#healing my inner teen with shifting

[shifterbee]

About My DR

Boarding School

Time of first shift: summer of 2003

This is a crossover DR of The Lake of Dead Languages(LDL) and Dead Poets Society(DPS).

Things I've changed:

Welton Academy(DPS) is located near the same town as the Heart Lake School for Girls(LDL)

scripted out deaths from both LDL and DPS

scripted out the plot from LDL(I'm not trying to go through all that shit in a DR that's supposed to be a healing experience)

About me:

Name: Daniel *same last name as my CR*

Nickname: Dan

Birthday: Sept 16, 1989

School: Heart Lake

Backstory: *once again, I have not scripted one. So I will update this section once I shift.

[ghostzzy]

i am home from trip

[shifting-for-amor]

𝐈'𝐌 𝐒𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐑!!!

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。

I’ll experience everything that I haven’t experienced!!! Just thinking about it makes me so giddy and hyped up!

Topic: What's it going to be like my childhood on my DR. And rant about why others would like a traumatic upbringing

I’m going to heal my inner child there, I’m going to have a tons of fun! I maybe should start scripting where I would like to go or what I would like to do with friends. Something like a bucket lists!!! Maybe even share the script or bucket list here! AAAAAAA y’know the feeling when we were in highschool, and the next day is the field trip, and you’re just so excited that you can’t sleep??? I feel like that whenever I think of my DR, and yes I will shift there as a kid. Has anyone here shifted as a kid? TELL ME! I’m like those characters in manwha, the isekaid genre, where they are reborn or transported into that body of a child, little did others know that inside that child is an actual adult.

I just remembered that, people would literally script that they have a dark upbringing, adding traumas and such, even going beyond as having a crime as such. Like? Dude why? Like literally why? “For the plot” whaaaat?. Imagine, you get a CHANCE to live and you still want those traumas and upbringings?

Traumas. Are. Not. Just. For. Children. Or even in teen years. We can still gain traumas when we are actually living in our DR, on whatever age you are currently in. And I remember on shiftok they said something like “ ‘cuz I want my comfort character to comfort me yadayadayada” Gurl? 👁️👄👁️ Why not comfort THEM instead?

But I also think that maybe I'm not seeing the bigger picture. Because in the end, it's your DR. And you are responsible for whatever you script for. What I mean by this is one will go off on a ki̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ s̶p̶r̶e̶e̶ or they scripted that someone is going to die. Those kinda stuff. But I'm open for your insights if you think otherwise, but I would not respond if I'm don't feel comfortable.

𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒔

~ 𝑰𝒛𝒂

[thelunarsystemwrites]

Age regression, a useful coping mechanism.

Long post about agere!

So, it's possible you've seen these things on my blog:

Agere. Petre. Agedre. Petdre. Age regression. Regressor. SFW. All that stuff, but, what does it mean? Well, I'm here to tell you!

So firstly, questions are ALWAYS welcome! Rather in reblogs, comments, or in my ask box, I'm always willing to answer questions about age regression!

Second, if you want JUST the terminology explained, you can find it here!

With that out the way: Age Regression. It's basically mentally reverting back to an eariler age! It's a completely SFW (Safe for work) coping mechanism! Though not all regressors use it as a coping mechanism, some just do it for fun! (Also it's technically a form of dissociation!

Same idea with pet regression, but it's reverting to the mindset of an animal! Kinda like shifts for a therian! (Coming from a therian!)

It's a wonderful thing, though it may not always feel like it. Just like how toddlers for example, might have tantrums, not know how to comprehend big emotions, or feel confused. That can happen in regression too! It can be voluntary or Involuntary. But there's ways to manage that!

Oh, and regression is for EVERYONE! (Any ethnic group, any gender, any identity, nobody is allowed to gatekeep it!)

When you're regressed, it really does feel like you're younger, like things are simple, and such. The levels of how extreme it feels varies from person to person!

But yeah, you mentally become a younger age, can be anything from a baby to a teen!

I do HIGHLY recommend doing it! I highly recommend watching shows you loved as a kid, or kids shows you think you'd enjoy now. I recommend getting in cozy clothes, maybe drinking from a sippy cup/water bottle to feel younger? Colouring, playing games (like minecraft!) Listening to soft music, these things really help me!

I'll admit, it can be scary the first time. But you have to trust your mind, trust that youll be able to become big again (your current mental age) when you need to.

