#and pt didn't help

[lychee-milk]

hey guys...i don't really like to get personal on here, but im just looking for some ideas or input...

idk if the diagnosis is correct bc the office i was diagnosed at also physically assaulted me and then denied me care bc i left a bad google review, but in 2017 i was diagnosed with an acute form of fibromyalgia called pelvic floor myalgia. it's a chronic pain condition that usually just feels like extremely bad cramps but it will shoot into my legs as well and radiate throughout my whole lower body. there are days where i can't even walk. but lately the pain has been so so so much worse than usual. i feel like I've tried everything. OTC meds, hot showers/baths, THC (and some other recreational type substances, but those aren't exactly a regular option for health and 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕝 and practicality reasons), being active (which is only possible when im not already in pain, which lately is never, bc me trying to be active during high pain times is impossible), and when i was first diagnosed i also tried the bullsht physical therapy.

so far i have heard that turmeric might help, so that's on my to-get list, and something called Lamaze breathing. i guess i was just hoping maybe someone here might know of a remedy for chronic pain, im willing to do ~almost~ anything at this point 😭

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it can be true that certain lifestyle changes can help with pain and disability, but people really overplay how those changes will affect people's lives.

I've found that exercise has helped my back pain - I have had chronic back pain that PT didn't touch, but exercise has helped. However, what hasn't changed is what exasperates that pain, and when my pain is especially exasperated, it doesn't matter how much I exercise, I'll be in my bed trying so hard to get out, and I'll be seeing white. So, yes, exercise helped me, but it did not save me. That's an example of what I mean.

It's fine to give (solicited!!) advice to people about how to manage things like this. But I'm begging people to be realistic about this. Lifestyle changes can only do so much, and disabilities are - surprise! - disabling.

[garvalhaminho]

i think the most heartbreaking part about sebastian as a character and the people around him is that clary, jocelyn, jace, they're grieving the person sebastian could've been had valentine not been his father. had valentine not created and raised him to be a soldier. he could've been a brother to clary, he could've been a son to jocelyn, he could've been...whatever that was to jace, but he was poisoned in his mother's womb by valentine, doomed since before he was born. and he himself sees what he could've been moments before his death, without the demon blood weighing on him as a person. his last words are "i've never felt so light". he could've been jonathan christopher morgenstern, but valentine was his father.

[shittyfolykldaily]

what are the chances theyre actually gonna pay for any of that

[the-unconquered-queen]

Ngl I feel like the fortune teller's predictions back in ch 8 led me to believe b2 would be more dramatic than it was.

[fourthclone]

i got two replies out , woo . now i'm going to sleep .

[sabraeal]

NaNoCryMo Day 18

Excerpt:

“Ye gods,” Galina muttered, breathless. “Is this an Olmü?”

“I am Mondo,” the great beast said, its fur ruffling with joy. “And you— you are a woman!”

“I am,” Galina informed him, faint.

“I can tell,” he told her with great pride. “You have no hair on your face. And you are shaped like”— he cupped his two hands, flexing them until the made a vague hourglass shape— “and not”— his fingers nimbly twist to a triangle with its point down.

“My, my,” the old man said with notable interest. “How very clever.”

Galina did not seem to share the same opinion, but seemed too shocked by the situation to do much more than mutter a strained, “Ye gods.”

[smallblueandloud]

guys! guys today i went to a doctor about my back and shoulder pain and he LISTENED to me and he's ordered an xray for my shoulder AND I HAVE AVENUES TO EXPLORE FOR PAIN RELIEF FOR MY BACK MAYBE

he did also say he was "intrigued" by "whatever's going on" with my rotator cuff which is. always a reassuring thing to hear about your body part LMAO. but so it goes!! i'm actually going to get treatment!!

[bragganhyl]

ngl at times I feel like I may be a little too stupid for this game, truth be told, tbph

[dangerpronebuddie]

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[urcadelimabean]

Yawl. I just GOT A NEW JOB!!!!!!!! The pay is great, the company is tiny (like 10 people) and seems to have a great culture, my partner's cousin who is a good friend works there, and it's going to be super interesting! I'll be constructing sensors that measure magnetic fields!!!! And it's 10 minutes from my jiu jitsu school....... SO EXCITED AND HAPPY! I start Tuesday

[swissmissing]

I'm so excited I just cracked my neck *exactly* right and I can now turn my head all the way to the side it's been blocked on for 2 years, completely without pain!

Is it too much to hope that it will stay this way?

[hoperays-song]

Johnny’s Fight Scene

***Potential TW: mentions of past injuries, abuse (just say the word once), fighting, and questionable fighting tactics.***

For those of you who might not know, I was in martial arts for several years growing up. In fact that’s where I met my girlfriend! I was in the class for numerous hours a week for over five years, so the things I learned there definitely stuck with me. 

And one of those things that I learned immediately jumped out at me as I was rewatching Sing 2 with said girlfriend and their younger brother who was in the class with us. Johnny appears to use a mental method of losing your inhibitions during a fight, something we called flipping the switch, in his fight with Klaus.

Now, this technique is kind of odd to describe. It involves you essentially shutting off all your thoughts and switching into fight or flight mode (we were trained to go immediately into the fight aspect). You stop thinking. Your mind goes blank. All that matters is getting out of this situation and giving your attacker as much hell as they just gave you.

