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i'm sunniva, 22, from norway

[anxietyproblem]

[anxietyproblem]

[wolfinthethorns]

Honestly, in my work as a therapist, I’m seeing this A Lot, and tbh I still don’t have a satisfactory approach to it. A heavy dose of Existentialist “create your own Purpose” tempered with “when the plane’s going down, put your own oxygen mask on first”, but… yeah, there is no ethical way to work on individual emotional distress without acknowledging the systemic socioeconomic, geopolitical fuckery going on at the moment, and the sheer grief that comes with it.

[castielific]

I’m a guidance counselor/psychologist for teenagers and it’s getting really hard to motivate young people to work for a future they don’t believe in. 

 They look at ther future and see global warming, wwIII, unemployement, political unstability, poison in everything  they eat, the earth and animals dying all around them. 

I saw this video where someone was asking french teens in the 50s how they imagine the future would be. The war hadn’t been over for long and yet it was all positive with like peace and flying cars and such. Then they went and ask the same questions to nowadays teens and hell that was depressing. Some still had hope, but it was just that “well I hope I’ll have a nice house and maybe some kid” but there was such a hesitancy to it, like they didn’t dare to hope too much. 

People mock Greta Thunberg but what they don’t get is that when she said “you stole my dreams”, it was the truth. 

Young people don’t get to dream like they used to. They don’t dream anymore, they grief all that won’t be anymore and that’s just so fucking sad. 

[danielhowell]

I'm here and still filled with existential fear.

Hello it is I, Daniel returneth from the void. It has been a long time since I have expressed my presence with snazzy new merch, so to celebrate my return to the world of the living, what better theme than SKELETONS? These new items are things we have been working on separately for a long time (just like my video) but they all came together now, which is the universe clearly saying this is meant to be. Skeleton Vest / T-Shirt

Featuring an incredible graphite illustration by Neil McCathie, which could be an actual photo from the inside of my coffin if I was hit by a meteor tomorrow. Simultaneously scary and soft. This comes on a white vest for anyone that wants to feel the summer breeze on their bones, or a distressed black t-shirt for people who have something eating them up on the inside so hard it’s broken through your clothing. Pin Badge Set

A collection of enamel pin badges that really express an existential state. Coffee, candle, computer and a new chapter to symbolise your ability to achieve anything you want in this life - while ominously holding a skull as if you’re about to break into a monologue.

Silver Earring Set

A set of silver-look earrings designed to mix and match with your mood. A hoop, a skull, smiley face (that you have to spin upside down ofc), triangle, moon and a single stud. Yes, I basically just designed these to wear myself as it’s the set I always wanted. I hope you enjoy this cool collection which feels very authentically me. Now let’s all look forward to the future with wide eye sockets! - Dan

shop.danielhowell.com / us.shop.danielhowell.com / au.shop.danielhowell.com

[legislacerator]

pretty fucked up that brokeback mountain is a horrifically sad movie and yet everyone acted like it was peak comedy

i remember when brokeback mountain was released (before i realized i was gay) and i remember everyone making “i wish i knew how to quit you” jokes and looking back it’s absolutely depressing how people reacted to brokeback mountain

the movie was a depressing look into being closeted and in love and being outed and gay ppl being violently murdered and somehow all straight people took away from it was “it’s so funny because…. they’re Gay…. it’s a Gay Movie”

[plain-flavoured-english]

I remember when Brokeback Mountain came out. It was the joke of the year. People thought the ‘gay cowboy movie’ was the funniest thing they’d ever heard of. SNL had a field day. You couldn’t get away from the ‘I wish I could quit you’ jokes. It wasn’t until years later when I actually saw it that I was like, ‘Holy shit, this is a deadly-serious fucking tragedy. What the fuck, people. What the fuck.’

[walkyriesrising-deactivated2018]

straights love to make fun of gay men’s pain. nothing new.

[aliciaclarker]

i hate people who can go to sleep as soon as they shut their eyes like that shit takes me 3 hours, 700 position changes and a sacrifice to the gods

[santiagonex]

why did god make men last really short during sex while making women last really long during sex? the answer is easy sillies… man on man and woman on woman relationships were ALWAYS meant to be… man jerks off another man and they’re like this is it, it’s enough of an adventurous “sex” for AT LEAST a month…. us lads, we GET each other in EVERY way… while lesbians are out there beating each other’s meat for half an hour and they go to round 2 ten seconds later… they’re strong legends, that’s what they are… long story short, miss nature knows what’s up… so what’s up? mlm and wlw is the NATURAL way of living while a man/woman relationship is just a FORMAL communal way to help procreate gay legends

[unpretty]

thank god for the mythbusters though because it used to be that whenever i knew i had insomnia i’d just kind of accept it and stay up doing whatever until my morning classes and spend the day feeling like shit

but then they did an episode where they established that even just fucking laying there for a half hour, not even sleeping just laying there and not even for an hour, makes a significant difference and you’ll feel way better

it has made a huge difference in my life to know that it’s okay if i can’t fall asleep, it takes a lot of the pressure off and ironically helps me fall asleep better

[inkstainedchocolateeyes]

…i did not know this, thank you

[unpretty]

If anyone wants to look it up, the episode was specifically the Deadliest Catch crossover ep, and the myth was that it’s better/safer when working a 30 hour shift to take a 20 minute nap every six hours rather than try to power through. They did an obstacle course test, one without naps and one with, and even though they couldn’t even sleep half the time the naps resulted in their scores doubling.

So actually I undersold it, even if it’s 7:40 and your alarm goes off at 8 just lie down and shut your eyes and it will still be better than nothing

[spooniecollection]

This is what my mom always tells me: “You’ll rest even when you’re just lying down”. Good to know for everyone who has problems sleeping. 

