#i'm alive.

[neuvillettesfan]

Let’s see my husband!!!!!

Just Azure.

Might do a forsaken x ddlc au, I dunno.

Doki doki spawnism club.

[sunheart]

Sunheart's survival guide for colds 1.0

(work in progress because I get a cold a month so clearly the bigger picture is wrong BUT. Since this started happening I have tried ALL the things. Here's the ones that actually seem to help me.)

Ecchinacea: dose up asap as soon as you feel yourself getting sick. Can help ease severity of symptoms and length of illness.

Zinc, D, C (in theory I guess I haven't double-blind tested this one)

Benadryl for sleep.

Tylenol for pain/fever.

Menthol cough drops and maybe tea for coughing.

Neti pot. Omw. The satisfaction of using this thing 🤌 Won't have effect if your nose is totally clogged, but if (tmi) you can feel gunk in there that just won't blow out, it is a literal miracle. Takes some getting used to it but TRUST me. You want this thing. Be sure to use distilled water or water that has been boiled a long time (brain eating amoebas dni), do some research. Can buy the pre-dosed salt packets in the store since table salt has iodine which you shouldn't use.

Sudafed: but it HAS to be pseudoephedrine NOT phenylephrine. You have to show your ID for it to get it from behind the pharmacy counter. They have actually admitted the over the counter stuff is a straight up placebo effect. And they will absolutely still take your money for it. I'm on the real stuff right now and went from totally stuffed to breathing ok. Not perfect but I'll take anything I can get.

Nasal spray: oxymetazoline. Game changer. When I'm about to cry from having a clogged nose, a single spray of this baby and my nose C L E A R S . Like not to be one of those obnoxious allergy med commercials but YEAH. Caveat: Do not use more than 3 days. Your body can become dependent and the rebound I hear is not good. I save it for when I am on the brink or have to go to work etc.

[grymghoul]

Bex ate an edible

Hopsital

[dissembledthyme]

*Emerges from the depths of chronic illness and busy-ness*

COOKIES.

[abcd-adventures]

So, holy crap. I’m almost done with school. Will I have time for a life again? Maybe! I miss you guys! I hope you’re well!

As of earlier this month, I am finished with all of my classes for my MSSW. I chose to do extended field hours, though, so I am still at my placement through most of July. I love it SO MUCH. I 100% made the right choice for placements--my work is insane and so busy that it feels like a whirlwind every day, but it makes me so happy--like deep-down-in-my-soul happy. I love my boss, I like my coworkers, and I absolutely love my clients. I provide mental health counseling for a supportive housing community, but I don’t only provide counseling. We support our residents with so many other things like medical case management, legal advocacy, harm reduction, financial coaching...pretty much anything people need support around. Nearly all of our residents come from long-term homelessness or some from the prison system and they have a variety of mild to severe physical and mental health needs. 

When I started this program, I had it firmly in my mind that I did NOT want to focus on substance use disorders or more severe mental health diagnoses. *shrug* Turns out people are just people and it doesn’t really matter what they’re dealing with if you connect with them first as fellow humans--nothing seems all that intimidating. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m totally cramming on all things harm reduction and schizophrenia-related among other things, but I don’t feel freaked out or overwhelmed by my clients like I assumed I would. I mean, I probably would (should??) feel total imposter syndrome, but I just know way too many brilliant people who feel that...it’s just kind of sunk in that ALL of us are muddling along as best we can and what matters most...at least in therapy...is just really, really giving a shit, listening, and respecting people’s agency and experience. My boss is an incredible, incredible mentor and has really helped me with finding my footing and settling into that.

Welp, I was going to give an update on family life, but I’m being called from downstairs. Maybe next time... Lol  

[adversaryss]

( Heaves myself out of the earth, covered in dirt and dust, pale and shaking, "Hey I'm going to the store, anyone want something-" )

[lunnar-chan]