And when I say you stop thinking, I do literally mean that. I once broke a bone during sparring with someone who had “flipped the switch” (that was not the other student’s fault but our teacher’s, I should not have been allowed to fight). And the person who did that? Amazingly sweet guy. Literally like a big brother to almost everyone. Which just shows that this flipping of a switch method is extremely effective since it bases itself off people’s survival instincts. 

Now, why would I and my family think that that is what Johnny did during his Sing 2 fight? Because it’s Johnny. We’ve seen this kid trapped in a flooding building, was in a room with angry gang members who seemed pretty chill with murder, at active bank heists, and run from people who want him dead. And yes, he did break his skateboard out of frustration after weeks of literal abuse, but we also see him immediately regret that action. In no other scenario do we see him act on a fight instinct. Ever. Hell, even that skateboard scene started with him running away from what was happening. Johnny’s first instinct isn’t to fight, it’s to run. 

So why would this suddenly change? Why would the kid who had been solely on the defensive the entirety of the fight before that point just change to extremely offensive in a second? Well, we know that Johnny likely is trained to fight. His father boxes for fun, and every other member of his family has proved themselves to be extremely good at fighting as well (to the point they can easily take out professional bodyguards). And despite it being a very poor excuse for a gang, Johnny was still in a gang. He knows how to protect himself. And judging by his reaction to being told he has a fight scene, not only is he likely good at it, but he enjoys it.

But the point stands that he didn’t fight back until he looked back up towards the others. Which actually just further proves to me that he used the “flip the switch” method. That technique is harder for some people to learn than others, especially if they don’t like hurting people or are worried about hurting people. That anxiety can cause someone to not fight back in dangerous situations as it essentially stops that survival instinct I was talking about earlier. 

To get around this in training, our teacher would either physically place one of the younger kids a few feet behind us or tell us that they were in danger (though that was typically after the physical method had been used several times), trying to get protective instincts to come into play. And speaking as someone who had to be told this a ton as I don’t like hurting people, it works insanely well. Like scarily so. And I imagine it would work for Johnny too. We see just how family oriented this kid is. His dad and uncles are extremely important to him. His theatre family is extremely important to him. He cares a lot about them. He’s willing to do just about anything for them, no hesitation.

And if he was to tell himself during a fight that he had to protect them, that they were in danger, it’s likely that flipping of a switch would be pretty much instinctual (think of all those references to (insert family member)’s love being a powerful force to be reckoned with).

However, it is important to point out that Johnny was still restraining himself during that fight scene. We see Johnny throughout both movies perform acts of pretty extreme strength (ie. lifting giant slabs of concrete with a basic pulley in Sing 1). The fact that the most destruction he causes during that scene is the breaking of his opponents staff shows the restraint that Johnny was using, despite being in a defensive mindset. 

This does speak more on Johnny’s character than anything, as he was able to disarm his opponent in a hyperfocused state, especially since he still has to blink himself out of it at the end and be surprised when the scene was over. He genuinely forgot what was going on and was focused on protecting himself and his loved ones. He forgot he was performing. And yet he still managed to avoid seriously harming his opponent. 

That amount of control is insanely hard to come by. It takes years and years of training (the shortest amount of time I saw was 4 years) to be in a flip the switch mindset and still be able to subconsciously access the situation. Johnny is a skilled fighter for sure, with an insane amount of control in his techniques.

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TLDR Conclusion: 

Johnny used a trick taught in some martial arts classes called “flipping the switch” which involves tapping into a person's survival instincts and essentially only focusing on getting away from/hurting your attacker back during his Sing 2 performance. This shows how skilled he is as it is extremely hard to do damage control subconsciously (ie. Johnny not actually hurting his opponent and only breaking the staff), and that he was likely trained in self defense for years.

TLDR Evidence:

- The look back at family and friends is often used to get your brain into a protective mindset.

- Flipping the switch involves instantly going onto the offensive, which we see Johnny do after behaving purely defensively in the past.

- Johnny would likely know this trick as we know he at least knows how to fight.

- The fact he seems surprised at the audience at the end of his scene is similar to what it’s like coming out of a “flip the switch’ mindset, you’re shocked by reality or where you are.

- Johnny is very protective of loved ones, as seen with him helping Mrs Crawly and Rosita during the escape, as well as never turning in his family to the police despite not agreeing with the gang.

- Johnny’s typical first reaction in dangerous situations is flight (as seen by him running from the classroom before), so the sudden switch would have to have some motivation behind it.

[autie-j]

Back...hurt :(

[dissociacrip]

i kinda wish the PT people went through with that custom orthotic thing because now idk how much my discomfort with walking could be improved with something like that if it potentially improves knee-ankle-foot alignment.

and yesterday i noted how uncomfortable it was for me to walk (like, not painful unless i'm walking for a while, but like i've posted about before, walking just Feels Wrong and Unpleasant most of the time, but idk if my gait is visibly abnormal to anyone outside of those with relevant PT education) and i'm probably not aware of that discomfort most of the time bc i grew up this way thinking i was just "out of shape" bc that's what my mother always told me.

i have to wonder what the child welfare agency who "diagnosed" me or w/e told my parents about my hypotonia bc if they thought it would go away they were very very very wrong.

my OT had to google what hypotonia was. lol.

[commissionsdarian]

Sorry. I appreciate it. A lot. But don't compliment me