Place of Escape

I'm Dan, 22, never learned how to be a functioning member of society. Trans masc, queer, a loser.

[youllseemeinhell]

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[horrordykes-moved]

I made a quiz that was like “what percent insufferable are you” but it’s too insufferable to even post it

[horrordykes-moved]

here, take it

[soaphoe]

the results are in

[mechromage]

I’m doin better than you

[youllseemeinhell]

Lmao sounds about right

[sphinxofgrease]

im going thru my follower list and blocking everyone who i think is a robot and man some of yall dont make it easy to see if youre a human or not by first glance i respect your aesthetics but also holy fuck

[sphinxofgrease]

like is this a human being or is this a robots approximation of human absurdity 

[sphinxofgrease]

Is This A Human Fucking Being

[onceiwashere]

alan turing is laughing at us right now

[stability]

why do little kids always tantrum scream like they’re reenacting jurassic park

[mylovemymadness]

Their emotions are too big for their little bodies y'all

They feel just as intensely as we do

[stability]

Well maybe they should get bigger bodies

[peanut-caravan]

They do. It takes several years.

[stability]

Several years??? Typical millennial laziness

[sunshinelivingfine-blog]

[bedbugbiting]

My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

[bomberqueen17]

I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”. 

I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask. 

[derryderrydown]

This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.

[petralemaitre]

Pain Scale transcription:

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

0 - I have no pain.

[airagorncharda]

It’s also really important to get this kind of scale to people who have chronic pain, because chronic pain drastically lowers your perception of how “bad” any kind of pain actually is, and yet something like this pain scale is extremely user friendly. 

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day. 

There’s also a similarly useful “Fatigue Scale”

[jedijenkins]

I haven’t been below a 5 on this scale for 4 years 

[nerdgasrnz]

Here’s the fatigue scale

[sunny-day-sky]

Fatigue scale image desc:

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

1: going clubbing!

[eruvadhril]

See also the Mental Health Pain Scale by Graceful Patient:

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

10 - The worst mental and emotional distress possible. You can no longer care for yourself. You can’t imagine things getting any worse. Contact a crisis line immediately.

[kingspadedying]

These are so important! SO SO IMPORTANT SHARE THIS AND SAVE IT TO SHOW YOUR DOCTORS!

[youllseemeinhell]

Do you ever forget to breathe? Like your body will start struggling and you're like,,, why?? And then you realise you haven't been breathing for like 20 seconds

[onewhoturns]

me, looking at bears gettin fat and sleepin

[thegravelbro]

Show us your cock bro

Show me your bank info bro

[animals-addiction]

Pride Cat

[whitepeopletwitter]

[the-memedaddy]

meirl

[lesvegas]

Reblog this and tag the loot someone would get from you if they murdered you like right now.

[panerasexual-deactivated2017100]

drop whatever you’re doing right now and climb a tree

[nintendowii2011]

its pitch black outside, and freezing cold. I think ill climb a tree tomorrow

[panerasexual-deactivated2017100]

you climb that fuckin tree right now

[likes-dinos]

I’ve literally never seen this post on my dash when it is not after dark and cold as balls. I’m beginning to think this is a conspiracy to get us eaten by some nocturnal tree demon.

[the-place-where]

everybody put in the tags at what time you saw this

[impishglee]

growing up is just gradually learning progressively crazier shit abt your family that they didn’t tell you when u were a kid

[ice-block]

The “I don’t have 2020 vision” meme has gotten progressively funnier the closer we get to 2020 because when it started it was like “not knowing what you’re doing in 5 years? understandable” but now it’s like “I don’t know what I’m doing in 5 hours”

[sith-shenanigans]

I don't know what I'm doing right now

[ruffboi-mags]

it's been 2020 for eleven minutes and i'm still lost.

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

imagine water didnt reflect shit n was clear always and you could look at the ocean from above and see literally every huge fucky looking thing that lives in it no matter how deep. you fly over the pacific once and never sleep again for the rest of your life. its really the little things that make this planet habitable huh