#Substance P

[mremusings]

Body Mechanics - Neurochemicals in Physical Response and Regulation

Neurochemicals in Physical Response and Regulation. Learn ways to regulate and optimize your brain body connection.

Welcome to Blog Post 3 in our series: “Body Mechanics – Neurochemicals in Physical Response and Regulation.” We now shift our focus from the intricate workings of the mind to the dynamic world of neurochemicals that govern our physical responses and bodily functions. It’s a journey into understanding how these microscopic marvels orchestrate the symphony of our physical experiences. Your body…

[androidboy]

[subzeroparade]

my takeaway from this game so far

[honehonn3honey]

[pharawee]

Have you ever met a patient who can see the future? He sees time distorted and events that don't exist.

—4 MINUTES · สี่นาที · 26 July 2024

[givemearmstopraywith]

i need to do mushrooms with her

[billdenbrough]

fundamentally disinterested in the recurring discourse about kevin's drinking that aims to a) make it his Specific Problem To Focus On And Overcome when it is a crutch and coping mechanism to get him through a Much Bigger Problem (emotional fallout he can't square with by himself, culture shock, trauma, loss of his extremely wildly co-dependent relationship w riko, losing the structure of the nest, mourning a future he was meant to have, processing a grave injustice, anger and fear and desperate grief, all of which is his Actual Specific Fox Problem) while he builds himself back up, and b) thinks that even if it is a problem (more on that later), it's the foxes' problem to deal with.

like. it's just not.

yeah, he doesn't drink until he meets them. they gave him that habit, and in traditional terms, they're (the monsters specifically) a 'bad influence'. but these are the foxes. this is kevin day, son of exy, whose meteor is crashing spectacularly through no fault of his own. there are no traditional terms to be found here. the framework for it literally doesn't exist. neil comes into the foxes with more conventional expectations—appalled at the athletes' substance use, his horror at matt's trip to columbia, his steadfast and early repeated stance that none of the foxes should let andrew treat them the way he does, and certainly not nicky—and tends to engage with them less as the series goes on and he folds himself into the foxes. the thing about the foxes is that they've all been in pits deeper than they are tall. and some of them got a helping hand on the way—erik, andrew's extreme intervention methods, stephanie walker—and wymack was always waiting for them on the other side, ready to throw down a rope, but all the foxes dragged themselves out of their own holes. often not alone, often not without assistance, but at the end of the day, they have to do it.

there's that line neil has about aaron in that scene that got deleted when the timeline shifted around, when he thinks about how aaron got this far in life on his own, surviving on willpower and sheer desperation. that applies to aaron in a way that's a little more acute than some of the rest of them—boy who doesn't let the foxes in bc of andrew, boy who doesn't let nicky in bc he doesn't know how, boy made of flinching and seeking an escape and grieving the one who hurt him—but is broadly true for the foxes en masse.

this isn't to say the foxes can't help each other, but it's not their job. it just isn't. they'll keep kevin alive, keep him safe, keep him flanked and contained within their ranks. they'll fight tooth and nail in this battle with him, fight to get him to that championship game, fight to get that trophy in his hands. but that's all they've agreed to. that's all they're responsible for, in this covenant they've made with him. he says they can make this happen, and they're going to get him to that final game, but it's up to him what state he's in when he gets there.

like. they're foxes. they've been triaging their whole lives. they hate each other and they hate everyone else more. they're the kids with their backs up against the wall. half of them are addicts. i don't think kevin is comparable, personally; he's getting through a horrific situation with a coping mechanism. that's not the same thing as battling yourself to stop using. but that's not really the point of this. what i'm getting at here is that to the foxes, it's easy math: kevin who can lean on vodka and andrew and wymack and the foxes to stay upright when he's not ready to stand on his own two feet is still a kevin who is standing. a kevin with one less piece of scaffolding to lean on is a kevin who falls over, a kevin at risk of complete collapse, a kevin one phone call away from running back to the master, a kevin one crucial loss away from not ever making it back to himself at all. they're triaging. this is low on the totem pole of things they have the room to care about. they very much have bigger problems, both individually and even just kevin-related. if alcohol makes seeing the boy he knew best in the world and moved in tandem with his whole life and who destroyed their entire legacy and his entire life in one move — if alcohol makes facing that boy easier to stomach, then, fuck, why would they take that away? they're foxes. they've all got their demons. this is what kevin needs this year and a half to let him face his, that's all. they can understand that. it doesn't have to be pretty, as long as it keeps him in the fight. that's the priority.

i think there's absolutely space to explore this in fic and art and fandom in a way that maybe does explore it as a Problem, both that it's an active problem for kevin & that it's something to explore other foxes helping him with (there's a t&n fic that i've been gnawing at the bit to read for months that seems poised to explore this premise, and that's super up my alley)! i just think we're in different territory when we're talking about the series—and its characters and dynamics—in a conversational rather than transformational way, and end up talking about this like the foxes are responsible for kevin's choices. i love kevin day. i read these back at the start of 2015 & he's so dear to me that loving him was the blueprint for how i feel abt kageyama. but it's been pretty weird to see how the conversation has been translating Loving Kevin Day into... thinking the foxes are doing wrong by him with respect to this in actual canon. like that's just not how it operates there

