my brain at 3am when I'm trying to sleep: consider the COCONUT! (the what?!) consider its trEEeeE, we use each part of the coconut, that's all we NEeeeD

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my brain at 3am when I'm trying to sleep: consider the COCONUT! (the what?!) consider its trEEeeE, we use each part of the coconut, that's all we NEeeeD
I wish people would realize, especially when writing traumatized characters, that PTSD is so much more than just nightmares and flashbacks. In fact, that’s only one group of symptoms for it.
PTSD is being unable to relax in your own home because although you know you’re safe, your mind is stuck on red alert 24/7. It’s feeling your heart race faster and faster, sweat dripping and feeling sick to your stomach, and you just want to hide.
It’s accidentally lashing out, it’s being unable to concentrate. It’s spending hours trying to distract yourself because you can’t get to sleep - and why would you want to, anyway?
It’s feeling so much fear that you wish you were dead, and your hands just won’t. Stop. Shaking. Nothing helps you calm down; the effects of your panic attacks last for days, making you physically ill and unable to do much except cry.
It’s not trusting your loved ones and looking away so that you don’t see the pain in their eyes when you tell them not to touch you, when you question their motives and love for you. It’s hell, and it’s so much more than flashbacks and nightmares. These are some primary symptoms, yes, but they aren’t everything.
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some person: we dont let our pets on the furniture
me:
My mom has done something incredible.
I want to tell you guys a story.
A few years ago, I came out to my mom the morning after my senior prom. She was surprised, then quiet, then asked what my real orientation was. I said, “I have no idea, but I like this one girl.” She was a little confused, but she kissed me and said, “As long as she makes you happy.” For the next few weeks, she asked a lot of questions: when did I realize? What was my new girlfriend’s orientation? What was the word for this or that? I WAS happy, right?
Fast forward about two years. My mom sits me down and tells me that she needs my help with her next book. She’s been writing middle-grade girls’ books (like, 9-14 range) since I was eight, and she says she has an idea that she really, really wants to get right. It follows the plot of Romeo and Juliet, she says, and the main character is a twelve-year-old girl realizing she has a crush on another girl when they put on the play for English class.
Fast forward another year to now. STAR-CROSSED is about to come out, and it is absolutely amazing.
My mom has poured her heart and soul into making sure this is a positive thing for kids to read. I’ve been reading and editing and helping with this book since its first draft and I’ve been, metaphorically and sometimes literally bouncing up and down on my heels, waiting to be able to tell people about it. It’s beyond sweet, and there’s a ton of Shakespeare and humor and goofy preteen drama and twelve-year-old girls flirting and Star Wars jokes and a glossary of Shakespearean insults in the back (yes, really), and it’s just so fun and positive and smart and I want to show it to every kid I know.
This book is for LGBT kids, written by a mom who has asked questions and done her research and tried as hard as she possibly could to make her own queer kid feel safe and loved and valid, and it REALLY shows. Mattie (the cutie on the left) and Gemma (the cutie on the right) are given space to learn about themselves, and ultimately they don’t have to figure themselves out right away or come out to everyone at once or choose a label. They’re kids. It’s okay to still be figuring things out. It’s okay.
Fun facts:
My mom said from the beginning she wanted both girls on the cover to make it clear what the book was about; then when they got the final artwork and Mattie’s hair was short, my mom wrote back and asked the artist to do the hair over to make it as obvious as possible that Mattie is a girl.
When a few people started buzzing about Mattie being the youngest bisexual protagonist they’ve seen, she went back and changed passages to confirm that Mattie likes boys and girls.
When I asked for a happier and less ambiguous ending scene, she set Mattie and Gemma up on a frigging date.
It comes out on March 14, 2017. Please join me in GETTING HYPE FOR STAR-CROSSED <3
i’m mentally ill too but fucking listen to me here. you need to take responsibility for your actions regardless of whether or not they’re a product of your mental illness. you don’t get to manipulate, gaslight, take advantage of, or straight up abuse people because you’re mentally ill! you don’t! what the fuck! why are some of you still thinking it’s okay to say things like “manipulation is okay because i have _____ and need attention from my significant other” oh my god. Don’t fucking do that
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when you’re in therapy and you feel fine but then you get home and your mental illness is like ‘welcome home honey how was therapy’
#when your mental illness picks you up from therapy
Me, in tears: whatever tho I guess it doesn’t matter haha
when u Google ur disorder to find coping techniques and only end up with articles for people on how to DEAL with u and AVOID u that’s when u decide to live in ur head and never talk to anyone ever
It really sucks when people are already trying to bully you out of a community that you’re barely even a part of yet. I got hatemail, basically, from somebody in the Instagram SD community saying that i only want a service dog for attention. Lol. Are you kidding me. Literally i dont have any friends in the SD community yet so like, no one knows anything about me. How can you pass these judgements on someone who has barely said anything about SDs AND has barely even expressed that they want to get an SD.
••• PSA. ITS REALLY ABLEIST TO ASSUME SOMEONE ISN’T DISABLED BECAUSE EITHER THEIR DISABILITY ISN’T VISIBLE, OR THEY CHOOSE NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT TO PEOPLE/ON SOCIAL MEDIA. •••
There are literally 3 reasons i dont have a SD yet. •1. Im still doing thorough research. I’ve had/trained pet dogs in the past, but i don’t know about training service dogs!!! I am learning, just like everyone else once did. •2. I cant afford it. Getting a service dog is EXPENSIVE, and because of the research im doing, i know how much it costs to have a service dog lol. •3. Contrary to popular belief, im nervous about getting a service dog because i DONT want attention !!!!!!!!!!! I’ve seen countless posts by SD handlers about how much unwanted attention they get in public spaces. For someone with social anxiety and difficulty being assertive, thats a huge sacrifice im going to have to make to have a service dog. ••• People are just so eager to police their communities that they’re hurting others in the process. Of course i’m against people passing off their untrained pets as SDs. Of course i think its fucked up if someone abuses the laws in place to protect people with disabilities, visible or not. But don’t criticize someone you know absolutely NOTHING about. ••• For the record, yes, i am disabled, and yes a service dog would be able to benefit me. Not that its anyones damn business. 🙄 ••• Also !!! Pictured is Pandora, my sister in-law’s pet dog!! 🐶💕 Shes a super sweet pit-bull w/ one of the biggest hearts, and attitudes ever. If you’ve never met a “diva-dog”, heres one for you. 👑 ••• #servicedog #servicedogsofinstagram #practicelovenothate
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[Caption:
[WOMAN (OFF-CAMERA):] He’s gonna come sit by you.
[MAN:] That’s crazy!
[WOMAN (LAUGHING):] Try to pet him.
[MAN:] No, nah, he’s got that big-ass beak on him!
[BIRD:] Fuck you!
[MAN (LAUGHING):] Fuck you?!]
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