Agere (short for age regression) and petre (short for pet regression) can help you have a childhood you never had, help you process difficult emotions, help heal your inner self and inner child, destress, and lots of other benefits!

And hey, some regressors PREFER to watch shows like Hazbin hotel, like playing games like call of duty, like drawing detailed artwork, like swearing. That's all okay too! You don't even have to use baby/kid stuff or talk/act like a baby/kid to regress! But, I do recommend starting off with that first, as it can help you know what regression feels like! ^^

Another thing, you might be a regressor without even knowing it! Like, have you ever laid in bed, grasping to cuddle anything soft near you—Just wishing you were a kid again, that someone would care for you? Maybe you felt like you were having unreasonable fears, like afraid of growing up, or afraid of the dark. Did the world feel bigger, did you maybe want to have a pacifier, or a stuffy?

That could be Involuntary regression! It's a defense mechanism of the brain, basically trying to process the world by becoming mentally younger to help.

You can learn to help control this, not always, but there's ways to help! Pushing away your regression isn't always a good thing, as often, it comes back stronger.

Instead, I recommend trying to find what makes you feel good or safe while regressed, and finding time to do it once or twice a week! (As long as regression isn't taking over your life/interfering with you as a teen/adult, you can do it a lot more than that! Every day if you want!)

You can watch videos online on how to regress, how to do it in secret if you're not ready/don't want to tell others! (I recommend looking up "Agere" or "How to age regress" or "What's agere?")

Same for pet regression! And another thing, there's something called Agedre (Age dreaming) and Petdre (Pet dreaming)

Again, it's always safe for work! It's basically acting, and wanting to be treated as a certain age/animal. It can help to have someone coddle you, and treat yourself younger, even if you'd rather not regress/can't! It's just as valid as Agere/Petre!

And, the community is huge! Slowly, we're working to normalize this, help spread awareness about mental health, and that regression ISN'T a disorder, it doesn't need to be cured! It's a tool that even some therapist recommended!

And hey, even if it's not for you—Please, don't hurt us who rely on it, or use it for fun. If it makes you uncomfortable? That's fine, even if it's 200% SFW, you're allowed your own safe space and boundaries. But try to understand that, we're not hurting anyone, and we can respect each other without taking away each other's safe spaces.

Thank you for listening, questions are always welcome and encouraged! And I hope this helped! (If you have a question you're afraid to ask, you can ask in my ask box with anon! This is a judgement free space!)

The end! ^^

[shyfoxsky]

I'm still journaling, still logging my days and moods and shifts and all that, and so far, it's really really looking like I'm still a fox after all these years. Most of my days since starting this have been concretely fox, to the point that the excel spreadsheet I've been using as a color-in calendar for what species I feel like that day is about 90% orange. Most of today has been spent browsing Flickr for more pictures and rearranging my desk decorations so my Lego and porcelain foxes are visible, instead of up on a shelf.

I hope it hasn't been weird or confusing for anyone, me presenting myself as a fox as of late. I imagine at least a few of you were aware of me or followed me on another site in my first four to five years awakened, which is back when I considered myself a fox originally. It almost feels nice, returning to form, and thinking of little teen me seeing me now and getting excited about foxes and wearing tails and having a food cache and nest in our den at college where we learn about animals. It feels like healing my inner child, thinking about who I was then and who I am now. I would think I'm just the coolest, and honestly, that's what really matters.

Photo Credits: foxsvir2 on Flickr

[parental-unit-of-chaos]

My 21st birthday is in 2 days

Another year has passed, 11 more than I thought I would get to see. Everyone says I should be happy, am I, at least I think I am. I'm still not sure what that is supposed to feel like. It's more bittersweet than anything, humorous in a dark way. I've been searching for jobs for like 3 months now, haven't gotten too much luck just yet. Though, it feels oddly healing when I apply to jobs that was my dream job when I was a teen. Even, though I have the qualifications for an assistant manager role, on paper I only have enough to do lower roles. This usually causes problems due to my energy and being able to learn everything from my role and manager's tasks within shifts within 2 months of working at a company, everyone tends to socially put me into a leadership role. Going to me, if the actual Shift manager or assistant manager is too busy.

