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Jules of Nature
One Nice Bug Per Day
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@mmmm-gross
“A pop can tab opener? Who needs that?”
It’s not for you.
“Why would anyone get a hairdryer holder, just use your hands to hold it.”
It’s not for you.
“Portable collapsible stools are proof of how lazy this generation is getting.”
It’s not for you.
“A chord assist for a guitar? Why don’t people just use their fingers like everyone else?”
IT’S NOT FOR YOU.
Fun fact! Not everything is about or for you!
Dear god... TWO OF THEM
Can I just say, as a mostly homebound disabled person, that the people who keep making post saying how if you don't do activism irl you aren't doing anything at all, or that make it sound like not doing irl activism means you don't actually care, are being fucking ableist. And I've seen other disabled people do this too. Just cause you can go to protests, meetings, or other irl stuff, or your neighbors are safe to talk to, or you can afford to donate money doesn't mean everyone can.
Sharing verified/researched information online and getting myself more educated on stuff like politics, or history, or activist movements is about all I can manage, along with things like signing petitions and emailing my representatives. I do what I am capable of when I am capable.
A lot of you sound like you would feed me to the fucking fascists yourselves just so you can keep your perception of being the Correct Kind of activist.
This isn't even getting into the people who think everyone in red states should be left to fucking die in natural disasters. Not all of us are fucking republicans. Or what about the children that would die? Or people who can't vote? If you have to dehumanize (or ignore the existence of) people to get your point across, idk maybe your point is bad. Maybe you shouldn't be stereotyping entire states or methods of action like people are a monolith.
This disability pride month I'm BEGGING you to acknowledge and care about the people in this community who often fly under the radar when it comes to positivity and information. People who require equipment to live, like ventilators, pacemakers, and feeding tubes. People who are bedbound. People with visible differences. People who have disabilities caused by things like substance abuse, overdose, or self harm. People with conditions so rare that they've never met someone who has the same one. People who need full time care and have to have help to use social media.
If you want to support the community, that means supporting all of the community. Disability pride means being proud of every last one of us, and making sure everyone feels heard. Make sure to amplify the voices of those who need it this month, and ideally for the rest of the year too.
I'm going to clarify here and now that "visible difference" =/= mobility aid user. There is plenty of positivity on this site for mobility aid users. Visible differences are things like limb differences and facial differences, for a couple of examples. Please don't make this another post about mobility aid users in general, that isn't the point at all.
people with ID/DD
please please please i wish people cared about people with ID/DD
that's intellectual and developmental disabilities
and autism IS a developmental disability (a big portion of people with which are also sorely underrepresented anywhere, and even often pushed out of "autism-friendly" spaces for various unfair and unreasonable reasons, like having symptoms in a way people don't like- bluntness or being too excitable or not knowing things or not knowing what is and isn't appropriate to say or taking things to heart, or for being highly symptomatic and/or higher support needs and talking about it) but i mean developmental disability that is especially like this, but it's hard for me to articulate, like a bunch of different colors of paint sloshed together in a bucket:
you get chromosomal or genetic conditions which cause unique facial features and sociocognitive profiles like williams syndrome and fragile x syndrome, neuromuscular or neurological conditions like cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, then all of the physical disability and illness that comes from those or can be caused by those as a "complication", like scoliosis and lordosis and kyphosis especially, possible intellectual disability, possible autism or adhd, possible learning disability/learning disabilities, possible cognitive disability especially brain damage, possible eating disorders, possible speech disorder/s, possible seizure or tic disorders, possible ocd, possible other mental illnesses, possible allergies, intolerances, and skin conditions, possible vision and/or hearing issues especially strabismus, gait and limb differences, frequent infections and illnesses, and a lot lot lot lot more, some of us even just have a whole lot of birth defects for no real reason
all together in one person
and it's a lot of people who are like this. a lot more people than people think. we're not rare
but i don't see people talk about it
and even, i think a lot of disabled people feel repulsed by us, that they feel like we're "not the same thing as them"
and every time somebody DOES talk about symptoms that can happen with ID/DD there's pushback, people say, "no, they know what they're doing and that it's wrong/inappropriate/annoying/rude and they're just using disability as an excuse", people think that everything ID/DD people do is deliberate and calculated
we get alienated and isolated, even though we didn't do anything wrong. we get singled out for "being disabled wrong" by other disabled people, they don't want to be associated with us, but abled people don't want to be around us either. we get avoided and ignored for being "weird" or "creepy" or "annoying" or "immature". people don't even think of our existence, and if they're told about it, they contest it, they don't think anyone can just not be totally aware, or not be able to learn or do certain things at all whatsoever, they don't understand or care that someone could genuinely not understand and not be able to understand certain concepts like boundaries, consequences, good and bad, theory of mind, and what is and isn't appropriate to say or do. they don't think anyone can be... genuinely disabled?
