#harm reduction ig

[jellyfishare-keepingme-alive]

New blades :))))))

[perenlop]

okay so as a gen 5 stan who does adore the story in bw and bw2, and now that gen 5 has experienced both a vicious hatedom that wouldnt hear a single positive thing about the games, and now a super protective fandom that insists they were perfect and had zero flaws... can we admit now that the bw1 story at least was. a little mid.

[ojirocardigansniper]

ouguhhh just read the summary and article from this post about alexandre baril's work on suicidism (oppression of the suicidal) and the opening paragraph of the conclusion in the full article. thoughts. rotating

i was thinking about the. thick white gloves. while reading. remembered that one post about how csa being horrifically taboo to talk about compounds survivors' trauma and shame and went Maybe something similar re: suicidality and suicide... the suffering multiplied by the silence, the risk of dismissal or instant change in perception in anyone you tell... and even in 'mental health' spaces the perception that suicide as a topic is dangerous to talk about- that it could be triggering instantly and automatically- is like. i think there's some paternalism there and there's some shamefear and there's some oversimplification and there's the fact that it plays well into the existing well-taught impulse to avoid the discomforting. but like. this post also about how getting through suicidality is maybe only possible by considering the option thoroughly. i am just thinking. idk. yall know me yall know i think about this topic a lot

[kindestegg]

None of you know what harm reduction even is

[corpsegold]

I’ve been watching a lot of Nutrition by Kylie on youtube and she’s got this cool idea about adding instead of subtracting. Basically instead of worrying about cutting out certain foods or feeling guilty about eating anything, to just eat what you want and to make it nutritionally complete. So chocolate could be melted and eaten with a banana and some seeds for fibre and protein as well as the sugar. Craving tackled but not hungry again straight after and less guilt! I think it really helps to prevent binges because you don't feel like a failure afterwards. Its helping me a lot anyway. I’ve been using frozen chicken breasts, peas and eggs a lot for this, since they're easy to add to practically anything. I just microwave the chicken and it cooks really fast. Its so nice to not have to think about cutting out bread, pasta or potatoes to get control and lose weight. Do definitely need to buy more sweet potatoes, wholewheat pasta, and wholegrain rice tho. And see if theres a lower glycemic index type of dried oats...

[possumtailpark]

the cognitive dissonance where liberal dems insist they're the last true bastion of "leftist" democracy in this country but you also have to vote for Biden okay there is literally no other choice otherwise we're all going to lose our rights to fascists and it will be your fault. genuinely makes my head hurt. mayhaps this is a sign that things are not very democratic right now and we need to do something else. if state powers and politics could prevent fascism perhaps one of the main tactics would not be manipulation of politics to take control of the state....

[tamamita]

Surely voting biden is worth it for the breathing room and ability to focus campaigns on boycotts and foreign policy rather than being under attack by trump? Ik you said biden is likely to lose but isn't it worth it just to try? Like, it won't be as easy to shed imperialism if we're busy fighting against even more oppression. But ig if you've decided biden is gonna lose then you're right abt it, I'm just thinking long term too, don't see what the harm is for voting biden

Well no, you can go for a class independence; vote for an independent socialist party. Like the point is that the workers must support their own candidates and perserve their revolutionary position. Marx said that the working class should not be led astray by whatever slogan the Democrats are throwing at you. Such talks only serve to swindle the proletariat. It is far more advantageous to operate independently than the disadvantages resulting from the presence of reactionaries in the representative body. The point is to tactically engage the state and society in a way which generates revolutionary capacity in preparation for a critical revolutionary moment as I've stated earlier.

The reason you're persuaded to vote for Biden is because libs/harm reductionists see the problem as lack of support from workers in the present, or limited capacity for consciousness due to immediate issues they might be facing (economic, political, racial, whatever), and therefore push for engagement in present systems to protect those who are most at-risk in domestic society in preparation for the arrival of such a moment. It becomes an issue of identity politics, because harm reduction does not concern itself with every marginalized group, only a few ones. Once that has been solved, what next? So the question is, who is harm reduction for and who is it not for? This approach will fail because it simply reproduces the grip of capital in an attempt to combat the detriments and puts a closure on the potential for a socialist or communist party outside the existing mechanisms of the state.