I really do hope my HotTopic or Spencer's job applications work out. Last year, I finally fully healed my inner child, only for my inner teen to come out swinging. Honestly, it feels like I'm broken and whole at the exact same time most days. I know what emotion I should be feeling in situations, but I'm not sure if I'm actually feeling them. C-PTSD is a fucking bitch when it's mixed with Autism & ADHD. I still feel like I'm floating through life, not sure at all of what river I'm going down. I know it's not one where a waterfall is at the end of it, but that's about it. Everything else is pretty fuzzy. I love writing, I love drawing, I love to sing, I love developing into spirituality, but I feel horrible about doing them, instead of looking for jobs, but if I constantly look for jobs, I get burnt out on them. I wish just screaming and crying for 2 hours, solved everything, but sadly, life doesn't work that way. Atleast, I have my partner to help me work through this, but that shouldn't be his job 24/7. I wish I could just wave my hand and the best life that fits to me as a person becomes my life, but not even witchcraft works like that, lol. As for my witchcraft, it's be kinda stagnant, I've figured out Archangel Gaberial, Lady Lilith and Cernurous have been kinda chillin' in the background. I've been kinda scared to step into that, it's haunting, even though, I've worked with deities before!

Just to clarify to everyone, I'm not gonna hurt myself or anything, just want to vent out some things, and people can add to it from their experience if they want.

[unlikelyagerestuffs]

Regressor Axl Headcannons!!

Axl is such a regressor! I see it! It's like, totally a thing, I ABSOLUTELY swear! Warnings for: Hiding Regression, coming out, vent regression

Under the cut!

It started out with a personal moment between friends. He and his buds escaped to Darrin's house to stay the night. (Which was NOT, by the way, a parental-approved sleepover. They were gonna play video games, and talk about chicks or somethin'.)

But it was just as the clock struck midnight, after a particularly heated Mario Party game and a particularly deep discussion, when Axl just went *off.*

Could he really just not do enough for his family?? He missed the days when they were just proud of him all the time. "I could kick down a bucket and they'd go *'ohh, look! What a strong boy our little Axl is!'* Now it's all, *uuh, pick up your socks, Axl. Do better in school, Axl.'* I wish they'd just get off my FREAKIN' back!"

"...That sucks, dude." Darrin replied sympathetically, if not somewhat unhelpfully. 

If it was any other time, and any other place, Axl would have played it off. But this was midnight, and he was with his boys... So, well... He cried. Normal, tough guy tears. Not like how those lameos in the movie do it. Both his friends put a comforting hand on him. It helped. 

And they stayed like that for a bit, Sean and Derrin passing worried glances. Until Sean Donahue, wise, educated Mister Donahue (or just Sean, because "Mister Donohue" was his father) decided to speak up. His family was educated on matters of the heart, so he had *an* idea of what to say. 

"I think... This is your inner child crying out, Axl. You really have to make sure you heal that part of you. It's an important part of human growth and development."

Ignoring all the nerd, lame, science stuff, maybe his friend had a point.

Regressing doesn't really change Axl. He doesn't really become a different person when he regresses. He doesn't baby talk, he doesn't walk around with a rattle and a pacifier. Honestly, at the start? All he really did was play basketball. It was what he remembered most from his childhood; Games with his dad. 

And anything that *does* change when his mindset shifts? Especially near the start, he tries to hide that part of him like crazy. Even the slight mention of anything childish from anyone at all, (mostly Sue) would get a flurry of, "GOD, no! That's so stupid! Get that out of my face, ugh!"

Outside of that, though, he tends to get quieter. And a lot more sensitive. The little things get to him easier, like when his dad assumes something is his fault, or his mom thinks he did something she didn't like on purpose. 

A while into his time regressing, he really wanted a coloring book. Just like, one of the cool ones - and not really to *color* in, just one he can mess up and tear apart and whatever. 

It became an entire Oceans 11 mission. Darrin had to stalk into a Dollar Tree and pretend to be a teen dad, while Sean went the opposite direction to get a package of crayons for an "art project." Axl stayed watch, dressed in a large black hoodie (although it didn't help that it was so big and comfy and made him feel like a little kid).

Darrin ended up picking out a book filled with racecars, which was lame because Axl wanted one with dinosaurs. The book ended up growing on him though; It would become something of a comfort item, and an integral part of his regression. The car lines were too small to color well in, so he would just scribble all over the pages. 

Huge messes ended up being a part of his regression, too! They were fun to make! He'd color, and then rip out the page and throw it, just, somewhere else! 

