maintain yo.

im okay with silence. it leaves room for the mind to wonder

[coral]

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

(via kushandwizdom)

[intangible-rice]

When I was 17 my appendix ruptured because I thought I was just having period cramps and didn’t go to the hospital so don’t tell me PMS symptoms are no big deal

[lingering-spirit]

this actually happened to me during my math final and i didn’t think anything of it and when i was later admitted to the hospital my math prof was asking me ‘you didn’t have to take the final! why didn’t you tell me it hurt?!?!’ and i told him i’ve had cramps worse.

he gave me 100

[kadenonio]

This is actually an extremely common occurrence simply because in sex ed they don’t teach you how to tell the difference between menstrual cramps and other more serious pains. The way to tell the difference between cramps and appendicitis is that while menstrual cramps are generalized toward the middle of the stomach below the belly button, pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain. It also comes on extremely suddenly and will worsen over time or when you make a sudden movement, like a cough or a sneeze.

Basically, if you’re feeling any sort of pain, even if it’s menstrual cramps, don’t hesitate to tell the school nurse or a parent, or if you’re out of school and home even make a doctor’s appointment. Chances are if your cramps are that bad there’s something they can do to improve that as well.

[vandigo-deactivated20180131]

I am boosting the shit out of that reply, because I am twenty-fucking-five years old and did not know how to tell the two pains apart

[teacupdream]

Adding another diagnostic tool! This is something we use in the ER called the rebound test. Basically, appendicitis and cramps react differently to certain things. If you’re still not sure if you have cramps or appendicitis, take two fingers and press them into your abdomen where the pain is (try repeating this on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen just to be sure.)

When you press in firmly, it will probably hurt. Here’s the test: LET GO. Does it get better or get worse? Appendicitis will immediately hurt worse when you let go. Cramps will not. Go to the ER if the rebound test makes it worse!

[rainbowrowell]

THE REBOUND TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

My husband got sent home from the ER with a rupturing appendix. When he came back and was rushed into surgery, the surgeon was super angry – “Why didn’t anyone do the rebound test?!”

[rissa-annnn]

notice sadness is in charge in the mother’s mind 

and anger leads in the father’s mind

Perhaps her mother is prone to depression and her father has anger issues?

Perhaps they too learned how to deal with their problems.

Imagine using this cartoon to explain mental illnesses to children, teens, and even adults

[thesassyseaturtle-blog]

Hi! I work at a mental health clinic and we have already started using this movie to help kids identify feelings and work on controlling them! We have action figures so that non verbal kids can still show us what feelings they are having. This movie really is revolutionary for mental health services everywhere!

[bagyourbilbos-deactivated201611]

this makes me so happy.

[snorlaxatives]

[ucresearch]

[thenerdgirlcometh]

I actually believe artists and scientists think very similarly. Complex, abstract thought? They both have that down. It’s all about where that thinking takes you after that.

[who-let-the-daleks-out]

Words cannot describe how much I love this post.

[sognimpossibili-deactivated2015]

Actress and doctorate in neuroscience

MY FUCKING HERO

[daylightt-deactivated20240214]

waking up and realizing you slept through your alarm

[chaz]

WHERE DO THESE GIFS EVEN COME FROM

[catsbeaversandducks]

The perks of being a wildlife photographer.

[zenami-beta]

[glasmond]

But sweetheart, you did not end this comic.

Here, let me help you.

The love (as well as the hate) you give will always come back to you at some point in your life. Believe me, I know exactly what I am talking about.

[wizardshark]

THAT IS THE CUTEST RESPONSE TO THIS EVER AND IT MADE ME TEARY EYED

[our-lord-onikami]

The power of love never dies

[sugarystrawberrybear-blog]

I give happiness then they give me happiness.

[marrows]

I recently read an article about how women use the word “just” in work life and personal life more than men do because we feel we need to apologize or make whatever we have to say quick. “I’m just writing to say…” “I just want to know…” “Just checking in…”. It seems to trivialize what we have to say. 

Don’t apologize or feel you need to make little of what you are saying. Say it with intention. “I’m writing to tell you this…” “I want you to know…” “I’m checking in to make sure…" 

Since reading the article I’ve become aware of how much I was adding “just” so soften what I had to say, whether it needed to be softened or not. Say what you have to say with confidence and intent. without apology. what you have to say, no matter what it is, is important.

[thefrogman]

This jumping, wall climbing sheep is freaking Otis out. 

[voidwish-deactivated20170416]

i’m in bed and was wondering where my cat is so i was all “oh I’ll just text him” and opened the messages app before i realized what i was doing

[lemonglow2018-deactivated201808]

My head, or as I like to call it, my suffering dome,

[awwww-cute]

[drakensberg-blog]

The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

[poupon]

how dare you say we piss on the poor

[blushandbourbon]

Sometimes you fall off the wagon for months. Sometimes you tell yourself you’re gonna start fresh on Monday and by Wednesday you’ve already fallen back off. Sometimes you have to restart a 100 times and it’s frustrating. But it will be okay. You can do this. One day at a time

[emoticons-translated]

[ivywinds-deactivated20160209]

he just stops being angry and instead acquires a blank, void expression

[queenwhiskey]

“what am I fighting for?”

[creampuffanatomy]