[isabelleadjani]

me watching the substance

me when the substance finally ended

me in the future when i talk to someone who likes the substance

[breach-of-conduct]

1 itty bitty selkie kian that nothing bad happened to ever :]

For @plantboiart who requested "My doodle request for everyone ever is just kian. Maybe lil baby selkie kian? :3"

[13eyond13]

nothing more cringe than coaxing and half-forcing someone to go to the movies with you because you're talking up how good the last one in the series was and then they finally agree to go and then it ends up being over two hours long and also kinda the worst 😬

[your-blood-is-my-drug]

since everyone is "glorifying" daddy issues, and it has became an aesthetich, I'll tell you what this shit is really about. I was 16 when we first met, he was 30, we had short interactions, he was hot, rude but nice to me, and older. He was my type so I started flirting with him, because he already did. Fast forward I was 17 he was 31 we were together, I lied, my parents did not know, he was not a bad person, just older. At first he was sweet and caring, we just got along soooo well, he was everything I was looking for. Then everything has changed, he became controlling, jealous af, after all he became toxic, he knew how to push me away and pull me back for his game, ha wanted me but he did not love me. I started drinking more and more to fill the void he left, when he was still laying beside me, it was hell. I changed and changed for him, hoping to be the perfect girlfriend for him and supporting all his shit. I started drinking pretty heavily when we were on bas terms, because I could not stand being sober and not being enough. I became an alcoholic(or something like that) at the end of our relationship because I coudn't stand the fact that it's over. I loved him, lied for him, I did everything I could just to make him happy, he never hit me, he never used me sexually, he just manipulated me until I broke. We broke up five months ago. We still talk. He slept here last night. I'm drunk again.

[boudicca]

your 20s are about something but nobody is quite sure what it is

[elkkiel]

hi babes I am inebriated and am confident enough to announce that the companion piece to Worshitpost #2 is complete. and even Peer-Reviewed w/ positive feedback. it is finished!!!

idk I'm so fucking excited to share this with all of you bc. it's probably the most artistic labour I've put into fanart for this fandom (frankly even for any fandom I've ever been in). even if it is just a meme at the end of the day. theres so many cool WIPs I've teased but put o. the back burner, but this one lit a sweet lil fire under my ass.. and I'm confident about binging this one to completion soon

I am so fucking. sorry I have had too much margarita and it's getting g worse as I'm typing this but. ily and I love u for all ur patience for my art + how much I tease things that don't come to fruition for a long time. I think you'll really like this one. even if it's technically just a meme. But like an S++ tier meme for quality and time commitment alone :3

you guys are so fucking cool and I genuinely see and love every single one of you who takes the time to interact. I have the confidence to both try new things and revisit old skills that I haven't touched for a while. all for a bunch of sexy sad masked British dudes playing loud music on stage. I appreciate you beyond measure + I've never had more fun sharing my art than right here right now (not rite here rite now bc I don't fuck w/ ghost, but it popped in my head as I typed this + I'm excited on ur behalf to get such a cool piece of art to enjoy from ur fave band 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 metal musical theatre go brrrr)

I'm well aware that I'm rambling rn and I very much apologize if this doesn't get cut for some reason, but at the same time I'm less nervous to share my immense appreciation for all of u in my state lowered inhibitions . so yeah take my unfiltered love u fucking nerds and have a happy timezones!!!!!!!! I am kissing you so fucking hard you'll need to get on an emergency list for cos.etic surgery since your mother fucmiglips are gonna be busted as hell

[gotyouanyway]

died by drinking large extra strong black tea at seven thirty pee em and then taking a double dose of melatonin less than three hours later. while gay

[livingisboring]

Day 3:

24h F4sting day: complete

Beverage: green tea ×4, Schweppes zero sugar, water.

Cal burned : 1594

Today was really tiring.

I started strong and full of hope. I went to my 10 am lecture then I went to watch a movie (the substance). The movie was really good. The plot. I mean this movie moved a chord in me. It felt so close to me. The movie was so close to me, it's lowkey painful. Some of the main character choices were so sad and gut wrenching, but I feel like I would've done the same. Plus the words she was saying to herself were so harsh. It was so hard to watch this movie. It really was a wake up call. But I don't know.. I'm not going to love myself all of a sudden, at the end of the movie. It takes time. I loved the movie. The scenario. ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡

It was very cold outside. Colder than usual. Then I headed back home. Not only some gross guy was touching my butt in the bus. Not only that and my mom said some hurtful stuff to me. And I broke down. I cried privately because I don't want to give her the opportunity to see that she hurt me. And I cried now I'm in bed and I'm going to rest for tomorrow.second day of fasting.

Wish me luck! Love you all ｡⁠♡｡

[venigni]

are we not gonna talk about how hot it is that Venigni is like...insanely smart 😭