[roboj0e]

"girl please" is a neutral phrase lmao but my bad ig. anyway, to 99% of the population a fetish and a kink mean more or less the same thing. if there's a difference could you explain it? thx... btw you're not a feminist if you think it's ok to draw or get off to sexual art of children, even if they're fictional/cartoon... you do realize a lot of shota and loli content is traced from photos of kids, right? my abuser made cartoon csem traced from my photos. :/

My dad used to force me to watch csem and distributed csem of me also exists. I actually get sent it sometimes on facebook who I know are just my dad using sock puppet accounts. Did I win the CSA Olympics? Am I now enough of an authority of this trauma to make unsubstantiated claims? I could trauma dump unsolicited on you too but I have compassion so I won't and also I'm not about to plead for my humanity from someone who won't listen and engage in good faith anyways.

I'm sorry that happened to you but it would have happened regardless of the existence of lolisho. Abusers are gonna abuse no matter what. This was the first thing I learned in therapy. What's funny is it was lolisho that help me realize my abuse. Yes I understood sexual abuse conceptually but I couldn't recognize it happening to ME until I saw my situation reflected back at me in a safe sane scenario. My therapist said it was bc I was repressing it in denial and only allowing myself to fantasize about it in a safe environment was I able to recognize it as abuse. Funny how life works like that huh.

Oh to explain I completely forgot bc I had to write this twice bc Tumblr crashed. A fetish is a sexual reliance on something to achieve sexual arousal or gratification and can be sexual.outside of sexual contexts. A kink amplifies sexual gratification, usually has to do with roleplay or sexual acts/positions/height/weight and has to be negotiated and communicated and consentual. Ppl do use them interchangeably BUT specifically with the word fetishize ur using it wrong in this case. To fetishize something there must be both dehumanization and objectification. U can not dehumanize or objectify fictional characters they are not human and are already objects.

No I don't support sexual art of children. This sort of phrasing is just a deliberate misrepresention so u can position urself as morally righteous and disengage from the conversation early and not have to examine what anyone is actually saying. They are fictional characters. They can be any age, any race and body type and have any name at any time. They are objects. They don't exist and can not accumulate trauma the way you or i can. They do not need protection.

If u don't like it that's fine. Especially considering your trauma. But ur claim is unsupported and wildly inaccurate. Do not projects ur trauma onto others especially as it pertains to facts about criminal psychology and sex crimes. This is unhealthy and will lead to paranoia that same paranoia that brought u to ur conclusion here. This is not pervasive enough in lolisho to be considered a trend or even the default. But you also could be sharing real abusive images/scenarios no matter what form of media u engage with. But that doesn't not mean we should sanitize art and media on the off chance someone could be evil. Your not exempt from the same personal responsibility ur trying to place on me just bc u don't engage in fictional pornographic material and it's not especially heinous when it's fictional art versus and any other medium. We could all be unknowingly sharing and engageing with abusive material but all we can do is protect and believe victims and figure out as a society how to reduce harm.

No banning lolisho or any media is not a solution. Studies show most csem is produced/distributed by parent/guardians. The best way to protect children is to advocate for children rights and the reduction of parental rights. Experts have been saying this for years. Children being treated like property both by law and society is what is perpetuating their abuse. Not fictional art.

Censorship is not the solution. Any historical application of censorship has always ALWAYS lead to the mistreatment and silencing of victims and marginalized communities. This will make it difficult for victims to appeal to censors and share their stories which are valuable for understanding abuse but also valuable bc it is art. And incentivizing ppl to invade other peoples privacy to be sure they have the right identity/trauma to create a specific type of art is fascism. So is censoring or banning that art. This will do nothing but silence and shame victims. This is happening still right now and has happened plenty in the past. Guilt and shame ONLY perpetuates sexual abuse.