i just want acceptance for all of me and the people i grew up with and the people i care about so so so bad
people still make fun of strabismus all the time, it's impossible to avoid, it's in deltarune multiple times, it's in dungeon meshi multiple times, that spongebob meme, the crazy emoji, memes random people do of their characters or sonas, or speech impediments, there's a streamer i watched and she does this voice and i can't enjoy it when she does that because that sounds like me, the speech is "simple" and the things she says makes no sense and she slurs when she does it. homestar runner sounds like people i knew growing up. roulxs kaard's lisp is just a joke to people and to toby maybe. brain damage and intellectual disability are just a joke to everyone, even to socially conscious people who care about ableism, and it's not fucking fair, why are we always, always, always the acceptable target of mockery and why don't people ever THINK about it
i know a lot of sped classes are isolated from "regular" classes but i still never understand how it seems like THIS MANY people have never met an ID/DD person in their life, or that if they have they just don't care, because i don't think they see us as HUMAN
LMFAO
Reblog daily for health and prosperity
Some cleansing positive energy for your timeline
To make it perfectly clear where I stand…
having a freeze response to stress is so funny in the context of normal adult stressors. millions of years of evolution are trying to tell me that the email will not find me if i stay very still and do nothing
The core challenge for structurally dissociated individuals is the effect of trauma-related triggers on their fragmented parts. Triggers lead to trauma-related hijacking of the Going On with Normal Life part by other parts, resulting in internal struggles between the trauma-related parts and the Going On with Normal Life part. For example, accomplishing you “To-Do” list for the day is limited by a part’s fear of leaving the house, or your wishes for closeness and friendship are countered by the fight part’s mistrust of anyone with whom you have a relationship. These inner struggles will be reflected in a series of difficulties thinking, making decisions, and managing your symptoms and impulses. The following is a more specific list detailing the different ways in which the presence of structurally dissociated parts can manifest in your life:
Evidence of child parts. At times, you feel small and your body language young, whatever your chronological age. Sometimes you suddenly lose the ability to speak, worry a lot about being rejected and abandoned, have difficulty being alone, or need help in accomplishing basic activities (e.g. shopping, cooking, driving, turning on the computer).
Patterns of indecision. You find it difficult to make even small, everyday decisions and to commit to activities, relationships, or jobs. You may have noticed a pattern of committing and then changing your mind or starting out a new job or relationship very easily, then having things fall apart. You are sometimes very responsible, especially to others, and at other times very irresponsible, usually to yourself.
Patterns of self-destructive and addictive behavior. Despite your commitment to your family or job or to living, you find yourself engaging in behavior that you would never choose. For example, your Going On with Normal Life self might swear not to do any more binge-eating at night–and then, hours later, you might find yourself halfway through a pint of ice cream.
Difficulty “being here, now–in the present moment.” While your Going On with Normal Life self tries to avoid thinking about the past, the trauma-related parts are chronically preoccupied with danger, fearful, angry, sad, or lonely.
Difficulty soothing or even managing the overwhelming emotions and impulses of the parts. Even when your normal life is a very safe and stable one, trauma-related parts may interpret traumatic triggers as signs that they are in the same danger of being annihilated, humiliated, or abandoned as they were in childhood.
from Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma by Janina Fisher
one of my favorites of all time
that’s kamala harris
i was right
Imagine a bee rn in a hive muttering "the beekeeper is not real because he is not intervening or helping me at all with this disastrous relationship I have with another bee". now imagine that's you talking about the good lord. now imagine a dog with a propeller hat on
Filing this in my memory right next to this thread:
THE best advice i've ever gotten was when i mixed weed and alcohol and my body freaked out. a friend of mine told me "these next 20 minutes are going to be the worst 20 minutes of your life, and you are going to feel terrible. but then we'll get to the club, we'll get you some water, and it'll be over and you will be fine." (i didn't make it to the club i ended up throwing up as soon as we got out of the uber but that's beside the point.) it is SO grounding to, whenever things are bad and terrible, just think "this is going to be the worst 10 minutes/hour/day/week of my life. it will be terrible. but after that it will be over, and i will be fine."
the second best advice is probably don't mix weed and alcohol
why is this about to make me sob
a poem i am sure everyone has seen but i'm still going to share anyway
as well as this other poem inspired by giovanni's
and this beautiful tweet
Trying to get a glass of water but i cant. The water goes up
What do you mean the water goes up
It goes up.
happy birthday to water goes up
@hellsite-hall-of-fame
"being distressed about an evil thought is what shows you're a good person" = bad, unhelpful, is not at all conducive to OCD recovery
"there's no such thing as a good or bad thought", "your thoughts do not define your morality", etc = good, helpful, acknowledges the fact that thoughtcrime isn't real
remember kids, implying that distress is what makes you a good person is NOT a good way to encourage people to build a life where they are able to learn to live alongside intrusive thoughts
Could a homosexual lend me, an asexual, a single use of the word flaming?
YOU have obtained:
🔥 ×1
I, a flaming asexual, need someone to please call the fire department. It is an emergency.
Perfectly executed joke, no notes
Last night I was talking to my boyfriend, and I couldn’t think of the word ‘library’, so I said ‘book ranch’. He thought it was hilarious and started making up alternative names for ‘librarian’.
“Cowbook! Like cowboy! No…Readcher? Like Rancher? No, fuck this is hard…”
and just now I heard him yell “BOOKAROO” from the other end of the apartment in the most triumphant tone of voice i’ve ever heard
“Howdy, pardner. Name’s Tex. Biblio Tex.”
me, looking at my own behaviour: it's almost like... something bad had happened to me
