#coming soon

[shopwitchvamp]

Here's what'll go back up in the shop today at 5pm CT:

Two things to keep in mind for our reopening restock- 1) ANYTHING ORDERED NOW WILL NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!! 2) Some of these designs have literally just like 1 or 2 pieces left (for example, there's only 1 A Size Astrology Skater & after that it's gone for good.) For full details be sure to sign up for our shop emails, because I list everything out there w/ size availability 😊 See ya at the drop this evening! 🖤 witchvamp.com 🖤

WE'RE CLOSED!

See ya when we return in 3 weeks. The shop will reopen on 12/16 at 5pm CT. Until then, things will probably be pretty quiet around here because I'm very ready to be offline. Later!! ✌

[connorsnothereeither]

Guys I recorded something very fun and funky today I’m excitedddd 👀

[jihyoruri]

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[sarathrwizard]

WHEN MORE *I CARE* COMIC! IM IN LOVE WITH IT!

Hopefully before, on, or shortly after Christmas! But in any case, SOON! WOOOOOOOO!!!!! :D

[thetiredartist101]

Please come check out the first part of BloodMoon Memes Monday Tomorrow!!! ON YOUTUBE

[yunjitsu]

i love drawing Levi's ass. literally

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Pssst... something new is coming...

...this weekend!

Free, non-AI animal art references.

[evancelt]

A couple prototype minifigures from the upcoming Rocky Mountain Minifigs woodland creatures 6-figure initial release.

Planned figures:

Dark Tan Abbey Mouse with Sword

Orange Abbey Mouse with Sling

Long Patrol Hare Officer with Spear

Long Patrol Hare Soldier with Spear

Corsair Rat with Cutlass

Vermin Wildcat Sage with Staff

[breelynnxoxoxoxo]

Are You Going To Bed With Me? 🔥🔥🔥

[inkskinned]

so while i was writing the book, i became violently suicidal.

this was mostly due to the fact that i had a very bad reaction to some meds and my brain stopped producing any serotonin. also i was in the last semester of grad school where it's actually illegal to feel anything but dread. so it wasn't going well.

somewhere in the fog of it i became aware i needed help. nobody was taking clients or my insurance. i didn't want to do inpatient care - it wasn't right for my needs. there's not really an "in between" stage between "inpatient" and "no care," but i was trying to do the right thing. i was trying to activate the chain of command that was my emergency plan. i knew i needed help now.

i used betterhelp.

i know, i know. i'm a straight-A student and so smart and so clever, how could i ever use something so blatantly bad. to be honest with you, i didn't feel particularly keen on it from the getgo - things that seem too good to be true usually are. also, if something online is free, the price is usually your privacy.

the thing is that there was kind of a global pandemic happening at the time and i worked 5 jobs alongside of being a fulltime student and also like writing a book on the side. it is a miracle that i even thought about getting help. i would love to tell you i had the mental wherewithal to like, process whether this was the right choice for me. mostly i was desperate. i was so suicidal that i was trying to find a reason to stay inside of fortune cookies. i was the kind of suicidal that looks like splatterpaint. i hadn't been that bad in an entire decade.

they took my data. i gave them it freely. somewhere out there, they have a dossier on me. on everything i survived. my story in little datapoints, scattergraphed beautifully.

the first woman told me that really i should be grateful, because (and this is a direct quote): "at least you're not anne frank." i said that i felt that statement was antisemitic, as anne frank's life and experience shouldn't be compared to like, a nonbinary lesbian in western massachusetts. the therapist said that i should try to use lucid dreaming to try to picture myself in an actually scary situation, like running from nazis.

i applied for another therapist. i was willing to accept the possibility that there was a bad apple in the bunch. the next therapist and i even laughed about how inappropriate that statement was. and then, in our next session: the new therapist said if i was struggling with body image issues, i should just work harder on my appearance. she spent 3 sessions in a row talking about how she was grieving, and made me memorize facts about her grandmother so "she can live on through my clients."

