling as schizophrenic events). During these episodes he would hear voices and see hallucinations–this is the reason he cut off his ear, to try to make the voices stop. He could barely leave his bed or eat let alone paint. He was only able to create art when he was receiving treatment.  

[georgianadesign]

‘St. Helena #3.’ Jennifer Robin Interiors, architects & building designers, San Anselmo, CA. Paul Dyer Photography.

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[angelic-breeze-deactivated20191]

[etrogim-deactivated20200109]

i like to pretend i’m a heartless apathetic b*tch but in reality i’m a baby who cares a fucking lot and emotionally invests myself in everything and is hurt 98.3% of the time

[georgianadesign]

Janus Custom Building Products, Tempe, AZ.

[sandandglass]

Senator Elizabeth Warren on The Late Show, July 21, 2016

[miceontoast]

COME FOR HIM ELIZABETH!

[womenofpw]

[pr1nceshawn]

[alecblushed]

Kristen: I’ve worked with you a ton. But I feel like when we’ve worked together, we’re always really mean to each other. Like, always assholes. But that’s not our relationship at all. We’re very nice to each other. Adam: Yeah, super nice. Boring, nice white people. Kristen: That sounds like an accurate description of who we are as friends.

[cantcontrolthegay-deactivated20]

[lady-of-redemption-deactivated2]

He did it. He actually managed to describe how it feels to live with depression and suicidal tendencies.

[witchycats-deactivated20160113]

this is really, really important

[just-shower-thoughts]

Blind people must save a lot on electricity.

[cynopansy]

They do actually!

[mauve-moth]

I had a blind professor, last semester, and I swung through his office to make up an exam. It was a while before I knew he was in there because he was sitting with the lights off. I finally went in, apologized, and took the exam by the light of a nearby window (which was fine). Forty-five minutes into dead silence he panicked and yelled in this booming voiced, “WAIT, YOU CAN SEE!!!” before diving across his desk to turn on the lights. I’m sure he was embarrassed but I thought it was endearing and it highlighted a large aspect of disabled life that I hadn’t previously considered.

[hotmolasses]

Sort of relatedly I once had professor who was deaf, but she had learned to read lips and speak so she could communicate easily with hearing people who didn’t know sign language. One day she had gotten off topic and was talking a little about her personal life, so that one of the students said “Oh, I know, I grew up in Brooklyn too.” 

She stared at him for a long time and then said “How do you know I’m from Brooklyn?”

And he said “You have a Brooklyn accent.”

She said “I do?” and the whole class nodded, and then she burst out laughing and said “I had no idea!  The school where I learned to speak was in Brooklyn.  I learned by moving my mouth and tongue the way my teachers did.  So I guess it makes sense that I have their accent, I just never thought about it.”

[ovaadosedonconfidence]

Intuition is real. Vibes are real. Energy doesn’t lie. Tune in.

[ifshehadwings]

This is actually called thin slicing. Your brain recognizes patterns from very small “slices” of information by comparing them to things you have experienced before. This all happens very quickly on a subconscious level without our conscious mind being involved. So intuition is actually really fast pattern recognition, and it can be very accurate. So yeah, if you have a gut feeling that a person or situation is not good, get the hell out. Your brain knows what’s up. 

[bakwaz-deactivated20140825]

America is some fucked up dystopian shit honestly like how are y’all even surviving? Paying for healthcare? $60,000 on tuition? POC getting shot in Wal-Marts? White men shooting up elementary schools? That’s terrifying I’m worried about all of you

[rainbowreverie]

America doesn’t seem that terribly horrible when you live here day to day and you’ve known nothing else but when somebody says something like this it fucks you up really good.

[kerryrenaissance]

It’s a bit like living in constant pain; it hurts. It’s troubling. But it’s part of your life and you’re used to it. You work around it as best you can.

When it’s gone, even briefly, it’s a revelation. Realizing other people don’t live their lives working around it is also a revelation. Alternatives exist.

The best dystopias try to convince those living in them that they’re actually a utopia, that this is the best of all possible worlds and that the alternatives are worse. Finding out otherwise, after all, could foment revolution.

[ambrosesource]

Congratulations to Dean Ambrose for becoming the eighth Grand Slam Champion in WWE and the twenty-seventh Triple Crown Champion. At 31 years old, he is the youngest Grand Slam Champion in WWE History. He is also the first Shield member to become Grand Slam Champion.

[pr1nceshawn]

Reasons Why Retail Jobs are Harder than Office Jobs.

[raverenn]

And yet people don’t think retail workers should get a living wage. I’ve literally gotten a five cent raise myself.

[fun-ta-mental]

8 cent raise right here

[kiango]

Hey I’ve said this a million times and i’ll say it again here: I spent some time working in food service as a hostess as a super busy restaurant, only about 20 hours/week. I’ve been working in an office for 2 months fulltime. Not ONCE have i been HALF as tired as I was after a 5 hour shift in food service. Retail and food service is a fucking blight and the way they treat their employees is inhumane.

[chinbereleigh-deactivated202212]

jebus christmas, yes. I’ve worked for 4 years at a place with no raise, no bonus, abused by customers and management and gotten laughed at when my health became a problem and i wanted insurance. No wonder people drink, just sayin.

[gogogadgetgolem]

3 cent raise over here! You’d think that moving into the actual pharmacy where I’m dealing with drugs and shit would maybe help a bit. Nope. Retail is disgusting no matter where you are.