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Oriented Aroace | Nonbinary (transmasc) | 20s | they/them, he/him Blog might contain triggering content, please proceed with caution.  Icon made by funkiestfather

[ulan-bator]

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[co-fronting]

Something that always bothers me in mental health spaces is the fear of relating too much to each-other across the lines of different disorders. Too many times I've met people who are not dissociative systems, but have dissociative experiences (such as from BPD), and they trip over themselves saying "no no, I mean, I don't REALLY understand what you go through, my thing is totally different," and it makes me a little upset. Disorders are just clusters of symptoms packaged together in a certain way, that's why the names and criteria often change across DSM and ICD editions, and viewing them as entirely exclusive clubs where only they could possibly understand anything about each other isn't a particularly healthy way of seeing it. The lines between disorder labels are blurrier than you think. You are not being a bad person or overstepping for relating to symptoms of a disorder, or people with a disorder, without having their specific label. Very rarely (if ever, frankly) is there a symptom that can only occur in one disorder, or even one type of disorder. Psychosis can occur in countless circumstances. Dissociation and identity compartmentalization can occur in countless circumstances. It's better to focus more on your specific symptoms and building community with your fellow neurodivergent people, using the resources that help you regardless of if they were specifically made for your diagnosis, over worrying about whether or not you're "allowed" to relate to something or experience something similarly to someone else.

[spedles]

I might be weak to them being very sweet to each other okay 💖

He loves his funny looking mailman 8>[ ^D]

(This may or may not also be a break before the horrors. No Strings Attached comic readers prepare yourselves for the next update (probably tomorrow?) it’s another doozy. 😇)

[soplue]

battat/jongler page

[roconize]

Today I woke up at 2 AM. Instead of falling back asleep my brain decided to conjure up these images which haunted my mind palace until properly expelled

[vespervex]

At this point Ralsei could turn to directly face the player in Chapter 6 (who she knows to exist), stare directly into the camera, and say "I am transfeminine, I want to transition and be a girl and I want to be referred to with she/her pronouns from now on" and over half the Deltarune fanbase will just go "well maybe he's still figuring it out, I don't think we can reasonably assume he's transfem because I personally still read him as a [slur for transfems that originated as a porn category]"

[bucketofcrows]

masks as a signifier of deceit or attempting to hide something is Out. masks being used to represent stepping into one's own identity and not one foisted upon them is the new hit craze

[bucketofcrows]

masked character removing their mask in front of someone as a sign of trust: boring, overdone, reinforces the idea of the mask as the "fake" identity and the "real" face as the "true" identity

masked character's mask accidentally comes off in front of someone but they look away to avoid seeing their face as a sign of trust and respect: now we're cooking with gas

[whoopsie-collective]

i see a hundred million posts about how "all transfem headcanons are super duper textually based and all transmasc headcanons are boring projection". and im going to be honest. if you think most transmasc headcanons have no textual basis, the problem is probably that you don't understand the transmasc experience enough to see it, not that all the tboys are bad at media analysis for some reason

[silenthillmutual]

i genuinely think ocd is incredibly underdiagnosed bc i will see people posting what are obvious rituals, compulsions, intrusive thoughts, spiralling, hyper morality, etc and its like Have You Considered This Might Be An Issue

[silenthillmutual]

it isnt actually good or normal to have moral dilemmas every day about which posts you reblog. it isn't actually good or normal to check and recheck every message you send "just in case" you sent porn instead of a 'hi how are you'. it isn't actually good or normal to believe that your day will only go well if you have a specific keychain or whatever with you. like i'm not going to diagnose you but i do think some of you need to look into obsessive-compulsive disorder beyond "ha ha funny man wash his hands" portrayals.

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

I wish more people knew that compulsions and rituals can be entirely mental (this is sometimes called Pure O, but it’s a bit of a misnomer because people who primarily have mental obsessions often have compulsive ways of responding to them in their head or outside). OCD can be absolutely ruling your life and the outward signs of it might be limited to the emotional distress that comes with having it untreated.

These are some common mental compulsions:

Compulsive prayer: While prayer is important to many people’s faith, it can also become compulsive. They may pray over and over again, try to pray “perfectly,” or restart a prayer if they get distracted. [Note: I have also seen people do this with secular things related to values they hold dear which are structured similarly to prayers in some manner]

Counting: You might count anything in order to feel “just right” or drown out an obsession—steps, ceiling tiles, beats in a song—either out loud or in your head.

Emotional checking: Compulsive checking doesn’t have to be physical. Emotional checking involves analyzing your emotions to make sure you’re having the “right” feelings.

Memory hoarding: You might try to hang on to memories, thoughts, and experiences with perfect accuracy because you feel they’ll be crucial in the future.

Mental reviewing: This could involve replaying a conversation you just had over and over again, or compulsively reviewing an event that happened years ago.

Rumination: Often referred to as “overthinking,” rumination involves compulsively analyzing or trying to solve a perceived problem. It can be especially tough to identify, and can last for weeks at a time.

Self-reassurance: Reassurance doesn’t always have to come from the outside. You might try to relieve your distress by reassuring yourself that your fears aren’t true, rather than asking others.

Thought suppression: You might try to “drown out” an uncomfortable intrusive thought or distract yourself with something else.

[oneheadtoanother]

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[anisongoftheday]

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Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi - C by Hyadain

[stargazers-satellite]

btw guys managing your symptoms also means apologizing for things you didn't mean to do. sometimes you do things because of your disorders that you genuinely didn't mean to do, but if it hurt someone you still have to take accountability and make up for the hurt you caused

[heavyonthechaos]

In the name of disability pride month start giving a shit about psychotic people NOW

[snakebites-and-ink]

Hate how people treat friendship like it's nothing more than the training wheels version of romantic love.

[sillyfroggremlin]

people with chronic pain and chronic fatigue will be like why does it hurt and why am I so tired

[taydaughter]

not all your fave blorbos can be masochists some of those fuckers gotta enjoy beating the shit out of someone during sex

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the aroace flag colourpicked from the poster used for the book's cover because i was procrastinating :)