i am a three's-a-charm kind of person. okay, so what if the last person made me uncomfortable. i figured it was just a misunderstanding of priorities - she had felt she was sharing with me, i had felt like i had to take care of her. i applied for another therapist.

the last woman asked me to help her pray. she bowed her head. i stared at her, frozen, while she said: lord, i beg you: cure her. take the pain of being gay away from her.

i spent somewhere between 2.5 and 3 months on betterhelp. in that whole time, i was not getting the professional help i so desperately needed, even though i was fucking trying.

in the end, i survived this because i finally could get off the meds that were literally killing me. a request for a real therapist finally went through. i survived because my friends saved my life. because nick let me sob myself dry in his arms. because maddie took the razors out of my room when i asked them to. because grace slept over in my bed for like 3 weeks in a row since nobody trusted me not to hurt myself when i was alone. i survived because i got fucking lucky. because even when i was desperately suicidal, i was too old and too self-aware to take "you need to be prettier" as good advice.

the thing is that there's a 19 year old me who isn't like that. who would have heard "just think about how grateful you should be" and said - oh, i see. i would have assumed that is what it means to be in therapy: the same thing my abusers used to tell me. that i am just pretending and lazy. that i am ugly and unworthy.

betterhelp positioned itself to take advantage of an incredibly vulnerable community. it preys on desperation. it knows it is serving people who are not doing well mentally. it saw that there is a huge need for real, immediate, compassionate mental health care: and then it fucking takes your money and privacy.

i still get their ads on instagram. last night i watched as a woman in a pool pretends to talk to a different woman. they discuss her anxiety.

there's a 19 year old version of me, and she didn't survive this. she was too tired, and drowning. i almost fucking died. this thing almost fucking killed me.

in the ad, the woman playing the therapist takes a note on a clipboard and then nods once, sagely.

i have to admit it's a pretty scene. the steam and light coming off the pool water lands on the actresses. like this, it almost looks baptismal, holy.

[888888-88]

Thank yall for so much support !!!!

I appreciate all the Ghost (Samuel ghost) fans were actually out there more than I ever expected 🥹❤️‍🔥

Currently cooking something special and it’s coming sooon 💁🏻‍♀️✨ (bits of teaser🎨 )

[slutpoppers]

Taichi vs Botamon, leads to beautiful scenery.

Digimon Adventure OVA (1999)

[celesse]

Did someone say blobfrogs throw blanket?? 👀💚

[sentate]

As much as I'm a bit gutted not to have made anything spooky this year, I feel very refreshed after my month off and I'm looking forward to sharing some new cc with you in November!

Have a gorgeously haunted evening my angels x x

[whytheylosttheirminds]

Out now!

Ho ho ho you hoes!

Chapter 1 preview below the cut…

Brodyyy <3: hey thanks again for offering to give me a ride back to nc for break!

You: ofc! anything for u after u gave me those o chem notes bestie

Brodyyy <3: i’m glad to hear ya say that…bc i have one more favor to ask

You: what’s up?

Brodyyy <3: one of my frat bros needs a ride back too, can he join?

You: does he live near us?

Brodyyy <3: he’s from obx but if you get us to my house I can take him the rest of the way in my mom’s car, so no extra driving for you!

You: yeah then i guess that’s cool!!

You: as long as i’m home before 6pm on the 20th i’m good

Brodyyy <3: cookie day?

You: exactly, u get me

Brodyyy <3: dw we’ll get you home in time for cookies! Tysm!

You: np!

You: what’s his name btw?

Brodyyy <3: …

You: *questioned* “what’s his name btw?”

Brodyyy <3: ...rafe

You: be so fr rn

You: as in cameron???

You: Brody, did u seriously invite rafe cameron to drive home with us??

to be the first to know when I post new fics and chapters, follow @whytheylosttheirminds-works and turn on notifs! To be tagged, just ask in the replies or my asks ❤️💚

very excited for this one! it will consist of four parts, I plan on posting the first either tonight or tomorrow - it's almost done! merry everything!