[targetedknowledge]

[homunculus-argument]

Feeling physical exhaustion as a psychosomatic reaction to things that feel daunting or intimidating is such a ridiculously counterproductive thing to do. Like there's a situation that requires you to be alert and mentally present and paying attention, and your brain just goes "hey I don't wanna. I don't wanna be here. How about going unconscious instead. No fuck you we're warping out. Night night."

[ygmtwr-atrus]

Like most annoying human things it's really just a healthy mechanism that's been pushed too far.

I'm pretty sure it stems from "This is going to take work so I should rest and maybe eat something first"

But when you are exhausted all the time, and/or don't have enough time, etc... It gets pushed too far and you get caught in the loop of "I just need MORE rest and maybe food first" infinitely, every time you look at it, because of disability and capitalism and then self re-enforcing habits and so on.

The best advice I can give is to learn to consciously gauge what your actual limits are and how much rest or recovery you actually need before starting, and to maybe break daunting things down into smaller tasks and rest in between.

This doesn't really help for things that have come up that you can't really put off, except maybe to help inform you that you are in fact maybe being over extended.

The fact that most of us live most of our adult lives in a state of constantly being over-extended and accepting that as normal is kind of a problem.

If you are encountering the problem a lot, it might mean you need to take on less, or get something diagnosed, or sleep or eat more.

[homunculus-argument]

How do I proceed if The Daunting Task that the brain is trying to avoid is trying to understand why a normal situation is stressful? Like okay time for a 100% normal function the average adult has no problem with, and the brain just goes "no fuck u we will not."

[inkprincesse]

A lot of recent studies coming out strongly suggest that psychosomatic pain is not a thing. It’s really chronic inflammation triggered by an already distressed system that now thinks you’re in mortal danger bc of the added stress. The physical energy to handle it isn’t there, like on a cellular level.

The person above you is kinda right. I felt this way for years with no answer, then this may I find out they’ve renamed PCOS, it’s PMOS now, and it’s a gd METABOLIC DISORDER. I learned about that and like 2 other conditions I most likely have bc genetics, started taking the advice around what specific nutrients and supplements I needed and it’s not like I’m magically better now, but I’m definitely in Random Pain or Physical Distress a lot less often already

TL;DR: It’s probably not actually The Thing Itself sapping your energy, it’s just where you notice it being gone bc addressing it would require a lot more than the daily average, and your body is trying to beg you to conserve energy for sone reason or another.

[homunculus-argument]

Does PMOS still happen if you don't have ovaries?

[theunicorncomic-blog]

Yep! That’s why they changed the name to polyendocrine metabolic syndrome (PMOS). It affects the whole body, not just the ovaries. The ovarian cysts were just the first thing doctors noticed about the syndrome in ovary owners, but it affects all areas of the body related to the endocrine system. Cis men get it too, but because people with ovaries presented with the cysts, that became the primary symptom the doctors looked for, regardless of whether or not that is actually the primary cause and/or root of the syndrome. You can have it without the cysts, something that doctors would dismiss when people would come in looking for a diagnosis. (Now that we’ve figured out that cis men can get it, it’s being better studied for a solution other than “throw birth control at it” because medical sexism is fun)

[probuccalfat]

Girl I was scrolling through your blog and I had to google "shane dawson" and "pewdiepie" back to back who are these people 😭

you might be the only pure soul left

[tsunflowers]

the sun is a sickly orange color today with a haze of smog blurring its edges. it truly looks like something you would use in a scifi movie to clue the audience in that something has gone very wrong

[tsunflowers]

here’s a pic from the local reddit that honestly looks even scarier than what I’m seeing now

[pumpkinsforsale]

Anyone else noticed the air is unbreathable and the food is poison and the sun is blocked out of the sky

[isuggesteatingtherich]

i have a suggestion

[jewish-joy]

Last year, I befriended a Catholic seminarian. We've gotten to be pretty decent friends. Seeing as he was staying in town for the summer and I wasn't, I entrusted him with caring for my plant.

He did a wonderful job, but as he was returning my plant to my custody, he explained "I watered her every other day, I gave her new dirt, moved her into the sunshine, prayed the rosary-"

"What?"

He looked at me, confused. "Isn't she a plant you pray with?"

"No," I said slowly. "She's a prayer plant. That's the... colloquial name of the plant."

Upon seeing his stricken face, I realized something went wrong. Turns out, this entire time, he's been including my plant in on his prayers and leaving her near icons.

Listen, totally cool. My plant becoming Catholic is a great deal for her not dying over the summer. But now I must navigate this interfaith household. Keep me in your thoughts.

[your-dewey-decimal-number-is]

282 and 635.965

catholicism and houseplants

[trangoldin]

[jinxproof]

[targetedknowledge]

[jinxproof]

- Miuccia Prada, 2016.

Backstage with Miuccia Prada | S/S 1997

© Filippo Fortis

[catchymemes]

[wumbreon]

May we all know decadence such as this

[charlesoberonn]

"godless beast" and it's literally Dionysus in animal form.

[rentedstarship]

Xingzi Gu, Untitled (moon and cherry)

[so-much-for-subtlety]

[pingintech]

literally a cartoon bad guy

[despazito]

Finally got a clear shot of noonoo carrying her spring, it's her favourite toy

[krambee]

noonoo….

[phantomrose96]

After 13 years of this, it's still funny to me that detailing a full mental breakdown on tumblr is standard fare, but posting a nice selfie is a fraught decision.

[loki-zen]

this is the correct way around and every other social media site is wrong

[dogpuppy]

[cxbin-pxrsephone]

“But EPIC isn’t accurate either!”

I’m sorry but I’m gonna judge a movie with a 250 million budget and Oscar winning director harsher than I judge a musical made by a (formerly) smaller artist that started posting his music on TikTok for the fun of it

[yellow-cat]

waiiit i forgot to be angry. ok im angry again

[yellow-cat]

ok im in the guilt part of the spiral now ill keep you updated

[yellow-cat]

now its time to be scared

[yellow-cat]

wise words my beloved mutual. ive decided to be angry again