Stupidly Chasing Unobtainable Dreams

Ruth. 22. Chronically sick. Bi. She/her. UK.

[airstripyaks]

“Call me when you want, Call me when you need.”

[astral-enby]

Some good news today

[nicolauda]

prince phillip is dead and the newsreader was like “this has come as a shock to many” babe where have you BEEN

[politedemon]

[jewish-suggestion]

A Jewish perspective on reproductive justice and birth control access from twitter user @lechatsavant.

[dancinbutterfly]

IDK about other Jews, but I want all goyim who see this - especially American goyim from Christian backgrounds - feel free to keep this in your pocket the “freedom of religion” birth control argument comes up. In fact, I encourage you to use it. 

[corporationkills]

obsessed with whoop whoop the gibbon who likes to watch tv

[missmentelle]

Is it possible to “beat” mental illness? Or does it depend on type/circumstance?

“Beating” mental illness is actually the norm, not the exception. Most people who have a major depressive episode never have another one. 80% of people who survive their first suicide attempt never make a second attempt. 93% of Borderline Personality Disorder patients achieve remission. Up to 74% of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder achieve significant clinical improvement in their symptoms, and 20% achieve full remission. Half of Generalized Anxiety Disorder patients achieve remission after the acute phase of treatment. Even disorders with relatively low rates of remission - bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoid personality disorder - generally become milder and easier to manage as you age. Psychiatric symptoms tend to peak in your 20s and generally drop off as you get older, especially if you seek treatment. 

This is why the narratives we use to talk about mental illness matter so much. Right now, the dominant narrative is that mental illness is “an imbalance in the brain” and that it’s largely something that people are born with. There are upsides and downsides to this. The upside is that it promotes the idea that mental illness is not the ill person’s fault, and it helps us understand that mental illness can impact anyone, regardless of their life circumstances. The downside, however, is that it’s sort of given us this idea that mental illness is inborn and unchangeable. People have taken on the idea that “that’s just how my brain is”, when the reality is that, for most people, mental illness is less of a stable trait for them, and more of just a shitty thing that they are going through for a little while. The idea that mental illness is just “in your brain” also erases the very real connection between your life circumstances and your mental health - while it’s very true that a wealthy person in a happy marriage can become depressed, it’s also very true that living in poor conditions and being in an abusive marriage can be the cause of depression, and that improving your life circumstances can lessen or eliminate mental health conditions. 

If you have a mental health condition, it’s very important that you not resign yourself to the idea that you’re going to be like this forever. Chances are, you won’t. Even if you have a mental health condition that is associated with low rates of remission, it is possible to make leaps and bounds in your functioning, and to get to a point where managing your condition becomes second nature to you. Our understanding of mental illness is improving every year, and new therapies and treatments are becoming available all the time. If you seek treatment and do your best to manage your condition, you have every reason to believe that you will make huge improvements. 

Hope this answers your question!

[howtobeapersonwithfibro]

friendly reminder that if you have a hard time eating due to nausea or other chronic illness ickies, just eat what you can eat. even if it’s not particularly “healthy,” getting calories in your body to help it function is more important.

[maveriquemagpie]

this applies to fat people, folks with eating disorders, and autistic people who can’t eat certain foods!!!!!!!! we need to eat. it’s okay to eat “unhealthy” foods, sugary foods, processed foods. especially if it’s the only thing you can eat.

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

😂 Christ

[cockroachgirl1997]

tomorrows news: prince philip has been released from the morgue, saying he feels "slightly better"

[goodplan-ipromise]

[letswatchcardgames]

You know, this whole thing with Lil Nas X reminds me of something my mom told me about Madonna’s Like A Prayer video.

If you’ve never seen it, it’s on YouTube, but the upshot is that Madonna is comparing her lover to a divine being and the video heavily implies she banged Jesus.

According to my mom, people weren’t pissed that it was heavily implied Madonna banged Jesus. They were pissed because the Jesus in the video was Black, and that meant Madonna wasn’t just banging Jesus, she was race-mixing.

I think also of Lady Gaga’s video for Judas, in which Judas is Black and being in love with him is called “foolish” and “cruel.” I remember more controversy over the lyrics, before the video came out, than I do over the video.

And then I think about the video for Call Me By Your Name and how the Devil is Black and the narrator is Black and we’re being told he’s a devil worshipper and destroying our children and what-the-fuck-ever else, and like....

.....Black people literally aren’t allowed to even have a place in the concept of divinity unless they can be vilified in that place. You’re Jesus and you’re wrong; you’re the Devil and you’re owning it and saying “fuck you” and you’re wrong. There is no space for affirmation.

[prismatic-bell]

I somehow accidentally posted this to a side blog I haven’t used in YEARS, so I’m reblogging it here.

[doomedvoyages]

yes i am a big advocate for realistic clothes and armor in media like

this is perfect and? extremely fucking hot

but also ive never seen anything hotter than when geralt is fighting without his armor and instead in tight pants and several of his shirt’s buttons undone and i want every fight scene from here on like that

[glorious-spoon]

Put the women in full plate armor, put the men in open-front shirts and tight leather pants.

[feeblefeeb]

[1010ll]

[thehauntedmansion2003]

assuming an average body weight of 8 lbs this bitch can stomp you with 40 lbs of force in less time than the blink of an eye. we stan

[pileofknives]

Secretary birds as antifascist symbol

[knight-in-dull-tinfoil-deactiva]

[shesnake]

and this classic

[bluefall23]

I really love Lil Nas X because everyone went “he’s gay but we like him because he isn’t that type of gay person,” and he said bet

[najaaozixxjsiaaiaiia]

If you dont understand the riots happening in northern ireland right now its the loyalists who are in favour of british rule petrol bombing thats why the british media isnt reporting on it cus it doesnt go along with the storyline that catholics are the terrorists

[thundergrace]

I can't stress enough that people need to be aware that there are doctors who are "just okay" at their jobs. Who barely passed their boards and/or had to retake courses and/or had scores so low they even had a hard time matching at the end of med school.

Please seek second opinions. Third, even. Ask the doctors endless questions. Challenge them if something doesn't feel or sound right. Don't stroke their egos by being intimidated by their perceived intelligence.

[auttoton]

my mom says this all the time: what do you call the top graduate of a medical school class? doctor.

what do you call the worst student in a graduating med school class?

also doctor