This is also forcing ppl to engage in art and fiction with a paranoid analysis FIRST. telling ppl they can tell whose a good or bad person based on what they draw/write or engage with is not healthy and is antithetical to educating ppl on how to recognize abuse. It's irresponsible and It's giving children and teens anxiety disorders. Look at any ex anti/proship anonymous confessions. Look at the damage ppl are causing with this third grade level of word association and cause and effect. Ppl are developing POCD. Me included ALMOST.

Experts have been saying for decades now that fictional sexual material has no link to escalation into sexual violence or engaging in paraphilias. No fiction doesnt effect reality. these same psychologists that have debunked claims such as "violent video games cause violence" have also researched how it operates the same with fictional sexual material. There's no special circumstance just bc it's sex or porn.

Just bc u navigate the world on disgust and paranoia doesn't mean I have to. I listen to the science and research. While also having my own experience to draw from.

As a CSA victim with a SEX THERAPIST do u really think I would not have done my due diligence before engaging in any community?? I've done a hell of a lot of work to get where I am now. Sexually liberated and healthy. Both personal growth and LOTS of research into sex crimes. And I really don't feel like hearing regressive religiously programmed sex negative thoughts on the fiction I enjoy.

I am a feminist tho. I'm just not regressive and reactionary. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

[compassionatereminders]

I think harm reduction is incredibly important. Simply saying "People shouldn't do drugs in the first place" isn't productive and shows a limited understanding of the subject. That being said, I think perhaps a more productive angle in the long run would be to actually ask WHY is it that people use drugs and eventually suffer from addiction, rather than shaming people who are drug users & addicts. Like, yeah some people do drugs just for fun ig and it isn't that deep, but generally speaking, someone who turns to an addictive, mind-altering substance on the regular just to cope with life *probably* has a lot of shit in their life that isn't great (to say the least) since they feel the need to constantly use a substance to escape. Likely a substance is the only way they *can* escape. Once a chemical addiction develops it is a bit of a different story and gets more complicated, but the crux of the matter is, I think if society really wants to "fix the issue" of drug use, there needs to be a critical look at the reasons that people start using to being with

I will not get into now, but I personally believe the lack of social safety nets (welfare, housing assistance, disability support, accessibility to affordable healthcare, food insecurity, etc) is a HUGE factor, and things will not get better without these basic supports

I completely agree with you. People don't develop addictions for fun, they develop addictions because they're lacking better ways to cope with suffering. And we truly can't or shouldn't discuss the subject of addiction without confronting why SO MANY people in this world are struggling to cope

[librarycards]

Do you know how stop obsessing over calories (look at pictures of food and watch videos of people in hospital) easier than "Just Start Eating More"? Every person says "Well, eat more and you will not think of it so much". I am not from U.S and harm reduction is not even in my language. Doctors here do not know this concept and it is thought "You do not eat so now you are sick. Go to the hospital or eat with parents". I learn about harm reduction on Tumblr and forums but I do not find an answer to make it easier. Maybe it does not be easier. If this is so, I understand, but I think of it often.

Oy. If I had a fix for calories, you can bet i'd be screaming it from the rooftops. that said, I have gotten to a place where I can look at food a Normal Amount and not watch those awful before & afters and the like, so i'm including below a few recs that don't involve (for example) eating more, decreasing activity, and other traditional 'recovery' methods.

find a new, niche/weird thing to watch videos about. seriously. get obsessed with some hobby or subculture and fill your ig, etc. feed with those! i went through a phase where i'd just watch flight attendant vlogs. i also love "draw/paint/package things with me" videos. Ideally, these would be videos where the person's body wasn't constantly centered.

