#especially the psychotic ones

[iwtvdramacd18]

Many others have pointed out the similarities between the tunnel and the church scene but I wanted to put some portions side by side. You can see Louis preemptively offering the question ("ask me for it") and going straight to inviting Armand in. And then Armand having to ask a question (though not one of true permission, we see earlier in the episode he can come and go as he pleases) and Louis leveling him with ofc. "Are you gonna kill me?" Which Armand doesn't answer, simply follows him into his apartment.

Both scenes also have Lestat and Armand revealing some level of vulnerability to Louis before his acceptance of his impending "death" (obv Armand does not kill Louis here, but I think this can easily be read as a threshold being passed in many aspects, fates being sealed (Claudia's especially.) etc. Which I would argue are deaths in motion). While it's Armand's reveal of his former relationship with Lestat and that he's been hurt in the past that's right before him and Louis kissing I think his question of those with the most power being often the weakest that's a better parallel here. Combined with how Armand recounted Lestat's destruction of his coven we have a lot of building up to "I could not prevent it" levels here, and more context for how power functions between Louis and Armand in Dubai.

[thedreadvampy]

sometimes I forget that my experience has been. um. not 'your experiences are not universal' vibes but more like 'your experiences are EXTREMELY atypical'

[nabaath-areng]

Sometimes I think to myself "actually maybe I'm exaggerating the terror I felt from being stalked", but then I remember that the person in question followed me and waited for me outside my school every day, tracked me down on every website I'd spent even the slightest time on, left physical letters in my mailbox, sent creepy as hell novel length messages on a near daily basis on FB. And then when I was living abroad and I answered the phone I told the caller to text me cause I couldn't hear, after which I had to read "I was saying that you would probably be VERY scared if you knew who's calling... hehe" with my own damn fucking eyes...

And then I'm like yknow what nevermind!!!! the fact that I'm still terrified of being perceived and seen in public not just IRL but also FFXIV might be understandable actually!!!

[waugh-bao]

Do you think in the "Out of Tears" video the cameras just happened to be rolling when Charlie went in the telephone booth to call Shirley and ask her to come pick him up from this bloody music video set and then captured his disappointment when he realized it was just a prop? I do.

[stanlunter]

That's so funny how people think Azula is a psychopathic, evil and has no empathy just bc as a child she acted as a typical pre-teen child (especially considering their situation and the way they were raised). Ig, if they ever saw my siblings, causins and me as children, they would assume we are some kinds of serial killers, maniacs, terrorists and abusers lmao. Comparing to us, Azula would be saint and a dream sister, really

[cravingforbiddenaffection]

maybe this is just my experience as a system but how can you be extremely proship but also vioently anti-endo

isnt the whole proship thing to just. let people do what they want. why cant you apply that to endo systems and just like. Not go out of your way to harass them and tell them to kill themselves. isnt that what half the proship community complains about antis doing. youre acting like an anti when you do that.

a lot of system terminology and resources (the term "plural" being a nonmedicalized term, pluralkit, simply plural...) were coined by, made by, or at least made in solidarity with endogenic systems.

im not trying to encroach on peoples spaces, but ive seen a lot of anti endos encroaching on originally endogenic spaces. so. shrug.

[leojurand]

crazy how the age of madness characters being more human, more grounded, and more realistically flawed is used as a reason to like them less than the characters from the rest of the series. almost 3 years since i've finished first law and i still don't get it at all

[sometimesraven]

looking at the Gabbie Hannah situation and remembering a friend I had when I was a teen who went into the psych ward an alternative transmasc pagan and came out a modest cis christian who completely ghosted and never reconnected with their old friends

or the friend recently who came out of social housing, met someone she found attractive and that person was christian -- a week later she was born again christian and ghosted or alienated all of her pre-existing friends

or the fact that there was some kind of fundraising thing in town recently for vulnerable people and it was entirely christian, right down to several street pastor stalls

the way these branches of christianity prey on vulnerable, mentally ill people is fucking sick and you will never, ever convince me to respect something that builds its entire foundations on that

[fictionadventurer]

It turns out that most of the documents they examine in the Presidential podcast are available on the Library of Congress website. Including this letter between Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia.

The letter (which is addressed "The President" "Immediate" on the other side) was left on Grant's desk.

Julia writes:

Dear Ulys, How many years ago today is that we were engaged? Just such a day as this too was it not? Julia

In Grant's handwriting is his response:

Thirty-one years ago. I was so frightened however that I do not remember whether it was warm or snowing. Ulys.

Anyway, that's so cute that I just had to show you.

[waterlesscake]

could people not just use delirious instead of delulu?

like could they not just substitute all schizophrenia/psychosis rooted jokes with delirium???

like unless im missing something, no specific group of people is harmed by that

[butterscotch-brigade]

like idk if someone starts acting out in unusual ways and saying/doing things they would never normally do i think thats a sign that they need help and not that they should be publicly put on blast while theyre actively having a mental health crisis but idk thats just my opinion

[chaosciara]

[image #1 id: A tweet by @/esdin (Ted DiNola | Virtual Realist) that reads,

“Regulatory Bodies: "ADHD medication is highly addictive"

ADHD Folks: "Wait... did I take my pills?"”

end id]

[image #2 id: Tumblr tags that read, “‘the struggle’; ‘drug seeking behaviour: I’m seeking where I put the goddamn bottle’”. end id]

