Dance of the Bipolar Bear

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On not posting

Sometimes posting to my blog is a joy. I feel connected and like I’ve reached out to touch the world beyond my small life.

Sometimes I take days, weeks, even months off from my various forms of online communication. Because communication is not the same thing as community.

There are a lot of beautiful communities online: virtual hubs that center around Love and compassion rather than competition and keeping up appearances.

Nonetheless, the communities that nourish me are the living and breathing intersections I find away from my screens. I want coffee with a friend. I want a protest rally (like March for Our Lives yesterday!). I want to sing and dance with others and to stay up too late talking. In person, not on an app.

So here’s to NOT posting. And here’s to posting about not posting.

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Sometimes...

...The day asks more of me than I thought I had to give and then I go ahead and give it. That’s a very good day.

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[jstlifelessons]

The devil in disguise.. #habits #factsoflife #quotes #justlifelessons

[beastmac]

so uh. hey. anyone autistic wondering why their trauma is affecting them so harshly despite thinking it wasn’t as severe as it could’ve been?? here’s your reassurance that you’re not overreacting, your Trauma Bank ™ just runs on overdrive.

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

Read the article; it does a decent job of explaining both the neuroscience and breaking the neuroscience down into an easier to, well, English.

http://unstrangemind.com/autistics-are-at-greater-risk-of-trauma/

[jstlifelessons]

5 things you should quit in life. #lifequotes #lifelessons #justlifelessons #mustdoagain

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I just have to avoid overthinking the first 4...

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We’re all bipolar.

My friend said that to me the other day. She has lived with depression, and she knows well the vast emotional terrain one person can traverse. The idea that we’re all bipolar really resonates with me...don’t we all go through highs and lows? Join the bipolar club, my friends. Another name for it is humankind.

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Ain’t that the truth.

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If we wish to be let in on the secrets of life, we must be mindful of two things: first, there is the great melody to which things and scents, feelings and past lives, dawns and dreams contribute in equal measure, and then there are the individual voices that complete and perfect this full chorus.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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[yayfeminism]

Why does being a woman put you at greater risk of having anxiety? Part biology, part what we teach our kids about their place in the world.

[redshiftsinger]

So we’re teaching girls to be anxious wrecks and boys to disregard the possibility of consequences for incautious behavior.  This explains a lot of things. Like… why women are anxious wrecks and men are frequently surprised when it turns out their actions do in fact have consequences. And why men don’t bother asking for help even when they really need it, and thus more frequently die from treatable health conditions (including depression), while women end up getting a broad stereotype of being hypochondriacs (and then having a hard time getting treatment for legitimate health concerns).

[cr0wsb4br0s]

https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_paul_to_raise_brave_girls_encourage_adventure/transcript

[annaknitsspock]

Great example of how feminism serves not just women but people of all genders, including men.

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A friend shared this today. Unfolding in time but remaining discontinuous is a perfect summation of my experience at high tide (i.e. hypomania).

[sheisrecovering]

Being alive is not easy. Be proud of how far you have come. 

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Amen.

[silverhawk]

this bird genuinely looks so Gothic™ to me that i had to show everyone in its own post so

its called the long-tailed widowbird and i think its just genuinely so Cool Looking and wanted to appreciate its long tail some more

[silverhawk]

you have to see them flying too i

nyOO-

NYOOOOOM

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HEY HEY HEY THIS IS REALLY COOL

We have a bird that looks REALLY SIMILAR TO THIS in the US!

It’s called the Red-winged Blackbird and it looks like this:

REALLY SIMILAR COLORING but the tail’s not as long and, more importantly, the beak’s shaped differently, suggesting that they’re not actually super-close relatives.

BUT WHY DO THEY HAVE NIGH-IDENTICAL COLORING OF SUCH A SPECIFIC NATURE?

I DON’T KNOW THIS ANSWER TO THIS, BUT IT’S REALLY FASCINATING.

BIRDS!

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Wow.

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i really wanna draw a cow. idk why but i REALLY want to

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:]

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theyre girlfriends

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thank you all for the support this is the most notes my art has ever gotten! i know it’s just silly drawings of cows but it means a lot :D you’ve all made this stupid 15 yr old lesbians day

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These cows make me happy.

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The created realm is not an artifact but an instrument through which the divine life becomes perceptible to itself.

Cynthia Bourgeault