relatedly - when i was really fixated on peoples' hospital stays and bodies and tubes and stuff, it was because i was lonely. i was desperate for someone who actually shared this experience with me, because i hadn't processed it yet. the best way to address this takes time, but is very worth it: make friends. irl and online. make friends with people who have shared experiences and are good listeners, but are also fun to talk to about other things.

if you do want to keep watching videos about food, you can reduce harm by watching people who promote positive and curious relationships with food! emmymadeinjapan on youtube is one example of this. the baker Erin McDowell is another.

forgive yourself, and make space for doing things partway + in grey areas. this was. like. the hardest thing for me: i spent so much time early on either eating everything on my plate or, if one element was too scary, eating none of it. this isn't a realistic way to approach anything in life! i don't know how old you are or how much of your diet you currently control, but if you are able to decide what's on your plate, make it a mix of things you know you can eat and things you're not sure about.

or, build in a time of day where you try a new snack, even if you aren't able to do it every time. the point is creating new habits -- habits in which you give yourself permission to eat. not because you are required to, but because you have important and meaningful things to do with your life + you need to eat in order to be alive for them!

honestly, there's only so much advice I can give beyond simply gritting your teeth and Doing the Thing. it fucking sucks, and it hurts, but it's much easier when you have warm people in your life who understand, and ways of entertaining yourself that are attendant to your experience but not completely mired in it. this is an important reminder that you're a regular person who can have a variety of regular interests! this is a part of you, but it does not wholly define you, and you have a whole life to live and relationships + hobbies to explore beyond this focus on calories + institutions.

[cupofbeesbackagain]

Introduction + My rules (4 myself lol)

Hey! I go by Bee on here. I use he/him prns. This is mostly just gonna be a vent blog centered on ed stuff but also a place for storing info + asking questions lol

Im 17, I had my old blog on here from when I was around 12-14 but then I tried to recover and really fucked everything up weight wise!! I went from 119 lbs to 230 in the span of about a year thinking that was 'recovery' (it was binge eating)

Ig Im back now though, not sure how long though since typically I relapse for like a week then recover but honestly I am so damn fat i think it's gonna last a lil longer this time + I've never actually made a new blog except for this time so

Stats:

Height: 5'3

Hw: 230

Lw: 115

My other stats are in my bio + will be posted weekly once november ends (not weighing this Nov which really sucks since I won't even know my relapse starting weight lol)

i want moots..... I beg....

Here are some pictures from my old blog + my new rules for myself just so yall know what you're getting into (I don't have DID there is just Something wrong with me idk what it is lmao)

thats your official warning, I don't post advice on getting worse i only reblog it. I do occasionally post m3an/sw33tspp but usually i tag that i do NOT want it to be reblogged because I do not want to be known for spreading it. I occasionally post harm reduction. I will mostly post vents that will probs make me sound crazy lmao

thanks <333

rules 4 me

~1500 cals or lower daily on school weeks

1-100 crunches daily (spin the wheel)

128 oz of water daily

cant eat till all your homework is done + checked for answers

Do a plank for as long as you can once a week

Take dog for a walk twice a week

Walk at least once a day (aim for 10000 steps, if you don't manage that then do the burn 1000 cals exercise thing)

Jog/run once a week

dont purge pls <333 and try not to drink caffiene

[konnoiseur]

its kinda weird that ilia doesnt have an allusion at all like yall couldnt have found one myth or fairy tales about rainbows (since all queer characters have to be rainbow themed ig (i think its a harmful reduction of a character to reduce them to their sexuality and nothing more however im also not immune to liking the idea of loud and proud lesbian ilia who goes full queen rainbow capitalism i cant deny it goes hard))

like supposedly her last name is supposed to be a Lakota word for rainbow but like is that based off a myth or story or belief? like is she just rainbow bc shes GAY GAY GAY DO YOU GET IT AUDIENCE SHES A LESBO and they just googled "names meaning rainbow" and scroll for a couple minutes until they found one that matched the purple butterfly her first name was pulled from (purple rainbow our dyke queen) or did they actually put in work to find a mythos that FIT the idea they had for her

