i cannot be referred to

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

Ok ok so the muscle bit was an exaggeration

Ummmmm no

If you have a large chunk of skin missing and your muscles are exposed then you need to seek medical attention. That is not a minor injury

… nahhhhhh

It’s not large enough to be a problem, just an annoyance

I swear to god. The first time a friend told me that she was coughing up blood and her health continued to plummet for the next two years. There was not a day where she wasn’t getting increasingly sick. The last time a friend told me that she had fallen and was using crutches. She refused to go to the doctor and now she has permanent nerve damage in her knee. If you tell tell me don’t worry about it it’s not that bad TO WHAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED AS A MAJOR INJURY I WILL CRASH THE FUCK OUT I AM ACTIVELY CRASHING OUT

You don’t need to crash out I promise it’s not a big deal I’ve dealt with this before multiple times

And you think that makes it better?????

Yes??? I know how to deal with it???

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

Ok ok so the muscle bit was an exaggeration

Ummmmm no

If you have a large chunk of skin missing and your muscles are exposed then you need to seek medical attention. That is not a minor injury

… nahhhhhh

It’s not large enough to be a problem, just an annoyance

You don’t need to crash out I promise it’s not a big deal I’ve dealt with this before multiple times

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

Ok ok so the muscle bit was an exaggeration

Ummmmm no

If you have a large chunk of skin missing and your muscles are exposed then you need to seek medical attention. That is not a minor injury

… nahhhhhh

It’s not large enough to be a problem, just an annoyance

asistanttothewallflower

That’s not how that works. You need to seek medical attention even if there’s no blood.

1. No, I have to go to work

2. I never said there was blood

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

Ok ok so the muscle bit was an exaggeration

Ummmmm no

If you have a large chunk of skin missing and your muscles are exposed then you need to seek medical attention. That is not a minor injury

… nahhhhhh

It’s not large enough to be a problem, just an annoyance

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

Ok ok so the muscle bit was an exaggeration

Ummmmm no

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

Hun, what???

Were you degloved? What is this? Why do you have raw muscles exposed to the surface? Do you need hopital

Nah no need hopital. Just had some skin that ripped a little bit (a lotta bit)

random tips for working with kids

Since I've been with my little brothers a lot and it's on my mind

Yelling and swearing has been shown to increase pain tolerance. If you need to pull out a splinter, put hydrogen peroxide on a wound, or do something else they know will hurt, tell them to "yell made-up nonsense to make it hurt less" during the part that will be painful.

Drowning doesn't always look like splashing and gasping. Keep an eye out for kids who look like they're treading water, but aren't always keeping their head above water and aren't responding when you call their name.

If you need to apply sunscreen, aloe vera gel, or other liquids, rub it between your hands first so it's body temperature.

Some kids are particular about medical treatment. If they don't like bandaids, consider getting some made of a different material, finding fun patterns they like, or looking for "liquid/paint-on" bandaids at any well-equipped drugstore. If they don't like medicine, see if you can get it in a different flavor or form (e.g., liquid vs. chewable tablet vs. half-pill [warning: only cut a pill in half if it's clearly made to be, like many OTC allergy medications]).

Pulling a bee stinger out with tweezers can squeeze more venom into the body, making the reaction worse and longer-lasting. Try scraping it out with a credit card or suctioning it out with an infant's medicine syringe instead (short tutorials for both these methods can be found online).

If they don't want to let you put Neosporin or something similar on an abrasion, it might be easier to put it on their finger and direct them to do it themself.

tagging @forghunter in case they have anything to add; anyone feel free to reblog with your own tips!

Adding a few more:

If they can’t see you, they can’t hear you.

If you’re in the pool with a kid who is too young to swim on their own, float on your back and have them (in floaties still) lay on your stomach to get them used to the water and willing to try swimming

Most of the time, they’re throwing a fit because they don’t feel like you’re listening to them. Rather than immediately punishing them, help them calm down and have them explain what they actually want. (Ex. A child is sitting in the bathroom refusing to wash their hands after eating, maybe what they really want is some quiet time)

If they can’t see you, they can’t hear you.

