life = change

"Haha, what a wicked and ironic comment bro. Now say something true and beautiful." -Tage Erlinger

[novaturientmetanoia]

feels like I was a teenager just yesterday

and suddenly I'm 25 on the other side of the country

still here and cooking curry with leftovers from my fridge

wondering how I got here

when did i grow up?

[lordgolden]

oh god I got a picture of the moon you tumblr bitches are gonna LOVE

[lordgolden]

LOOK AT HER!!!! CRESCENT MOON DURING A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET!!!! SHE’S BISEXUAL!!!!!!

[colourpickedpride]

The Bisexual and Transgender pride flags colour picked from literally the most beautiful image of the moon ever

[batsandboba]

@munnchausenzip i can't lie, it goes hard (x) (x)

[requiem-on-water]

Luminous Labyrinths: New Zealand (Waitomo Glowworm Caves) by Derek Culver

[calware]

gender affirming pointy teeth

[targetedknowledge]

[thememedaddy]

[dafancyuhinspiration]

[unusual-suspects]

teeth of the valley

[tirucalli]

The flower of the tooth fairy. Every plant has at least one fairy.

[dykecinema]

Me: okay I am done talking about this thing that's upsetting me. Bye.

*literally two seconds later*: AND ANOTHER THING

[fawnpalmer]

quarterly reminder that if i reblog something ai-generated it is 110% and always an accident and for the love of god please tell me so i can delete it from my blog

[stuckinapril]

This this this this!!!

[traumatised-mum]

you ever just sit and realise u can’t remember 80% of your childhood? like … what happened? who am i ..?

[anisetheapothecary]

Many people in the comments are saying “trauma”, but this is actually a very normal occurrence. It’s called Childhood Amnesia, and it’s a process which, as the brain reorganizes itself for cognitive thought that is developed in late childhood, it changes the Accessibility of those memories during recall. Many childhood memories are available to the person, but they will not be remembered during regular recall activity, you have to “trick” your brain into remembering with different tactics.

This is because there are two parts to memories - their encoding and their recall. The encoding determines their availability, their recall determines their accessibility. The reason why trauma memory and childhood amnesia are different is in this distinction. Trauma memory is often encoded differently, bypassing to the limbic system where it is stored as intrinsic memory. It can’t be recalled because it was never encoded. Childhood amnesia, however, seems to indicate that the memories are encoded, but we lose access to them as we age. This is most likely due to the development of brain structures that fundamentally change our encoding and recall of memory as we get older.

This is an important distinction, because trauma memory is “stored in the body”, i.e. you get triggers that send your body into a cascade of uncontrollable feelings, sensations and reactions. Whereas childhood memories won’t generally do that, they are just recalled at odd times with odd associations.

[malcolmcooks]

reblogging this because I’ve legit seen people freaking out when they realised they can’t remember some of their childhood, thinking they might have some repressed trauma.

[saltwatersubmissive]

Reblogging for similar reasons and to add that this is why repressed memory stuff was HUGE in like, the 90s and it ruined a lot of lives. Psychiatrists decided that memory gaps were always a sign of repressed memory, and repressed memory therapy became a big deal. Unfortunately, all repressed memory therapy really did is implant a bunch of false memories in a bunch of people’s brains.

Repressed memories are actually incredibly rare, if they exist at all. It is much more common for your brain to hyper-remember trauma.

The reason people with traumatic childhoods can’t remember their childhoods isn’t actually because they’ve repressed those memories or blocked them out. It’s not true amnesia. It’s dissociation and compartmentalization. Your brain isolates the memory, and then you engage in avoidance tactics you may not even realize you’re engaging in. And it’s easier to avoid such memories because of the accessibility issue mentioned above.

[farmgf]

if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it being the last line of the brokeback mountain novella is so crazy it makes me feel like my guts are falling out. if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it. jesus fucking christ

[farmgf]

god. god

[funstealer]

Gaurav Gupta S/S 2026 Haute Couture

[ariaiscursed]

[probuccalfat]

i’m sure it works for some people but the thought of marrying your high school sweetheart from your little hometown without ever experiencing anything without them sounds like a punishment for some unforgivable and inhumane act you carried out in a previous life

[probuccalfat]

they tried to kill me for this post