[inabarbi3world]

this is my live reaction to 6x10 (ish)

*SPOILERS*

i really thought the siblings’ dad was gonna die… i was hella scared

THE FACT THAT BUCK IS LIKE “sometimes things happen out of our control and we can’t prepare for it”

HOLY FUCKING SHIT ALBERT BROUGHT BACK THEIR FUCKING PRENTNENSNSNTNNRNRNRNFN WHAT THE FUCK OMG IM SO SCARED OMG

wait, D…? what’s going on there…?

the father wanted to see them… okay… i’m a bit skeptical… they’re all together… “jee yun deserves a grandfather” no. not if he’s gonna treat her like he treated chim

oh I WAS S O CONFUSED BUT NOW I SEE WHAT THEYRE DOING OKAY GO ATHENA AND MAY!!! SLAYYYYYY

o tamara… what’s her role gonna be i wonder…

“exclusive” uh huh

100,000 DOLLARS???????????? HELLO?????????

ok. “harm reduction” k. no b it lowkey this is such an interesting storyline i really like bobby’s resolve here but i also get what athena’s trying to say but bobby is gonna bobby

“it’s not right it’s missing something” SECRET INGREUDIENTS??? COCOA POWDER???? that’s so… slay

yeah bobby is not gonna let it go… OH SHIT THE FUCKING GAP OMG IM SO INVESTED BRO OMG

omg he was a shitty father… people can change but chim is allowed to be skeptical tf

OMG A PREGNANT LESBIAN HELP MEEEE WHATS GOING ONNNN THE SCREAMING I- GIRL JUST BREATHE OMG-

i… WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCKING FUCK HELLO? i’m……… they better not die.

woah wait they actually have that shit omg that’s fucking amazing and genuinely so useful

THE BABY WAS FUCKING EJECTED???????????????????? HOLY FUCKING SHIT OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG OH MYGOGOODODODODODODDOODDODODODODODODODODODODODODODODDODODODODODODO WHATTHEINTHEHELLLLOJMYKYOGOFODOSTHRFUCKINTBABBAYWHONTHEEHSHBACK??????????OH NAH WHAT IN THE FUCK I… there better not be another lightning strike or something cause something about this feels so icky idk… jesus christ that scene was so nerve wracking omg

lol margaret girl… pls. o shit. GREAT???? what? okay…? nah one of them or both of them are dying or something i refuse to believe they’re just “nice” now oh also can chim’s dad shut the fuck up? thanks idc that he was raised that way just be quiet and keep your opinion to yourself and NOW THEYRE ALL ARGUING GREAT.

aww hi jee yun you sweet baby

WHATS D DOING? IM SO CONFUSED

WHAT THE FUCK, UM OKAY?????????????? WHAT IS GOING ON??????? omg. ok. talking to his dad ig

omg can we stop with this whole bullshit about forgiving chim’s dad???? why can’t he decide to do that in his own time???????? this episode is very interesting

OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT HWRE WE FUCJING GO HWRE WE FUCKING GO BUCK HEYTING FUCKING HHURT HOKY SHIT HOLY SHIT IM SO FUCJING SCARED I WANNA SEE EVERYONE’S REACTION

this whole ep has dealt with fatherhood/family and idk what it means but also bobby’s storyline and i’m really liking it bUT

i’m so fuCKING TERRIFIED IK THEYRE NOT GONNA KILL HIM OFF BUT JUST KNOWING HOW FUCKING BAD IT WILL BE TERRFIES ME, WHAT SONG ARE THEY GONNA PLAY? OH MY FUCKING GOD HOMY FUCKINGDHIT BUCKKKKKKKKKKK OH MY GOD OH NO EDDIE OH MY HEN OH NO HLOHNYMGGODOITSHAOOEBINGITHAOOENEDOMYGODEDDIRIMMEDIETALRYWENTTOESRDSITBUCK OMG EDDIE OMG GHIS IS SO FUCKING TERRIFYING BUCKKKKKK

…

the zoom in on the hat? y’all joking? omg fuck y’all see y’all next week.

