#NEWBIE

[cat-cosplay]

So... I've never painted a landscape before.

Any notes/suggestions from artist/painters?

I might add daylight streaks in the foreground.

[callmepn]

Haii! I just creat this account! , dont know everything hope u guys will help!

[binaural-histolog]

Hypnotizing Autistic People

I have been continuing to work on the newbie guide to hypnosis.

All the inductions now have in-place text for the scripts, they cross reference back to the relevant theory bits, and I've even got the sections consistent between inductions now.

But the big bit is filling out a page on hypnotizing autistic people.

This was great fun to do because it's so blatantly obvious now how much the stereotype of "analytical" and "difficult" subjects matches up with the autistic stereotype. So many "powerful mental techniques" just don't work well on autistic people.

Try to assert your authority and establish compliance with an autistic person and you may as well stage-dive onto pavement.

Attempt to confuse and overwhelm the senses of an autistic person with language patterns and sensory overload? I've got news for you: autistic people *expect* to be confused and overwhelmed.

Try to relax them with PMR? They won't stop thinking. They'll get bored and their brains will give them more interesting things to think about.

So the way to hypnotize an autistic person is to work with them, rather than against them. Summarizing from the page:

Form an alliance by infodumping all the theory on them, and explain why and how you're doing what you're doing.

Frame hypnosis as a co-operative game with some clear and easy to follow rules.

Frame suggestions in terms of their special interests.

Pay attention to and respect their sensory needs.

Use direct and clear communication.

Keep the mind engaged. If you're not doing anything, bring them out. Don't rely on trance to keep them occupied.

Check-in frequently. Don't assume that you can read non-verbal cues.

If they have any stims, that's a great introduction to automatic behaviors.

I had fun writing this, and if you have feedback please reblog and/or leave a comment. I want to do a page on ADHD next and could use some tips there as well.

[evanpeterswifeyyy]

Violet Harmon sketches 🪻

Inspired by my favorite mootie @fear-is-truth

[ericawnstn]

Cute little angel looking for whom to play with💋😻💄

[tiramisuwithmascarpone]

Hello! I'm a 15-year-old devotee of both Lord Hermes and Lady Aphrodite who is raised in an extremely Orthodox Christian household, and I would like to share my story with you ⋆˚ʚɞ

Hi! for safety reasons I will not use the name I usually use online for this account, but you can call me Jellyfish. I live in Eastern Europe, more exactly Romania, a country whose population is 98% devoted to Christianity at the time of speaking. My mother is a perfect example. She wholeheartedly believes in God, I grew up with pictures of him and the Holy Mary all over the walls, which I wouldn't escape even at my grandparent's houses. My house always smelled of myrrh, I would carry a picture of God everywhere I went, I would pray to him before bed, go to church on every holiday, but I never felt fulfilled or connected to him in any way. I didn't truly know what I believed in. My mother was telling me all about how should I praise God, but I don't think I ever did it because I wanted to or felt connected to what she was telling me or felt like it was the life I wanted to live. When she would fight with my father, even now, she would threaten that she would run away to a monastery and become a nun. She thinks you cannot change your religion and you can not be Christian if you were born with Christian parents and raised in that environment. I did not have faith in God because I wanted to and felt connected to his message and wanted to worship his divine being, I did it because my mother felt that way. And that destroyed me.

As I grew older, I started believing less and less in God. I was struggling with going through teenagehood, fighting my own inner battles, and dealing with friendship that slowly felt like they were taking away my lifespan, and it wasn't just that I didn't have faith in a divine being (which is completely alright. Please do not believe this monologue is Anti-Christian, I believe everyone is allowed to believe and worship the one who they feel most connected and inclined towards.) I didn't have faith in anything anymore. When my brother reached 15, he hated my parents for their beliefs. I will not get much I detail since his story is not mine to tell, but he had battled with alcohol and substance abuse. And I was his only shoulder for him and my parents to lean and cry on. My mother told me to pray for our family, she would pray to god every day, light up myrrh, take me to churches, and I would feel miserable. I felt like an imposter in that church. I truly wanted to have faith in a god, anyone, but I felt like my only choice was God since that's what my mother taught me. Both my parents trust God so I cannot be different, can I?

How foolish I was. I can only look back to my past self and wish to embrace and hold her till she cries all her sorrow out. She was so confused.