The first person to find out about his hobby was Brick. Which, as a roommate, could be more understanding at times than Axl gave him credit for. Brick said the topic didn't interest him and then walked away. Easy as that. 

His mom was (somewhat) understanding, too. "You already act like a child, so what's the big deal?" Sharing that he regressed because he had to fix the inner child that *she* broke, wasn't exactly on Axl's to-do list. 

He REALLY downplayed the whole thing with Sue, and STILL she insisted to get on his nerves. She was all namby-pamby and excited that her "little brother" Axl (gross) was an artist! She tried to drag him into childish activities he didn't care about. No, he's *not* going to decorate *anything* with pink, frilly sparkles, thank you, very much. 

He tried to keep it from his dad as long as he could. His dad was someone he kinda, maybe, really, *respected*, a little bit.

One night, he and his dad were playing a game of basketball. They were taking turns throwing shots, when, out of nowhere, his dad brought up, "hey, so your mom said you like kid stuff now. What's that all about?" No judgment. Just clarification. 

He'd been mentally preparing for this moment. As coolly as possible, "yeah, Sean said it would like, heal my inner child or sumthin', " he tested, spinning the ball in one hand and taking another shot. 

"Leave it to the Donahue's to go spreading all their mental health crap," came the neutral, slightly joking response. "What's wrong with your inner child?" 

And... Axl explained all the stuff he'd said to his friends, months earlier. That things were different now. That he was nobody's favorite. That he tried, he really did, but none of his effort could overlook the overwhelmingly observed bad. 

A long silence passed. Axl had nearly reached tears. And then his dad, in his Mike Heck, study, dependable kind of way, *apologized.* "Yeah, we kinda messed up as parents, didn't we."

It was all Axl needed to hear. "Yeah, ya kinda did."

[shifting-with-august]

do you think it would be ok to age yourself down to like 16 but make everyone mentally and physically an adult? so everyone would have the maturity and body of an adult but you’d still be able to experience your dr as a teen again?

With regard to aging down in DRs, I know it can be controversial primarily because there are some people wanting to age themselves down with the intention of dating someone younger like minors. And that's a valid concern because aging down with that intent isn't a good thing.

However, in your case, as long as your intent is to simply experience being a teen again in that DR, presumably doing some fun things you've never done here or to heal your inner child, that may be alright. I've seen some other shifters say that they've done it to heal their inner child. Some didn't have great childhood so they're shifting to experience a better one.

In making everyone physically and mentally an adult, you'd be able to do some teenage things while seeing through a much better lens because of your mental maturity (perhaps being able to properly discern the good things and the bad and the consequences of your actions). With your matured mentality, you may be able to properly weigh between the possible outcomes of your actions and presumably your choices will be much better than what you've chosen before. Meanwhile, with your adult body, you'd probably be able to move with much more strength I guess and depending on what you actually intend to use your body for. This somehow made me think of some tv shows and movies where the characters are supposed to be teenagers but they don't actually think and act like one 😭

Personally, I really haven't encountered this concern myself since I haven't really thought of aging myself down for my DRs. But if you do, I hope you do it responsibly and enjoy being a teenager again while being able to make choices that are actually well thought of. I have nothing against it as long as the intentions are not problematic like the one I've stated before.

I hope what I've said makes sense and will be helpful as well.

Since this is something I'm not familiar with (in a sense that I haven't thought much about this in the past), I'd appreciate if there are other shifters who can share their thoughts on this. :)

[myastrouniverse]

August/2024🌔♈️Which bitch is the witch?

🌔 ☍︎ ♀️I have issues with ‘Women’s Inhumanity to Women’ in MY LIFE. It’s actually also the title of a good psychology book on the subject, I suggest some stupid whores please read.

🌔▪️ ♂️No. I disagree. You are NOT a feminist for being a whore. You are degrading yourself for a misogynist capitalist system and perpetuating it by YOUR participation.

🌔 Λ ☿︎ Aunt Cindy cld at 9:11 am. I know she is involved in fucking up my life. She has always been a crazy bitch and her husband Keith is a disgusting zombie. Aunt Cindy? HEY BITCH, I AM NOT the CAUSE of YOUR problems YOU FUCKTARDED PIG WHORE. YOUR EGO AND YOUR DELUSIONS ARE THE CAUSE OF YOUR FUCKING PROBLEMS, YOU FILTHY STUPID CUNT.