[conquerorwurm]

This is really important to remember!!

[maggie-stiefvater-deactivated20]

if you learn nothing else from following me, learn this.

I’ll also add: you can train yourself to be better at napping. Set an alarm for 12, 22, or 30 minutes. Lay there the entire time, whether or not you sleep. When it goes off, get up, no matter what. You’ll eventually train yourself to understand that you can relax and sleep for those few minutes (and yes, 12 minutes can still help). SUPER IMPORTANT: get up when the alarm goes off. If you sleep longer than 30 minutes at a time, you can enter a different stage of sleep and then you’ll have that dreaded sleep paralysis when you get up, when your legs are 1,000 pounds and your head is stuffed with grass clippings.

[strangeauthorarchive]

hi im author the post stealer. im stealing a post from a nasty person to warn you about a nasty book.

here we go:

Do not support Adam (2018)

I recently heard the news that Adam by Ariel Schrag will be getting a movie. I read the book myself about a year and a half ago and I cannot stress enough just how problematic it is.

Adam is a book about a cis boy pretending to be a trans man in order to trick a lesbian into dating him.

Adam goes to New York to stay with his lesbian sister for the summer, and while he’s there he meets trans men who consider themselves lesbians. At a party he meets a lesbian he thinks is pretty and in order to get into a relationship with her he lies and tells her he’s a pre transition trans man. Let’s make a list of some of the highlights from the book, shall we?

At the very beginning of the book his sister and her girlfriend visit home and Adam and his friend spies on them having sex.

Almost all the trans men in the book identify as lesbians, implying that they are still women because they haven’t transitioned yet.

Adam, a cis straight boy, tells a lesbian that he is a trans man to trick her into dating him.

Incidentally Adam is 17 I believe, pretending to be 21. His girlfriend is in the 23 range, I don’t recall exactly.

There are explicit sex scenes, the first of which involved Adam using an ace bandage to hold his erection down and using a strapon to have sex with her.

In the second one he claims to be using a strapon but is, in reality, using his actual penis.

Which is fucking rape.

The book doesn’t try to justify this, it somehow manages to do something worse.

This second scene is one of the last in the book. After he pulls out he lays down next to her and confesses that he’s not trans. She responds “I know.”

She says after they first had sex she started fantasizing about him as a “real guy” (yes quote) and that the image stuck in her mind and she started subconsciously imagining him with a penis.

And it gets worse.

So he goes back to ohio and she sleeps with other girls (because for some reason she decides not to break up with this cis 17 year old who lied about his identity literally raped her) and one night he gets drunk and calls her a bitch and a fucking whore and whatever, and THAT’S apparently the point she thinks that maybe they should break up.

And one day they message eachother to catch up i think maybe he graduated at this point idk but hes planning on visiting his sister in new york and they wanna meet up and

She tells him about her new boyfriend.

Get ready for it

Cis. Man.

So. We have

An underage cishet boy lying about being an adult trans man in order to trick a lesbian into dating him!

A scene in which he actually rapes her!

The lesbian in question becomes attracted to cis men making Adam, essentially, conversion therapy!

Do NOT support Adam (2018)

[cincodemayonaisee]

WARNING: ANIMAL CRUELTY

Apparently people have been adopting dogs and either killing them themselves or dropping them to a kill shelter (and one even said they were flying them to poor Asian areas to be eaten) under the Twitter hashtag #pitbulldropoff

This is completely cruel and evil and word needs to get around about these demons so everyone knows what these demons are planning to do to dogs once they get ahold of them.

If you know someone or if you yourself is planning to give away a pitty by craigslist soon, DONT and wait for awhile!!!! They act like they’re going to adopt them and act all nice then they get rid of them, don’t be fooled!!

DM me for uncensored names!!!!!!!!

[cisnowflake]

Someone should tell these people I will fucking end them.

[werewolfbarbie]

Im sorry WHAT?! These assholes are adopting pitbulls to kill them?! That is disgusting.

[hello-nicolexoxo-love]

SIGNAL BOOST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS

[ladyofragequit-deactivated20220]

[mysharona1987]

[8foldhero-deactivated20181214]

as a customer thats fair to be honest

[chickenstab]

seeing untagged nsfw on your dash

[z-nogyrop]

those “monkey brain/human brain” posts except the monkey brain is presented as the rational one

[z-nogyrop]

monkey brain: extra body hair provides warmth and producing it but then cutting it off wastes valuable nutrients

human brain: hehe leg smooth

[localdoubt-deactivated20221128]

*looking at a tiger*

monkey brain: that animal right there is a dangerous predator adapted for stalking, chasing, and quickly dispatching of creatures like us. we should find high ground to get away from it before it sees us

human brain: hehe kitty wana pet

[localdoubt-deactivated20221128]

monkey brain: the ocean is the last place we want to be right now. we’re not built to swim and we’ll likely drown within five minutes. and let’s not even get into what might want to kill us once we get into open water

human brain: wheee swimmy

[champagnepuppies]

me

[tastefullyoffensive]

[c-bassmeow]

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[kedreeva]

Soulmates are not your ~other half~, that’s just nonsense. You are a whole person already, not half a person. A soulmate isn’t even inherently romantic. A soulmate is just the other sock in a matched set. You’re still a whole, complete sock on your own, you are perfectly functional paired with any other sock, it’s just that it’s even better when you match. A soulmate is literally just the person who makes your soul go “!!! Same hat!!!” and wave excitedly.

[thegirlwiththepurpleguitar]

i love this

[melonmemes]

RIP his dreams

[trizanandgozan]