Back in 2022, I had first heard of Aphrodite. My brother was sent to a mental hospital for his substance abuse when they caught him on the verge of overdosing. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder after a suicide attempt, autism and ADHD, but my father (who already couldn't accept the fact that my brother has ADHD) fought with them saying they ,,don't know me well enough" and,,there's nothing wrong with me". And he's right, there's nothing wrong with me. Not even If I am neurodivergent. I was at my lowest, I felt disgusting, I fought with my parents and was their therapist every single day, I stopped going to school, I was a mess. But, I was heavily active on social media because I had tons of online friends. While scrolling on tiktok, I found a video of an Aphrodite devotee. My interest was piqued. I heard about Greek Mythology before but never actually researched it. I liked the video and commented, talking about how gorgeous their faith sounds, and that's when it all started. I started getting more info about Aphrodite, the swans swum by me every time I would go to the lake with my family so we could ,,get some fresh air". I started getting lots of pins on Pinterest with her. I always had a desire for water and the beach was my safe place, where I felt fulfilled and free from all I'm feeling. I had a Dove make itself a nest on a tree next to the window of my classroom which I would always sit by while having lunch (on the rare occasions I would drop by to school). I started researching more about Lady Aphrodite, loving her story, beliefs, ways of worshipping, how it felt like silence was washing over me when I would make a non-physical offering to her. Her tales. The way it felt like she was always there to give me a warm hug and squeeze me while I was crying. I also felt a boost in my confidence! I started loving my features, taking care of myself again, etc. It wasn't always just sun and rainbows, I would still have breakdowns and wish it would all just end and all that, but it was more bearable with her. She made my life more bearable. I love, worship, and adore Lady Aphrodite for that. I worshipped her till this year when I officially felt strong enough to devote myself to her.

This year, actually, I started noticing my strong connection to Hermes. I was always attracted to the kind-hearted, mischievous, kind-hearted, highly intelligent and funny thieves. I always idolized them and wished to be like them. That's how I feel about Lord Hermes. I feel like he was reaching out to me all my life. Everything he is associated with I had an inexplicable obsession with for pretty much all my life. Turtles, golden or silver, travel, learning new languages, astronomy, astrology, everything you could think of. I have been devoted to him since last month, that's when I officially started labeling myself as a Hellenic Pagan, but I am still a beginner, and I need to hide all of this from my mother since I am afraid of what she would do if she were to find out I have another belief since she reacted super badly back when I was an atheist :( I set up the first altar for Lady Aphrodite, and the second one for Lord Hermes. I always had been an artistic soul and loved making my room all pretty randomly so I told my mother this is one of those cases and she believed it. She does not know english and is not at all cultured about any beliefs besides Christians, Muslims, and Jews. They are both hidden in my closet. I feel very bad for not being able to make them a bigger and more obvious altar, I hope I'll have that chance when I move out from my parent's house..

I wanted to ask if Lord Hermes would be mad if my mom kept setting random things on his altar? she even put a picture of the Holy Mary. I moved it to the other side of the closet and made a DIY necklace for him out of orange garnet or beads to apologize to him, and he didn't seem mad, but I'm not sure...I sketched drawings of both of them and rested them on their altars. Everything you see are either offerings I heard they may like or things that reminded me of them! the little notebook on Hermes's altar is specifically made for learning new languages and thought he would enjoy it. Do you guys think any of my offerings are disrespectful? or should be removed? I'm open to any advice! Thank you for listening to my story <3

[ydotome]

Tsukasa Suou "Kasa-kun, Shitty Brat, Suu-chan, Newbie" (朱桜 司) - Ensemble Stars!! Tsuioku Selection Checkmate - Episode 6

[dr-spectre]

Y'all, new Splatoon players are so damn cute!!!!! They are just walking around so sweet and innocent, shooting around like they are so nervous and scared.... poor babies!!!!

I wanna give them a hug and show them how to play!! UGH NEW PLAYERS ARE SO ADORABLE!!! THEY DESERVE SUCH KINDNESS AND TENDERNESS AND CARE!!!

If you find a new player, take good care of them, give them a good time and let them play around with the controls!

[luveslasher]

Uncle Samsonite brainrot aghhh 🗣️

Not Roblox doors content IM SO SORRY 😞

[myusuchaa]

well my friend decided to download ikevil

her first text to me:

Tbh she’s not wrong.. LOL

lets hope she likes it 🥺🫡🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 she comes from LaDS ~~

[symphonyofhearts]

Would you meet me there, where the river meets the forest? In the middle of the hazy mist, everything so mysterious and mystical, where the angels' melodies can be heard, the warmth of your hands, the light that shines in your eyes in this gloomy haven of nature—let's write our own fairytale, a tale that'll be ours.

[simzalot]

my first ever sim from scratch!!! this is johnnie 🤍

i’ve been finding a lot of sim creators that i love and pulled some inspo from them. let me know if you’d be interested in downloading her, for now this is just a fun post.

shout out to all of the AMAZING sims cc creators 🫶🏽

please give me tips on how to take better photos 🤧

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until next time!!!

[maxuskundus0]

Toga and Twice

[gingerxdoll]

New here 🥰 talk to meeee

[mrcerealkiller]

Ah, isn't Christmas cold? Poor SatoSugu feeling the Seasonal Blues! These two are my roman empire.

(note: This is one of my earlier arts, that is why I did not have any motivation to finish the first two drawings, oof)