#Pain Reflective

[juhnkit]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #EmptyVessel, #Dreamer ... from #PainReflective [Official Music Video] (2023)

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[akanemnon]

That was faster than expected.

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[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

I know its kind of silly to say “don’t feel bad for canceling because of pain, fatigue, etc” because I know guilt is a reflex you can’t easily refrain from. But you can reason with yourself so instead I’ll say this:

Nobody can feel what you’re feeling but you. Nobody knows the severity of what you would be putting yourself through if you were to “tough it out.”

If you do “tough it out,” the purpose for you doing the thing will most likely not be fulfilled anyway. You probably will not be mentally present or engaged. You probably will not have a good time or get much out of it. Etc.

If people really have such a problem with it, thats a huge red flag. Being transparent about your needs and boundaries is a great way to weed people like that out of your life.

If you have any kind of chronic illness or disability, remember that you probably have a very warped judgement of what is “reasonable” to endure in terms of pain, fatigue, burnout, etc.

You didn’t ask for this, you don’t deserve this, there is no reason you should have to bear the weight of it alone. I bet if someone else was in your position, you wouldn’t mind helping accommodate for them?

Low energy days are truly sacred, take them seriously. Please respect your body’s signals. “If you do not choose times to rest, your body will choose for you” or however the saying goes

It is so much pressure to have to deliberate what sacrifices are necessary for proper self care. Give yourself extra credit for having to deal with that stress on top of whatever is putting you in that position in the first place. Thats a lot at once

You are leading by example and showing others that you would never expect them to hurt or overextend themselves for your benefit. Putting yourself first always inspires other to do the same.

Please be proud of yourself for even considering canceling and putting your needs first. That is so strong of you <3

[ontheoutside-lookingin]

Some chronic pain memes for extra hurty times

[xxplastic-cubexx]

crusty evolution redraw. in theory.

[ghostlakan]

the night window

[shadows-and-starlight]

Some say that Edwin may not remember much of what his face looks like since he died in 1916. He may have seen his reflection in Limbo's Lobby, but even more heartbreaking, he most definitely knows what his face looks like when he sees the dead bodies of his last selves.

For the majority of his existence, Edwin has mostly seen his face as lifeless.

[zhongli-lover-69]

[autisticaradiamegido]

You always draw Sollux like he has periods cramps.

he does. hes the only troll to ever have them actually. thats just the kind of life the guy lives.

[gachahugs]

My comic I did for @zine--garden 🙂 Gon and Killua search for something in the snow

[fyllophobia]

colour warmup 230225

[the-crooked-library]

opened tiktok (mistake number one, i know) and immediately saw someone saying that Thomas Hutter subverts the "disbelieving husband" trope which... listen i love a thoroughly pathetic mess of a man myself and i get that Ellen's other option is a 400yo evil corpse, but can we please not give him credit for things he didn't do?..

the literal inciting incident of the story is that Thomas DOESN'T listen to Ellen. he doesn't believe her. she tells him that she's got a bad feeling about this trip, begs him not to go, tells him about her nightmare - and what does he do? he calls it a childish fantasy, tells her to stop worrying, and implies that she would benefit from talking to a doctor. saying shit softly doesn't make it any less dismissive or insulting, like i'm sorry but this is peak Disbelieving Husband in a Horror Movie behaviour. he only changed his mind once Orlok put him through the horrors himself, which is also a perfectly standard thing for a Disbelieving Husband to do in the second act. furthermore, from the beginning of the film, he neglects Ellen's emotional needs, is uncomfortable with her abnormalities, and doesn't even really know what sort of gifts she likes - and again, these are all standard flaws for a Disbelieving Husband to exhibit. they're indicative of a disconnect between him and his wife that he continuously refuses to bridge.

caring for someone doesn't mean you can't neglect or harm them, and that applies to everyone - including Normal People like Thomas, like Harding, like Sievers, like the viewer; and that's the point of the film

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

sometimes when chronically ill/disabled/neurodivergent people say “I can’t do this thing” they really mean “I can technically do this thing I guess, but not without pretty significant repercussions” and I really need more fully-abled people to understand the validity of that

[sideblogdotjpeg]

ive been thinking about the red string superstition recently and also sol bufo always and it makes me sick how uncannily caldwell tanner has made sol to perfectly target me personally

(+ cropped versions !)

[toyalove]

TOYA WL2 MAJOR SPOILERS

my post-reading reflection... good morning its 8am

i'm really, really so hurt by the fact that, everyone in toya's life... from his mother, to his father (although he was really angry), to his new classmates, to even his friends at kamikou: they all love and care about toya. well, because he is toya and that's all that matters

but the fact he already disappointed the people he loved the most. he was too scared to see their faces, whether they'd still love him or not. he was too scared to have to go through that, again and again, even if he knows that the people who love him dearly will forgive him. so he instead chose to shut himself away, cutting off music completely. if it was associated as the thing that caused disappointment, then it would be just easier to give up. he ends up running away from reconciling those feelings too.

its a cycle that is of insurmountable difficulty to break free from... yet it is so easy to be chained by the cycle, constantly afraid of the people around him, falling deeper.

no matter... how happy those memories were. he was just, too scared.

i'm really glad that, in the real timeline, toya finds out that akito insists on performing with him. akito insists that toya isn't the half hearted person he thinks he is. that toya crazily loves music.

i'm really glad that, in the real timeline, toya regains his confidence and faces his feelings and fears to his father. he reconnects with the classical music he loves so much. he is understood by his family. that he knows he is loved despite the mistakes.