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4/10/26 I watched the Artemis II astronauts land and extract safely.

[inber]

Say you break your ankle. You could know everything there is to know intellectually about the injury. Even with this vast knowledge, you will still experience physical pain.

Now take this logic and apply it to things like ADHD, autism, clinical depression, and other less visible/divergent disabilities. You cannot think your way out of feeling.

That is to say: you are not a bad, lazy, or selfish person for struggling, even if you know why you are struggling.

[thepolymorphexperience]

Genuinely, thank you so much for this.

[weaselknievel]

I get so reaction off that stimuulus

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Thinking about m,y tuube:)

[balaclava-trismegistus]

It's so cool to make friends in the computer (forgets to respond to everyone forgets to talk to anyone)

[stillhere-erehllits]

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

[finnglas]

This is honestly one of the places I find Marie Kondo's advice most helpful. I stop, look at the thing I've spent time and money on only to realize I dislike, and I say, "Thank you for teaching me something about myself and my preferences. I think I've learned this particular lesson and we can part ways now."

And then I don't feel like I "wasted" things or made a mistake. I just tried one path of learning about myself, learned something, and now it's time for a different path. Works a lot better for my brain.

[ekjohnston]

The time Marie Kondo said "you can thank a a shirt you've never worn for teaching you about your taste", thereby making it NOT A WASTE literally rewired my whole brain. Acknowledge the thing and move forward, even if that means leaving the thing behind.

[identitty-dickruption]

sometimes you have to take a long hard look in the mirror and say. okay buddy. you stayed up until 2am stressing about shit. you had a nightmare last night. you’re exhausted. don’t expect anything special from yourself today and don’t handle any dangerous goods. sparkle on

[shinraalpha]

i am losing my mind over discovering that there's a species of jumping spider (Pellenes nigrociliatus) that builds nests in empty snail shells and makes little silk webbing curtains to close off the entrance

look at her!! she is so cute!!! i want to cry!!!!

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#1 princess of needing to be fucking medicated

[jarvypup]

anytime i talk to people i feel like i need to be shot.

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Weird long rant bc of one youtube short that doesn't even matter lmao

This is a weird gripe to have, but I saw a short on drawing breasts, except they were using fruit as a substitute. They went on to explain contour lines, which are helpful, but some part of me was conflicted. Using fruit is fine if you're explaining contour lines, but using fruit to represent breasts is odd.

Fruit often has solid/tough skin, breasts are usually soft and pliable. I often see people using bags or balloons to simulate the gravity and shape, which makes more sense especially if you're new to drawing breasts.

It's also just...youtube/tiktok/reels level of censorship. Censorship is dumb, but the artist wanted the video to get more reach, which is respectable...but something bugs me about the emphasis on stuff. "This FRUIT here has these BLOSSOM marks that are in the center of the FRUIT" and I'm like ok, yes, I get that those are nipples. Idk. Idk what point I'm trying to make but somethin just irks my nerves.

Breasts is a medical/anatomical term. We can say "this video is about drawing breasts, but let's use ___ instead."

It might not get much reach, but at least it gets the people going "oohoho is this an innuendo? Oh I KNOW this isn't actually about fruit."

People are annoying >:/

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When will my uterus return from the war

[only-cat-memes]

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I already want more tomodachi life I CANNOT wait for the game to come out rehfhshjfhshfjs

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witnessing a beloved mutual of mine having a category 10 autism event and it's beautiful

[positive-pumpkin]

you don’t have to be “getting better” all the time.

some days are quiet victories. getting out of bed. drinking water. answering one message. choosing to stay.

healing isn’t linear, it’s messy and slow and sometimes it feels like you’re going backwards—but you’re not. you’re learning how to exist in a world that doesn’t always feel made for you.

you are allowed to rest. you are allowed to feel everything. you are allowed to take up space even when you’re struggling.

And even if your brain is loud right now, even if it’s telling you things that aren’t kind, you don’t have to believe it.

You’re still here. That counts for more than you think. 🤍

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