[little-flame-prince]

Aunt: you're an empath like me-

Ma'am I am clinically incapable of experiencing empathy what the fuck are you talking about

[kil9]

insane to me when ppl talk about brain fog bcause half of me still doesnt really kno what it means cos the definition is way too loose & half of me is like. huh i think ive just been experiencing this almost my whole life

[genderqueerdykes]

this summer has been brutally hot. while you're trying to stay cool, please consider giving cups or bottles of water to any homeless people you see. i honestly don't care what your stance on homelessness is: just do it. if you've never had heat exhaustion or heat stroke, you have no idea how utterly miserable overheating is, and it gets worse when you're dehydrated. now consider how much worse it gets when you don't have a consistent source of shade to lower your body temperature. nobody "Deserves" heat exhaustion or heat stroke, leave your "they have to earn shelter" shit at the door. no one's listening.

i live in what's regarded as the worst part of town, dubbed "the war zone". i have countless homeless people walking by my apartment daily, and whenever i'm on the porch, I do my best to offer what I can. some folks turn me down for food, not every person who comes across my block needs narcan, but water is always gratefully accepted. please try to give water instead of sugary drinks if possible and avoid caffeine, as that is a diuretic and can cause people to dehydrate faster. if all you have is juice or soda, go ahead, but please give water when and where possible.

i have never had anyone get belligerent with me even despite the awful nickname this part of town has gained. if someone seems like they are in the middle of a psychotic episode (speaking to someone you can't see, irritable outbursts, confusion, reacting to cues you can't see, and so on) and are visibly agitated or angry, give them space and don't force them into anything. DO NOT CALL THE COPS ON THEM. don't call the cops on ANY homeless people. when a psychotic person is in the middle of an episode, what they are seeing, hearing and feeling are real to them, and can be perceived as life-threatening. sometimes someone in the middle of a psychotic episode cannot parse that you are not a threat, especially if they are in the middle of a particularly paranoid episode, which happens extremely easily when you have nowhere safe to rest your head at night. constantly having to watch over your own shoulder can easily lead to someone feeling constantly persecuted.

my neighbors have been handing out food, water, and cigarettes too, without any provocation from me. now that I've moved in, we have someone to hand out narcan, too. we can build a more compassionate world. if everyone on my block wordlessly helps the homeless folk who walk past without any provocation from someone else, the whole world can be this kind. i promise it can. you can possibly save a life just by reaching out. we all have the power to make a change for the better. a simple glass of water can literally save a life. your unsheltered neighbors are still your neighbors.

[fatliberation]

I saw a comment on your blog that says 'the way you eat does not cause diabetes'...are you able to expand on that or provide a source I could read? I've been told by doctors that my pre-diabetes was due to weight gain because I get more hungry on my anti psychotics and I'd like to fact check what they've told me! Thank you so much!

Pre-diabetes was rejected as a diagnosis by the World Health Organization (although it is used by the US and UK) - the correct term for the condition is impaired glucose tolerance. Approximately 2% of people with "pre-diabetes" go on to develop diabetes per year. You heard that right - TWO PERCENT. Most diabetics actually skip the pre-diabetic phase.

There are currently no treatments for pre-diabetes besides intentional weight loss. (Hmm, that's convenient, right?) There has yet to be evidence that losing weight prevents progression from pre-diabetes to T2DM beyond a year. Interestingly, drug companies are trying to persuade the medical world to start treating patients earlier and earlier. They are using the term “pre-diabetes” to sell their drugs (including Wegovy, a weight-loss drug). Surgeons are using it to sell weight loss surgery. Everyone’s a winner, right? Not patients. Especially fat patients.

Check out these articles:

Prediabetes: The epidemic that never was, and shouldn’t be

The war on ‘prediabetes' could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine?

Also - I love what Dr. Asher Larmie @fatdoctorUK has to say about T2DM and insulin resistance, so here's one of their threads I pulled from Twitter:

1️⃣ You can't prevent insulin resistance. It's coded in your DNA. It may be impacted by your environment. Studies have shown it has nothing to do with your BMI.

2️⃣ The term "pre-diabetes" is a PR stunt. The correct term is impaired glucose tolerance (or impaired fasting glucose) which is sometimes referred to as intermittent hyperglycemia. It does not predict T2DM. It is best ignored and tested for every 3-5yrs.

3️⃣ there is no evidence that losing weight prevents diabetes. That's because you can't reverse insulin resistance. You can possibly postpone it by 2yrs? Furthermore there is evidence that those who are fat at the time of diagnosis fair much better than those who are thin.

4️⃣ Weight loss does not reverse diabetes in the VAST majority of people. Those that do reverse it are usually thinner with recent onset T2DM and a low A1c. Only a tiny minority can sustain that over 2yrs. Weight loss does not improve A1c levels beyond 2 yrs either.

5️⃣ Weight loss in T2DM does not improve macrovascular or microvascular health outcomes beyond 2 years. In fact, weight loss in diabetics is associated with increased mortality and morbidity (although it is not clear why). Weight cycling is known to impacts A1c levels.

6️⃣ Weight GAIN does NOT increase the risk of cardiovascular OR all causes mortality in diabetics. In fact, one might even go so far as to say that it's better to be fat and diabetic than to be thin and diabetic.

Dr. Larmie cites 18 peer reviewed journal articles (most from the last decade) that are included in their webinar on the subject, linked below.