#everything-phobia

[yoshiyolotli]

Need help with this! My province's "leader" is about to make life for students and teachers really difficult. The UK just went through something like this. Ugh! Why does anyone think it is their right to dictate how someone identifies themselves?

I will be honest and say that this has been a lifetime journey for me. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s during the AIDS pandemic and a whole lot of misinformation, disinformation fear, you name it. But I have finally gotten to the point in my life, a number of years ago, that regardless of ... actually, in part because of my faith ... to realize that people just need to be loved for who they are. And it really shouldn't be anyone's business who anyone is attracted to or how they identify themselves or whatever. This new legislation is going to make life very difficult. I teach kids who are too afraid to let their parents know how they want to be identified, but trust that knowledge with us because they feel safer at school then at home.

Please do what you can to get this out there. I know our local teachers union is trying to fight this. But this particular provincial government seems to think that they don't have to listen to the people in their province and that they can run things pretty much like a dictatorship. It is maddening. We have a cost-of-living crisis, a healthcare crisis, and education, crisis, and all sorts of other things, but all this administration wants to do is regulate how people identify themselves and what you can't do in your private life .



[honey-doc]

urgh i love how kabru showed no reservations or disgust when holding mithrun here even though he's covered in sp*der guts cuz he's too concerned about him to care lol

i love them ahh🥹😭

[reality-detective]

"The Pop-up Book of Phobias" by Matthew Reinhart, brought to life with intricate pop-up designs demonstrating remarkable engineering skills. 🤔

[underratedgrapeju1ce]

can we normalize talking about how fucking debilitating agoraphobia is cool thanks

[trickstertox]

I have a question! About bugs and arachnids and all them. Sorry to lump them all into one category, but I'd rather not make the same post multiple times.

My question is: Can they learn "tricks?"

By this I mean are they capable of learning, in general, I suppose. Like mice in a maze, magpies with a rock.

Also, what sorts of things have they learned? How do they learn (like watching others or from experience)?

I ask because it's something that really interests me. I know the ability to learn doesn't add or subtract value from a being, it's a curious thought as I know very, very little about beetles, and spiders, and bees, and so on!

Do they just know how to do things because it's all their kind have done since the beginning of them? Do they have to learn or are capable of it?

[wastinawaaay]

US politicians enabling hate crimes and war crimes and still acting like they have the moral high grand is mind blowing

[cdmodule]

A few months ago I drew out some headcanons related to various disablities & other physical conditions and decided to finish them up now that It's disability pride month ( Even If not all are necessarily disablitles <3 )

[ First time doing Image descriptions so I'd appreciate feedback! ]

[uncanny-tranny]

What I think is so important to learning how to truly appreciate life is learning how to appreciate the creatures and things we've categorized as "disgusting" or "gross."

When I learned to appreciate wasps, I realized how much they just... don't really care about anything, and they're not trying to be an asshole because they're uniquely cruel. If they have any wants, it is to live. Why would I punish that when I also want to live?

This isn't to say you need to fall in love with the creepy crawlies that stalk this world or to love what you cannot, but to recognize that in their arrangement of atoms, they are trying to persevere, and in the end... aren't we all?

[thedeafprophet]

Getting my covid booster tomorrow [yayyy good thing] and trying not to be overly anxious about being poked again for the first time since my hospital stay

[skunkes]

i have soooo much more i cld say abt him, and have explored more thru other doodles, but quick summary of talon's whole deal, which is subject to change still as he's only almost 2 yrs old as an oc

[greasydumbfuck]

had a lot of time on my hands today so i read the comic adaptation of the 2004 movie and this part was like the one thing i liked. make that man miss his family! make him clutch a picture of them to his chest and cry! yeah!

[timeisacephalopod]

I decided to look yoga apps up because yoga has mental health benefits and I wanted a way to stretch and work my body's muscles, improving flexibility and generally just making sure my body is moving and my muscles are working. Instead the first app I downloaded immediately asked for my height and weight, which I should have taken as the red flag it was, because after putting in the information being 5'6 and 200 pounds gave me a fuckin orange writing warning I'm obese and "might need to lose weight to be healthy."

I don't know how or why anyone would make an app where the first thing it does is insult the user and fat shame them instead of oh, I don't know, give me the simple yoga routines I was looking for but I immediately deleted that app because I'm not interested in immediately bring told my body is wrong and bad and needs to be changed! It's deeply dehumanizing, ignorant, and alienating. I don't care if you think I'm a fat piece of shit all I wanted was a way to move my body, not a needless and ignorant lecture from an app using the famously extremely accurate and not at all problematic BMI 🙄🙄🙄

[sarahoctavie]

Every introvert need an extrovert friend 💜

"PURSUIT OF OKAYNESS" on Webtoon Canvas 🇺🇲🇫🇷

[jacksfilms-gave-me-megalophobia]

Using kink as a coping mechanism is all fun and games until you catch yourself thinking “I wish someone thought I was cute and sexy and a good girl for having chronic pain” and then realizing how supremely stupid that sounds

[ceruleanterrapin]

HeLp

mY bRoThEr cAnT fINd hIs PeT tArAnTuLa AND IM FREAKING OUT BRO

ME AND MY ARACHNOPHOBIA ARE RUNNING TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE RN

If it provides any comfort, despite their intimidating appearance, tarantulas actually tend to be quite docile and non-aggressive (for some, even skittish

Just find a place to relax (ex. your friend's house you mentioned) and it'll be okay

[annamaryllis]

I would like to know exactly how luke asking annabeth to run away with him went down.