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blizzardphobe

growing up, i dont remember my dad yelling at me when i got in trouble

he yelled when i was playing outside and he wanted me in for dinner, but that was only so id hear him. he yelled the day i told him and my mom about the abuse going on at school, but that was when i was up in my room and he was downstairs yelling over my special ed teacher abusing me and my classmates and the school letting it happen and how messed up it was. he yelled the night he went to kill my uncle cuz he was upset that my uncle had raped my cousin

but he never yelled at me. i wasnt afraid of him screaming at me or worried that he might hit me when i got in trouble

and i grew up just fine. i grew up feeling loved. i grew up able to talk to him about my hobbies and interests. i grew up comfortable around my own dad

its messed up that my experience was something many people i know never had. a lot of those people feel distant from their dad or tense around them. they dont connect with their fathers, and that is a fault on the fathers part. and that issue is yelling

blizzardphobe

‘but hermes how did he discipline you? maybe you were just a good kid?’

im really disorganized, and god i was much worse when i was younger. i didnt finish my homework a lot then either

so when wed get a note home about my incomplete homework and disorganization, my dad….didnt yell at me. wed go about our day and when we were alone, hed bring it up. he was always gentle about it and he took ‘i dont know’ as an answer when he asked me why i had trouble finishing homework or organizing

according to my mom, enough ‘i dont know’s led to me getting my adhd diagnosis

and like…..i got better with organizing and finishing work. why? cuz my dad helped me. he sat down and helped me with my homework. we made a system that helped me finish assignments. he helped me organize my backpack and folders. i still use these systems even though im older and hes not here

when we moved, i didnt like my new special ed teacher at first, mostly cuz i was afraid shed be like my old one. i skipped going to her room a lot. i did whatever i could to avoid her

and so my dad asked me why i didnt go to her class. he asked me while we were doing something we liked, he was gentle about it too, and he had never been even vaguely threatening to me before……so i felt comfortable telling him i was scared

he helped me with this too. he told me to write down everything that happened in special ed and keep the page, so id see after a period of time that she wasnt going to abuse me. he worked with my special ed teacher for us to interact outside of a classroom environment for a little so i wouldnt feel pressured or that she had power over me

yelling isnt discipline. yelling doesnt teach your kid to do the right thing. building trust with them, accepting their answers, and helping them overcome difficulties teaches them to do the right thing

blizzardphobe

the fact that people in the notes are genuinely shocked that a parent doesnt yell at their kid and wish that their parents were like mine is fucked up

I swear these dreams are penance for lying to my sisters about not being in love with you.

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heyatleastitsnotcancer

Selma Blair rocked a cane at the Oscar’s and I am so damn proud of the representation. She’s kicking ass for her first public appearance since her MS diagnosis.

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Just found out moose can dive as deep as 20 feet (6m) for aquatic vegetation. Can you imagine like, being a diver, and you’re 20 feet underwater, it’s murky, and you run into a moose

A

MOOSE!!!!

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This is, by the way, one of the reasons that a regular predator of the moose is the orca whale.

hplyrikz

“I remember crying over you and I don’t mean a couple of tears and I’m blue. I’m talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon.”

— The Avett Brothers, Tear Down the House (via hplyrikz)

youngchronicpain

“Why aren’t you using a mobility aid now, when you were using one earlier in the day?”

Pain medication

I was preserving my limited physical ability so I could use it later in the day

Another part of my body is hurting and preventing me from using that mobility aid and I must bear the pain

I forgot to use it and now my brain and body are on fire

I chose not to use it and completely regret it and now my brain and body are on fire

youngchronicpain

Also, yes, it is no one’s business how you use your mobility aids. You absolutely do not have to answer the above question if someone asks. But I think it is important to spread this kind of information so that people are less ignorant about the topic in general. Because I’m exhausted by how many people I have to educate in my own life. I’m exhausted that there isn’t really any representation in the media for someone living with chronic pain and fatigue the way I do. To comfort me and to help able-bodied people understand how I work my way through life as a disabled young woman with a large range of mobility (that is quite changeable and unpredictable.) If you hear someone making ableists remarks about a person using a particular aid (cane, walker, wheelchair) sometimes but not always, please correct them. Please let them know that they are misinformed, and that what they are saying is damaging. Because sometimes a certain mobility aid is necessary or helpful, and sometimes it isn’t. And that is okay!