#Lewy Bodies

[oddman-the-oldman]

Sitting with my paranoia

Detached and mindful

We watch each other twitch

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[cinemablogs]

Boss

Director: Gus Van Sant | USA, 2011 Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, & Kathleen Robertson

[disghostiation]

just sort of sobbing and trying to come to terms with stuff. I have sleep problems and have had them for almost as long as I can remember. in the last few years I've been accidentally hurting myself and my wife more often in my sleep trying to fight whatever happens in my nightmares. my grandmother had dementia.

if this is how things will end for me and I am really lucky then I have about as much time left with my wife as we've already spent together. I should be over the moon to have so much time left but I can't stop crying. I'm already such a burden for her to care for (she never does or says anything to make me feel that way). I don't want to make things so much harder for her in her old age.

I have to be thankful I have to be thankful

Is there scientific evidence of DID beyond self-reported symptoms? Yes! There’s a lot, actually! Let’s go over the most exciting ones.

DID has biomarkers in the brain! This means that DID changes the brain structure and this has been observed through neuroimaging [1].

These structural changes and neural networks in the brain are very similar but also distinguishable from PTSD [2]! This supports the leading theory that DID is on a continuum with PTSD.

An algorithm was able to spot the difference between healthy brains and brains with DID with up to 73% accuracy (which is significantly higher than what was expected) [3].

Alters have also been observed through neuroimaging! When a DID system switches, different alters activate different neural networks. Even in studies where multiple brain scans were done months apart, the same alters still activated the same neural networks [4].

We have scanned the brains of both people with DID and healthy people instructed to “roleplay” DID and found that the healthy people do not show the same neural networks when roleplaying alters [5].

What this all means: DID is real. I don’t think anyone following my blog doubts that, but having this info is important in spreading awareness and combatting stigma (especially the stigma in the psychiatric field). DID is not something that people are just reporting to experience, it has an observable and distinct impact in the brain.

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[lewishamiltongifs]

no pain no gain

[wistfulwatcher]

everything I’ve ever watched for juliette lewis whip it (2009) ➤ iron maven

[dozydawn]

[tampire]

Closeup of Jennifer's Kiss and Corinthian's Whisper

[spaceraceart]

happy halloween! i recently found out that the mystery skull animated ghost video was part of a whole series, and ive been obsessed w it for the past few days hehehe

[zecoritheweirdone]

hey do you guys wanna see a comic for a msa au me and my friend ascel came up with? trick question yes you do. anyway- hehehehehhhoo body swap au <3.

okay quick context for this rq- this is an au where it diverges after freaking out- instead of possessing the truck, lewis ends up chasing the gang for a while, maybe a week or two? arthur and vivi don't know why this random ghost they met ages ago keeps going after them, but one things for sure- he really, really wants arthur's head on a spike.

cut to the present- arthur got separated from vivi and mystery, and lewis ends up chasing him into the woods!

[wejustvibing]

oh!?

[penaltyboxboxbox]

JUST KIDDING!

[outatmako]

anyways here’s my incomplete list of reasons why trans boy Lewis just makes sense to me:

when he swims he wears a full rash guard, and he never goes shirtless, despite the fact we see other boys on the show shirtless

the one time we see him shirtless, in 2x01 (so not exactly his choice) he has his arms crossed over his chest the entire time -

he is pretty blasé when Rikki and Emma claim to be naked, almost like he’s used to sharing locker rooms and such with girls/women and is thus not bothered

similarly, is often wanting to sleepover with the girls on the full moon to protect them, but again is doesn't seem bothered about the implications of a co-ed sleepover, almost like he’s used to sleeping over with girls

he has an inherent understanding of the importance of keeping the girls’ secret, unlike Zane who needs the consequences shoved in his face. Lewis gets it immediately. almost like has his own secret, his own difference.

everything about the way he dresses has mega transmasc energy. it just does. the short sleeve button up, baggy cargo shorts combo? Faded graphic tee + frayed jeans + off brand vans? some stupid fucking hat?

that one scene where Cleo’s dad is like “the male of the species is predatory” and Lewis just gives him a blank stare and asks if he wants a biscuit. that hypermasculinity bullshit flew right past him.

this one requires us to accept Rikki is bi/queer, but that doesn't strike me as controversial. same taste in music as Rikki, meaning he probably listens to alternative rock and punk music (knowing Rikki). Very queer genres.

I'm transmasc and I said so

[lavender-bea]

This last week has been something