[catspittle]

justmemethings muse info sheet, filled.

𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓

{Basics}

Name: Kay "Jonathan" Robert Crane

Alias: Harvestman [Joan Leland only as of yet], the Scarecrow [like everyone], Jonny, Kitty [Honghui, main canon]

Gender: Genderqueer trans man.

Age: 64 as of 2023!

Species: Human, much to his deep dismay.

Zodiac: aquarius / aries / cancer / capricorn / gemini / leo / libra / pisces / sagittarius / scorpio [November 16th] / taurus / virgo / unknown

Abilities/Talents: Double-jointed, previous metalworker, can sing, good at playing the èrhú, green thumb; owns a Thunder God Vine that's taken up most of the bathroom

{Personal}

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral if I had to pick something? It works the best.

Religion: Mahayana Buddhist

Sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath

Virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience

Languages: English, Cantonese

Family: His mother, Kai-Lun Park, several half-siblings courtesy of his mother, several dead children

Friends: it's complicated :)

Sexual Orientation: heterosexual / bisexual / pansexual / homosexual / demisexual  / asexual / unsure / questioning / other [+aromantic polyam]

Relationship status: single / dating / married / widowed / open relationship / other - depends on universe

Libido: sex god / very high / high  / average / low / very low / non-existent

{Physical}

Build: twig / bony / slender / average / athletic / curvy / chubby / obese

Hair: white / blonde / brunette / red / black / other

Eyes: brown / blue / green / black / other

Skin: pale / fair / olive / light brown / brown / very brown / other [idk depends on how you define brown vs. olive? he's brown]

Height: under 3 foot / 3-4 foot / 4-5 foot / 5-6 foot / 6-7 foot / above 7 foot

Weight: under 100 pounds / 100-150 pounds / 150-200 pounds / 200-250 pounds / above 250 pounds

Scars: entire back down to tailbone pitted from broken glass being driven into it when it was thrown through a windshield, claw mark self harm scarring all over shoulders and collarbone, neck and vocal fold slashes, left hip partial replacement surgery, various self harm scars. No right breast [cancer], reduction scarring present on left, which is shoved to the side of his body from a pre-pubertal pneumothorax, oh yeah and his outer genitalia is partially melted because torture

Facial Features: lengthy, broken nose, narrow and leaf shaped eyes with the left pupil severely dilated, face and jaw are overall round, an underbite

Tattoos: a leaping koi fish in water stretching across the right side of his ribcage. The fish is black in color. Breaking Benjamin Celtic knot on left wrist at pulse point, in gold.

{Choose}

Dogs or Cats? Cats, but he's ambivalent overall.

Birds or Hamsters? Neither, small animals are a waste of time with too fragile respiratory systems.

Red or Blue? He literally can't see most shades of red.

Yellow or Green? Green, warm tones make him look burnt.

Black or White? Black. Gets dirty less.

Coffee or Tea? Neither, caffeine makes him sick.

Ice Cream or Cake? Neither, he's not a fan of sweets.

Fruits or Vegetables? Vegetables; nothing beats a good zucchini bread.

Sandwich or Soup? Ambivalent; either.

Magic or Melee? Melee, even though he knows he'll lose.

Sword or Bow? Neither, he fights with his fists.

Summer or Winter? Winter, it's cooler.

Spring or Autumn? He's indifferent yet again.

The Past or The Future? The past; the core tenet of his character is that he's wholly unable to move on from the things that have occurred to him.

tagged by: n/a tagging: whoever ig have fun

[kinkykinard]

harm reduction and rehab are two VERY different things but go off ig

[breadbowll]

Harm reduction works ig, instead of clawing my leg up i dead 15 fanfictions and listened to radiohead.

Still feel shitty but now i wanna go to an aquarium.