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[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

When you’re just beginning to dabble in graphic design but you really enjoy it:

After a lot of practice and learning:

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

Unova

[fuer-diesen-sommer]

Information

[last-starfighter]

what if i told you we live in a world where you can get plural slogans on a tshirt

or a hoodie

or a sticker or a notebook or an apron or whatever

i wanted to actually start the comic these are supposed to go with before promoting it but fuck it, redbubble sent the store live before i could do anything about it

multiplayer brain: for all your plural swag needs

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

i wish there was a plushie of the fish emoji

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

Debating talking to a doctor about my jaw, seeing as it's bad again after a week or so of being ok

But realistically what will they do? Tell me to take meds I'm already taking, tell me to see a dentist because apparently the entire jaw counts as teeth? Never mind that finding a dentist amounts to calling every single practice within a several mile radius to see if they're taking on new patients, because no medical practice in Scotland knows what a fucking email is

Paracetamol and ibuprofen take so fucking long to kick in for me ugggghhhh I just wanna go back to sleeeeeep

[positivelyqueer]

You've gotta have good biodiversity in your reasons for not killing yourself. Rotate them out like crops when the yield gets low and the soil poor. We're mixing our metaphors. Whatever helps it stick.

You like warm blankets. You like the sound of birdsong. You have a pet that needs taking care of. You have someone to outlive. You have a loved one. You think death would be boring. It's coming for you anyway. Death is patient. When was the last time you had cake? Your favourite musician is going on tour. Or maybe just a halfway decent band at your local bar. You've never seen an elephant. Isn't it amazing that the sky is blue? Aging is a gift not afforded to most. Don't let the bastard grind you down. You can't mend any suffering in the world with your death. You want to see if you can grow herbs on your windowsill. Killing yourself seems like so much effort. What does tiramisu taste like? You're trying to be curious. You're angry and spiteful. What you want more than to die is to rest. This sandwich is so good you don't want to die. Not so long as there are plums to eat and somebody, anybody who gives enough of a damn to haul them to you. A stranger on the internet is holding their hand out and asking.

[draconym]

You haven't finished that book. It's almost strawberry season. There's a chrysalis on the porch that should open soon. There are pastries you've never tried. It's going to be sunny tomorrow. You're going to look very distinguished with gray hair. You have to outlive him. There aren't any easy ways to die. Your package is supposed to arrive on Friday. There are people who will love you that you haven't met yet.

[loveridden1999]

reblog to let your mutuals know you love them very much so

[thepplprty]

What is it with diabetes that makes people think they know more about it than the people who have the disorder. People hear the word diabetes and flock to compete with who can be the most ableist.

Found a video of a girl showing off Diet Soda detector strips (if there's any diabaddies that see this and want it I can link them, they're super helpful), and half of the comments were "you're diabetic you should just be drinking water..." First of all, not only are you just wrong, but you seriously expect diabetics to just never enjoy themselves? Ever?.

Saw another comment under a video about type 1 saying "you did this to yourselves. you ate too much sugar and you got yourself into this situation." And it's just so funny because they're Wrong™️. Type one diabetes is autoimmune and fully hereditary, and not at all effected by diet.

I mean, I know the answer. It's diet culture. People on their fancy diets think they're a superior human being because other people are "unhealthier" than them, and they hear diabetes and think "big fat and lazy with a bad diet" and think they're allowed to walk all over them since they're so superior. Despite the fact that it's a completely false stereotype that doesn't apply to most diabetics.

And btw please do not come under this post saying "but other disorders have that too" this is a vent post about diabetes. Do not derail.

[alarajrogers]

The other thing about diabetes type 2 is that what the evidence actually suggests is that there's an underlying metabolic disorder that causes weight gain and sugar craving before actual diabetes develops.

A lot of type 2's start out as hypoglycemic -- their pancreas is over-producing insulin, causing blood sugar crashes. Insulin stuffs sugar into fat cells, causing people to get fat, if there's too much of it. The overproduction of insulin is a response to slow-growing insulin resistance. Because sugar is a vital part of human energy, people who cannot easily process sugar due to insulin resistance and insulin over-response may crave sugar in order to have enough energy to function.

So you didn't get diabetes because you got fat. You got fat because you were on track to get diabetes. and nobody is addressing the metabolic disorder. Hypoglycemics can be quite skinny -- I was for years. But if you're skinny, nobody is concerned about the fact that you are passing out when you haven't had enough to eat. Because only being fat is ever a medical problem. People who are "normal" weight obviously have nothing wrong with their metabolism whatsoever. :-(

[grace-williams-xo]

To add somewhat to the above, type 2 is genetic. You can’t get it solely from diet alone. As a specialist nurse crudely but not entirely incorrectly once said to me “if it was just diet then every fat/unhealthy person would have diabetes”.

And now going back to the top point, I know exactly what video op is referring to and she made a different video a few weeks prior specifically about harmful comments to t1d’s and instead of getting the point, heaps of comments were basically to the effect of “but we can bully t2ds bc they brought this on themselves, they deserve to be mocked”. HUH. DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES.

I have many chronic conditions. T1D is absolutely the worst by the landslide it’s not even close. I would not wish this on anyone. If you ever think you’d like to make a comment on someone else’s diabetes, of any type, do not do it. If you are a diabetic I trust you to be sensible, otherwise, keep your mouth shut.