Redirection will always work better than opposition, especially in the case of fighting over a toy. It doesn’t work to tell them to stop fighting, instead distract one of them with something else.

If the child is potty training, ask them every 10 minutes at least if they need to use the bathroom.

If a child starts choking you and won’t let go and you have 6 other kids climbing on you so you can’t get the one off, blow cold air into their face to make them stop (they get surprised)

If you treat them like they’re older than they are (not in the form of content, but in discussion and giving options for things) they’ll actually listen to you.

If they can’t SEE you, they can’t HEAR you. (Reinforcing this one because everyone seems to forget about it)

Threaten time-out and enforce it if needed.

Note: Most of these apply to preschoolers as that’s who I work with the most. Also these are all based on the last two days, I can definitely add more after work tmrw.

Hate the feeling of hot water hitting your muscles directly without the barrier of ✨skin✨

Tis… ow

guys i feel weak and nauseous and shaky and bad :( i fully did this to myself by eating moldy bread this afternoon but i didnt know it would have CONSEQUENCES

you did what

pixelzbad

Wait what, that’s, uh, ok ok

Aspie. You did WHAT?!

it tastes kinda good though.

guys i feel weak and nauseous and shaky and bad :( i fully did this to myself by eating moldy bread this afternoon but i didnt know it would have CONSEQUENCES

you did what

pixelzbad

Wait what, that’s, uh, ok ok

Aspie. You did WHAT?!

guys i feel weak and nauseous and shaky and bad :( i fully did this to myself by eating moldy bread this afternoon but i didnt know it would have CONSEQUENCES

you did what

hashbrown-motel-memes

asistanttothewallflower

@ars-per-aspera @forghunter is this what I sound like???

#fucking allergies #fuck this shit #i’m giving up #no more medicine #I’m still fucking dying with the damn medicine because of this stupid fucking IgE #and the medicine fucking hurts so fuck it

Yes

Don’t yall just love it when you find out the protein that keeps trying to kill you is repopulating inside your body and now the medicine to trap the protein can’t trap the protein fast enough. I certainly do -_-

Fuck, I’m Gonna Cry Again

pushing 90 on the highway,

the memories

should have been kept at bay

“stateside” blaring in my ears;

the noise should’ve kept them away!

but fuck, i’m gonna cry again.

fuck, i have no time to spend.

and fuck, i can’t see round this bend…

i really think this is the e-

Smile At Me

disrupt the peace of my nervous system;

ruin the emotional stability i’ve worked so hard to perfect,

then smile at me.

wrap your hands around my neck,

choke the life from my willing body,

then smile at me.

make my skin a painting;

streaks of red and kaleidoscopes of purple and blue,

then smile at me.

scream at me; tell me the stinging words

you know i’ll never forget,

then smile at me.

because all i ever wanted

was for you to smile at me.

PERFECT!

pull up to the function

with our perfect, plastic smiles,

plastered tight, leaving no cracks.

PERFECT!

we’re here! we’re ready!

no, of course we’re not hiding tears in our eyes!

of course our throats aren’t choked up!

we’re perfect!

PERFECT!

“wow, look at them,

and how put together they are!”

yes, of course!

we’re perfect!

PERFECT!

everyone admire us;

watch our fun little game of pretend

and say we’re

PERFECT!

bask in the glory

of our functional family,

and watch how well we interact, cuz we’re

PERFECT!

remark on the “deep bond”

between parent and child.

you’ll never know the truth.

but think that; please!

because everyone thinks we’re

PERFECT!

….

fuck that.

before we arrived,

our emotions did a full swing.

before we pulled up,

we had 10 mental breakdowns.

before we even got in the car,

things were said and done.

things that can never be taken back.

and i’m done with pretending we’re

PERFECT!

…

“hello!

how are you?”

“oh, i’m fine!”

the comfortable lie

they always buy.

but how would they know?

We’re just so

PERFECT!