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Janaina Medeiros
Sweet Seals For You, Always
trying on a metaphor
shark vs the universe
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祝日 / Permanent Vacation
todays bird
almost home
occasionally subtle
blake kathryn
Product Placement
RMH
roma★
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
noise dept.
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@phenolphthaleii
things to say after fucking up egregiously
pack it up boys we've made a social blunder
let's run that again
one more time normal style
I'm going to become a statistic
further proof god is out to get me
it's because I tore my acl senior year
I couldn't do it for religious reasons
my ex took my talent in the divorce
good thing nobody saw that (said directly to someone who definitely saw it)
on watching a parent age
i saw somebody say “what if you’re gone and i haven’t become anything yet” and basically that broke me on a random thursday evening
OP, this is genuinely a masterpiece, three poems in one, moving and well craft. Please tell me you have submitted it to at least some poetry contests, and if not, please do so.
to the person who reposted my poem a couple days ago, i read the tags and i'm so sorry for your loss. there are not words adequate to comfort you right now, but here is a piece on grief i wrote a few months ago that i hope you may relate to someday
damn i wish u guys could read this fic i haven't written and this fic i haven't finished writing and this fic i'm putting off outlining and this fic i outlined but haven't started and this fic i'll never write and this other fic i haven't written and this fic that exists only in vague impressions in my head that fall apart every time i try to commit them to the page and th
According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:
“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”
This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs—vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder
So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
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Can I just say thank you to OP for putting such a detailed description on this?
I’ve been a lifeguard for 6 years now and of all the saves I’ve done, maybe two or three had people drowning in the stereotypical thrashing style. And even those, like the save I made last weekend, it was exactly like OP describes where the person’s head is going in and out of the water but it isn’t long enough to get any air. Mostly you recognize drowning by the look on someone’s face. If someone looks wide eyed and terrified or confused, chances are they’re drowning. That look of “oh shit” is pretty easily recognizable. And even if you can’t tell for sure: GO AFTER THEM ANYWAY. I’ve done “saves” where a kid was pretending to drown and I mistook it for real drowning, but that’s preferable to a kid ACTUALLY drowning.
Also please remember that even strong swimmers can drown if they have a medical emergency, get cramps, or get too tired. If your friend knows how to swim but they’re acting funny get them to land. And even if someone can respond when you ask them if they need help, if they say they do need help? GO HELP THEM.
However . If the victim is a stranger, I can’t recommend trying to get them. Lifeguards literally train to escape “attacks,” because people who are drowning can freak the fuck out and grab you and make YOU drown as well. If you do go in after someone, take hold of them from the back and talk to them the whole time. IF YOU ARE GRABBED: duck down into the water as low as you can get. The person is panicking and won’t want to go under water and should release you. Shove up at their hands and push them away from you as you duck under. Don’t die trying to save someone else.
Please guys, read and memorize this post. Not all places have lifeguards. Being able to recognize drowning is such an important skill to have and you can save someone’s life.
Just incase!
Nearly drowned as a kid. In that case everyone knew because I fell in a lake in front of everybody, but I remember not being able to grab anyone’s hand because I was too busy trying to keep my non swimming ass above water. Honestly I don’t even remember how I got out. I think someone may have grabbed me by my shirt? It gets fuzzy after I’m in the water
If the definition of insanity is to do the same thing again and again while expecting a different result, and the only way to become an expert in something is to do it over and over again until you get the best possible outcome, then the only path to mastery is through insanity.
So You Want To Write A Book..
Where Do Writers Find Their Ideas?
On Inspiration
How To Write A Novel
Getting Started With A Book
Hints About Writing A Story
Novel Outlining 101
From Notes To Novel
Plotting A Novel
Why Don’t I Have A Plot, And Where Do I Get One?
How To Create A Character
Creating Characters
Character Creation
Name That Character! (2)
You And Your Characters
How To Write Backstory Without Putting Your Reader To Sleep
How To Use Foreshadowing
How To Write Dialogue (2)
How To Make Your Writing More Interesting
Writing Block
How To Get Unstuck
Advice For Young Writers (2)
On Word Counts And Novel Length
Top 4 Ways to Know Your Idea is Novel-Worthy
How A Book Gets Published
How Do You Go About Getting Published
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remember in grade school when u were that girl that was always Too Into the friendship
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Life would be so much simpler
if I could drift away from all my problems.
I wouldn’t have to worry about going out everyday
whilst worrying about the smallest of things.
And while I’m at it,
I over think things way too much,
to the point where I stress myself out
more than school and people do.
Perhaps I create my own problems
by thinking too much.
I can’t really tell the difference anymore
between what’s real
and what’s in my head,
but I know that all these problems
point directly to me-
I’m drowning in all of them..
A Reader's Confession
I don't know if it's just me, but every after I finished reading a story, I tend to dwell on it for a few more days, or weeks, or even months. I'd get all reflective and shit, to the point where I'd space out some time and would think about the events unfolded in the story, and the realizations that came with them. It's like I actually had those moments with the characters, except that I know it's all in my head. The emotions they felt— grief, sadness, happiness, pain—all of them, I'd gone through it, too, and all felt so real, I cannot even think of them as just simple characters from a book. That even when I only borrowed it from someone I knew, I'd find if hard to return it... It felt like giving away something that had already become a part of me. Although the moments I had with the characters, as well as the lessons accumulated will remain in my heart, it just felt, somehow, painful to let them go.
And if one day, when I'd found the book I've read once, the things that a normal human could've made me feel but didn't and the characters in the book were the ones who actually made me feel it, all comes back. Like I'd reminisce something that was actually part of my real life experiences, and would realize how grateful I am to be able to meet those characters in the book, which I couldn't actually call simple characters, but friends who changed me, and the ones who'd been there when I was feeling so detached from the world.
Song in my Head
There's a melody in my head,
On repeat, and never stops.
It's a tune that lasts;
A tune that echoes within me.
When light shines,
And I'm confided by kin and friendship,
I hear no music;
No melody, no tune.
Laughter drown the song,
Happiness overwhelms the melody.
But in my heart I feel something beating;
It never leaves.
Darkness then prevails,
In the stygian blackness I see nothing;
Not my own shadow---
Not a single damn thing.
But its when I hear the music once again.
The beating in my heart,
Was doubt that refuses to bequeath.
And the song is sung,
By voices I'm oh-so familiar with.
It's the tune of my sorrows;
It's the melody of my pain;
The lyrics are the cause of my million deaths;
And it never stops playing.
It always play louder when I'm alone---
Left alone to suffer,
Left alone to get consumed by my own demons,
And left alone, praying.
