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hey since iâm occasionally giving out adult advice. anyone wanna know my very adult and very boring and very sensible suggestion for grief gifts for friends and family when someone close to them dies
alright. this is shamelessly stolen from my godparents when they did this when my grandma passed about ten years ago, and since then iâve been on both sides of this and itâs surprisingly thoughtful and useful. this is particularly important when people are like, in charge of funeral prep, but anyone who just heard someone close to them just died is gonna be in a certain headspace, so it probably works regardless. people are gonna be sending cards and flowers and other very nice, but ultimately useless gifts.
donât do that. go to the grocery store and order one of those deli party platters. the ones with like, four different kinds each of meats and cheeses, maybe some sides, and veggies, and bread, and condiments. get the vegetarian version if you know theyâre vegetarians. whatever. you know better than i how many people are gonna be eating it, but guess maybe, like, four dayâs worth of food.
because, hereâs the thing. cards and flowers are very nice, and remind you that youâre in peopleâs thoughts. but you know what you just. donât even want to think about when someone dies? making dinner. going to the grocery store. ordering takeout. whatever. you donât want to have to think about food. you just want to eat in between planning a funeral and working through your grief.
without getting too into it, when my grandma died, we were thrown for a loop. and we ate nothing but what was on that goddamned deli platter for days. because it was quick and easy and fresh and tasted good and we didnât have to think about food. and ten years later, i donât remember those cards or flowers, but i sure as hell remember the deli platter.
so next time someoneâs going through something, when a family member or close friend just passed. go to your nearest grocery store, and if you can, walk a deli platter over to their place. as soon as you can after you hear. they may look at you weird when you hand it to them, but trust me, in the long run theyâre gonna thank you.
There's a reason the jewish tradition for mourning is that for the first week after someone dies, the immediate family doesnt do ANYTHING but mourn. No Cooking. No Cleaning. No Working. The community comes to handle those things. Bringing every meal, cleaning the mourner's house(s), etc.
This aint a new concept. its in fact very very old.
Very reasonable and practical
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Iâm saying this from a place of genuine care: if you are seeing ghosts or shadows or having nightmares⊠and sageing, eggshells, Crystalâs, and psychics arent cutting it..
Please.. please⊠check for things like gas leaks, water damage, vermin. Iâm not saying your house isnt haunted, Iâm just saying that carbon monoxide poisoning looks a LOT like being haunted.
I know that, you know that, but when it looks like supernatural things you look to supernatural solutions and you might not be thinking clearly.
Iâm having a conversation with a pagan mom right now who thinks that dark forces are after her, so sheâs tried all the things that she knows⊠which apparently is not checking the hvac system for leaks.
Shes mad at me because I suggested getting an inspection because shes lived in the house for 14 years and sheâs always seen things like this and itâs just gotten worse since she took over the house. Shes seeing entities, things are moving on their own, doors open and close on their own, people are being touched and scratched. âMold and gas dont do that!â
Drafty house. Uneven floors. Pressure changes.
Toxic mold syndrome can mimic depression and anxiety, cause listlessness. Guess what extreme anxiety can do. It can mess with your head. It can mess with your memory.
If you have scratches on you and you dont know where they came from, see a doctor. See a doctor. I dont know why you wont see a doctor. They can tell you if it comes from an animal. They can tell you if youâre suffering from a mold allergy. They can tell you if youâre experiencing side effects of gas exposure.
I wholeheartedly believe in ghosts. Absolutley not debating that ghosts and spirits and whatever you think youâre seeing. I am posting this in a pagan facebook group. I 100% believe in ghosts.
I also believe in carbon monoxide.
Please check for gas leaks in your home. Please check for mold. Please check for critters. Like girl I believe you but please check these things.
She⊠got mad and deleted the post.
This is why we need to stress, and I mean really stress, that mundane explanations are just as important as superstitious ones, and why I genuinely worry about our echo chambers.
Yes, I know we all want to believe that the feelings of dread may be coming from an evil presence in the room, but also certain hvac systems hum at a frequency that causes confusion and anxiety.
Yes it seems reasonable that your doors open and close on their own because granmas ghost is still hanging around. But please consider that the foundation of your house might be shifting.
Yes, you might feel a sense that something bad is going to happen, but that can also be generalized anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder.
And being in a circle that refuses to accept that mundane explanations for supernatural problems feeds and triggers delusions. The pagan/witchcraft community is extremely neuro diverse, and these delusions can trigger spirals and put people in very⊠very bad places.
Please accept mundane explanations.
You are not âcrazyâ for seeing ghosts and your house is not dirty for needing an inspection.
If you get an inspection and it comes back clean, you can feel smug about being right. If you dont get an inspection and youâre wrong you and your children could get sick and die.
Y'all Iâm tired.
This is relevant to something else I saw online today from Greg from How to Drink:
With a lot of things in the brain, we donât have another personâs perspectives to know whatâs usually experienced- this is why I know a lot of us have had the, âWait, thatâs an ADHD symptom?â moment. Itâs never bad to check out your experiences with a doctor.
as a person with fucked up funny visual/neurological stuff like visual snow and palinopsia (I probably need to get it checked out) yeah this stuff is not normal. Kid me thought my vision was so good that I could see individual molecules but naaaah itâs astigmatism and difficult to diagnose/mostly inconsequential funny stuff with my brain
Additionally: physical conditions can also cause emotional responses. One of the most common but least talked about symptoms of severe illnesses (including anaphylaxis and conditions affecting your heart and blood) is a sense of impending doom.
Thatâs something I see people describe feeling in a lot of spaces, both religious spaces and ones dedicated to neurodivergency, and it can absolutely be a sign that youâre experiencing allergic reactions or that you have a serious condition that your body is desperately trying to warn you about.
Science and supernatural forces are not incompatible with each other. Believing in supernatural forces does not mean you should reject science.
There is a very famous Reddit post that illustrates this perfectly, although the supernatural was never suspected:
A reply:
OP updated from in the hospital:
This post is basically in the Reddit hall of fame now. Always check for mundane explanations. Always.
(knew somebody who insisted their house was haunted and refused to do anything ânormalâ about the clearly dangerous moldy spot in their bathroom. I finally suggested- âHow do you know that isnât just the way an evil ghost is messing with you? How do you know it isnât literally causing the mold to grow, as a way to cause you harm in the living world?â so they finally called somebody, who took care of the evil ghost mold, and their breathing improved. even if you 100% believe in something spiritual or supernatural, sometimes you need to deal with the problem in a mundane way that genuinely works)
In the Wayback I recall a website made by a psychiatrist who had been dealing with people who believed theyâd been abducted by aliens. The site was designed written in the same style as a believer site, but it suggested going to the doctor to have alien implants or government trackers removed, or to a therapist, etc, basically on the angle of getting documentation and proof of your abduction or alien interference. Of course this also gets you in front of a doctor who can see if there are more mundane explanations for it and hopefully get you help if something really did happen. Sometimes you have to approach people on their level with compassion and understanding.
Many of us still operate under the belief that was have conscious control of our minds and thoughts all the time, we donât realize how easily outside forces like chemicals, molds, gasses, etc or internal forces like brain injury, hormones, or undiagnosed disorders can affect us. Accepting we can lose control of our minds for reasons we canât control is a good step toward accepting help.