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Same

The biggest joke of our lives is that both ETD and I are painfully practical people who don’t really ascribe to romantic ideals, but were subjected to a bunch of circumstantial bullshit and serendipitous happenstance that translated into a quite literally better love story than Twilight.

Help.

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Remember to take your medication today! 🕰 Taking your medication responsibly is the best way to ensure it does its job; helping you function at your happiest and healthiest! Take note of whether you need to take yours at consistent times, with meals, or of any other criteria specific to your meds.

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the fight is harder each year.

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When a smell is Bad (tm) so you just stop breathing

when you touch a Bad Texture™ and have to scrub at ur hands until the feeling is gone

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someday when body representation in media is a little better i hope they make a tv adaption of protector of the small

because what my heart really needs in this life is an accurate tall, buff, broad-shouldered, thick-waisted, undelicate keladry of mindelan 

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In case no one told you today, I love you and you are more valuable than you know.💕

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Halloween look

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Today is my birthday

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Let bi girls unapologetically call themselves bi and talk about their boyfriend without sacrificing their queerness

Let bi boys unapologetically call themselves bi and talk about their girlfriend without sacrificing their queerness

Bisexuality is queer, regardless if their attraction/dating habits seem more focused on different genders.

Take your policing elsewhere.

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For those of you who just. Love. Dirt.

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Suddenly you’re 21 and you’re screaming along in the car to all the songs you listened to when you were sad in middle school and everything is different but everything is good.

(via bl-ossomed)

apply for: faves | award w bambi| award w meg

(via planteh)

You’re beautiful x

(via excludeing)

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WILD GEESE by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

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The Aliens have landed!

I’m so excited to introduce our two newest chewable pendants: the Chewable Alien pendant designed by Jesse Campbell and Chewable UFO pendant designed by Erica (@anglerfish).

To celebrate, we’re giving away (at least) 10 sets of pendants as our Day 14 giveaway. To enter for a chance to win a set of pendants in the colors of your choice, reblog this post any time on April 14th or 15th.

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Studying With Autism

Being in a classroom situation with any sort of mental illness is difficult, but from personal experience i know how hard it is to be in school and autistic. 

How to Deal With Autism in the Classroom - It is very easy to become over stimulated. If this happens for whatever reason, try your hardest to calm yourself down before it becomes too bad. Try and block out the noise, close your eyes and breathe, if it’s still bad ask the teacher if you can leave for a minute, or ask to go to the bathroom.

- When in school I found it very hard to deal with other people. By this I mean I found it hard to concentrate and deal with my emotions while people were talking about/focusing on things other than the work. I would often get annoyed and worked up about it, I’d either work myself into a panic attack or get annoyed at other people. 

First try asking the people around you to quiet down a little, this doesn’t always work because, you know, they’re teenagers

Then, once again, try blocking out the noise, close your eyes and breathe

Try and fully focus on the work

- Make the most of lunch and breaks. Make sure you’re hydrated and have eaten. If you need to sit quietly, do that. If you need to get some energy out, do that. Do what ever you need to do so you can focus in your lessons.

- When I was in school I found working in groups extremely stressful. I was often the only one in the group who actually cared about doing the work and it all fell on me. Sometimes I didn’t mind doing all the work, it meant I was in control and knew exactly what was happening. But sometimes, it was hard.

Try asking the teacher if you can switch to another group, ones you know are more serious about the work

If this doesn’t work try and work out an agreement with the rest of the group, ie. you write, they present.

- Talk to your teachers. Understanding things can be especially difficult when dealing with autism. If you’re confused don’t be afraid to ask for confirmation or help. 

Studying With Autism - TAKE BREAKS!! 

I take a little break every 20 minutes, these breaks are usually only a few minutes long, definitely less than 10

I also take breaks every hour or so, these are around 20 minutes long

In these breaks I like to stim, or just do things that calm myself down

- Have something familiar in the background, this will help stimulate you but hopefully not too much. I like to watch a very familiar tv show on the background, but obviously music does the same thing. Avoid listening/watching to anything new, this will probably distract you and take your attention away from your work

- It’s okay to not study. If your attention is wavering it’s okay to stop. 

- I like to use different colours to keep myself focused. I write the titles in different colours to the rest of my work, and highlight if I’m loosing concentration

- Find the method that works best for you. Whether that be flashcards, note taking, practise tests. Learn what works best for you and do that. 

- Learn what the format of the test will be and practise that. If you know what will happen in the situation you’re less likely to get stressed about it

- It’s always important to sort out what needs to be done but being organised definitely helps me deal with my autism. 

Write down everything that you need to do and when it needs to be done

Do what needs to be done first, obviously 

If one day is particularly heavy with subjects you don’t enjoy/find hard switch some stuff around. Try and have one task that you know you will enjoy/will find easy every day. This should help you feel in control

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Being “slightly” disabled is rough. There are people who have your conditions who are living relatively normal lives. They are able to go through life without their illnesses really affecting their quality of life or getting in the way of daily tasks. There are people who have your conditions who are struggling severely. They have foundations who are willing to help them out because they’re a severe case. And then you have people like me. You struggle to do daily tasks, but because you have good days, non-profits and companies meant to help chronically ill and disabled young adults turn their noses up at you. The people like me usually struggle to get through life on their own, with the occasional support from friends and family members when we’re not seen as burdens. But then we start feeling like maybe we’re not THAT sick, and push ourselves harder. Because if we don’t meet qualifications for assistance, then we really can’t be that bad, right?