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

if this has ever happened to you, you may be entitled to compensation. call 1-800-[REDACTED] to start your claim today

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

Me: ): Me: //imagines Monk calmly and patiently helping kid!Erik with his history homework Me: (:

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

Hellbanger Miku

Outfit based primarily on the outfits worn by Diplo and Gee Rock as seen in Pep Bonet's article on NOOR: Hellbangers, Botswana's Underground Metal Culture, and Crock as seen in the Mother Jones article These Photos of Batswana Metalheads Are Pretty Mind-Blowing

I'm more than a little late with this, but seeing as I'm not personally Motswana and thus can't properly do this the justice it deserves, I think making it long after the trend has died is ok

Listen to Overthrust

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

Hellbanger Miku

Outfit based primarily on the outfits worn by Diplo and Gee Rock as seen in Pep Bonet's article on NOOR: Hellbangers, Botswana's Underground Metal Culture, and Crock as seen in the Mother Jones article These Photos of Batswana Metalheads Are Pretty Mind-Blowing

I'm more than a little late with this, but seeing as I'm not personally Motswana and thus can't properly do this the justice it deserves, I think making it long after the trend has died is ok

Listen to Overthrust

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

i keep looking at the values on things and almost everything i've looked at has 4g of carbohydrates per 100g/ml to the point where it feels a little silly

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

If you haven't seen my other annoying-ass posts about it: I've been diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes

I believe it's a false diagnosis, but what I believe doesn't matter and never has done

Of course I was told immediately to cut back on sugars and carbs. I have an appointment on Friday where they might give me actual advice, but they're more than likely just going to try to peddle Ozempic and give me a piece of paper

But the thing is. I don't consume much sugar, or staple-crop carbs. I have sugar in my tea, drink milk, and like to eat fruit every so often but don't have a sweet tooth at all and can't eat more than a single bite of chocolate in a day. I skip most of the carbs in my meals because mother's cooking could singlehandedly convince me I'm dead and live in hell, and my diet already consists mostly of meat and eggs with spinach when I can get my hands on it

And, to be fair, packet noodles. They're cheap and a good way to get salt into my body (because I very often get headaches that can be cured by salt)

So like, I guess I cut out the noodles. But that can't singlehandedly be my problem, can it?

Mother has already said she's never making me a meal with carbs in it ever again

I don't have much control over my diet, as you might be able to tell. Or my life in general really. I don't even get to choose when I can go outside. But I like good food, and I feel like the small amount of good food I do have is being forcibly ripped from me

I don't get to choose what I put in my body or what my body looks like. I can't get a haircut without permission from both family and the goddamned hairdresser. I am frequently told to do the impossible and lose weight (if I was going to lose weight, it wouldve happened during the time I was consuming 100 calories every other day)

And now I'm losing what little bit of control I do have over my diet and my body, and for what? To live some miserable fucking life where I can't even enjoy food?

The world is fucking burning and I'm not allowed sugar in my weekly cup of tea

And I don't know what to do

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

Update: My diagnosis has been re-affirmed. The tests they did were A1C and I am over the threshold

Mother has calmed the fuck down on trying to control my diet, especially now she has a handy little leaflet to reference instead of listening to chatgpt and going insane. Dark Souls "Humanity Restored" but the humanity is carbs

I am starting metformin and we'll see how it goes

also I was told that it's fine to still have sugar in my tea

thank you so so much to @/roguesareth and @/gqueercatboy for helping me through this, giving me good facts and helping me know what questions to ask

[dissociativeidentitydisaster]

If you haven't seen my other annoying-ass posts about it: I've been diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes

I believe it's a false diagnosis, but what I believe doesn't matter and never has done

Of course I was told immediately to cut back on sugars and carbs. I have an appointment on Friday where they might give me actual advice, but they're more than likely just going to try to peddle Ozempic and give me a piece of paper

But the thing is. I don't consume much sugar, or staple-crop carbs. I have sugar in my tea, drink milk, and like to eat fruit every so often but don't have a sweet tooth at all and can't eat more than a single bite of chocolate in a day. I skip most of the carbs in my meals because mother's cooking could singlehandedly convince me I'm dead and live in hell, and my diet already consists mostly of meat and eggs with spinach when I can get my hands on it

And, to be fair, packet noodles. They're cheap and a good way to get salt into my body (because I very often get headaches that can be cured by salt)

So like, I guess I cut out the noodles. But that can't singlehandedly be my problem, can it?

Mother has already said she's never making me a meal with carbs in it ever again

I don't have much control over my diet, as you might be able to tell. Or my life in general really. I don't even get to choose when I can go outside. But I like good food, and I feel like the small amount of good food I do have is being forcibly ripped from me

I don't get to choose what I put in my body or what my body looks like. I can't get a haircut without permission from both family and the goddamned hairdresser. I am frequently told to do the impossible and lose weight (if I was going to lose weight, it wouldve happened during the time I was consuming 100 calories every other day)

And now I'm losing what little bit of control I do have over my diet and my body, and for what? To live some miserable fucking life where I can't even enjoy food?

The world is fucking burning and I'm not allowed sugar in my weekly cup of tea

And I don't know what to do