🌔🔺🎸I am sure Mascis screwed something up or down, in Mel’s hole, again. Tell me Mascis, are you ever going to get out of Mel’s hole?

🌞 Λ ♅︎ I do not have to stay in this country. I have family in Norway. My cousin Inger Asper, I used to write to her as a pen pal. I remember Inger was also engaged in the politics surrounding apartheid in South Africa. We both agreed it was terrible. She liked the movie: Cry Freedom and recommended I watch it. She was very political. We had that in common since I was active in my Teens for Peace, political group. I guess I stopped writing because my stories to Inger were becoming comedies for the whole school to laugh about. I wasn’t trying to be funny and I started to feel like a big joke.

🌔 Λ 🌞Tyler is acting strange. I already know he is communicating with some bad apples online whom are obviously manipulating him somehow. He is partly channeling, and not quite himself all the time. I give him space. I understand we ALL are dealing with great shifts in body, mind, spirit. Healing from trauma is difficult and sometimes those inner discussions with oneself leads to conversation you wish you had but didn’t. What isn’t being said hurts everyone because no one has a grip on REALITY. TRUTH of what is actually happening around us, isn’t being discussed and we need a serious discussion.

🌔 ☸︎ ♇︎ Dawn Graves was a girl I knew since…at least Jr. High. She was very quiet. Her father was a corporate manager for Burgerville, a local fast food restaurant. I was always nice to her, though I don’t believe we ever had any serious conversations. We always went to each other’s slumber parties. She was always part of student activities, in which I was involved in many. Dawn kept her thoughts to herself, except ONE TIME. It was when I was cast as a LEAD ROLE, as a FRESHMAN, in a high school play. She wrote me a letter. It was disturbing. I was embarrassed for her and I never mentioned it to her, because I didn’t feel it was necessary to hurt her anymore than she was hurting herself over jealousy. She told me in the letter that she was going to get cast in a play someday, and she will be Princess of the world or something equally ridiculous and childish. I simply encouraged her to keep auditioning and volunteering to help with productions. I like getting a chance to act, but I believe the friendships and community built around a theater are more important. Dawn did eventually get to play the ‘pretty girl’ in a few plays. I was happy to have her take those roles, because I was more interested in character acting, anyway. I always have battled the jealous girls, by refusing to be competitive. If I wanted competition, I would have stayed on the Cross Country Team. It seems no matter what I do, some nut job has to ruin my day with their fucking own ego issues. The worst part is not knowing who the fuck has the problem and why. I can’t deal with an issue I don’t fucking know about.

Donovan - Season of The Witch

Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805) - The Three Witches from Macbeth, 1775

[battyblog]

Hair ribbons and reclaiming femininity  

Screw healing our inner child, it’s time to heal our inner teenager. 

(this post is written from my perspective as someone who grew up as a cis white girl, I know my experience is not universal but I got smthn to say)

 

It’s no hot take to say that society hates young teenage girls (I’m talking 13/14 here) and belittles things that they love. In my personal teen experience, it was watching the mass public ridicule of the mega successful Twilight franchise.  My response to this was to turn around and pretend I hadn’t spent years obsessing over this fantasy love triangle, rejecting part of myself to escape the shame of liking something that other teen girls, like me, enjoyed. A huge part of the girlhood experience is shedding things you once loved, partially due to growing up and partially because you are taught to hate them. Nothing but respect for the die-hard boyband fans of the 2010s, true warriors.  

But now I’m in my 20s I can definitely see a trend of reclaiming these lost aspects of teenage girlhood. From the of the Barbie movie grossing over a billion, to the shift in conversation to actually valuing the work and words of Britney Spears. I think this can best be symbolised in one of the biggest fashion trends of 2023 – RIBBONS AND BOWS. Hair bows are inherently linked to young girlhood, be it school uniform, or children’s toys, it now feels like every fashion girlie has at least one ribbon in their ootd. The specific thing that's great about the ribbon trend is the inherent DIY nature of it, yes you can probably get a hair ribbon from any high street store, but more common is people buying lengths of ribbon from craft stores and affixing it to items they already own. 

The current manifestation of this anti teen culture is the seeming lack of space for teenagerhood, definitely not specific to teenage girls. But, where is the Twilight equivalent early teenage fad? We had Highschool musical, Buffy, and, as hated as it was, Riverdale. This lack of teenage representation in traditional media has forced the children of today to turn to social media, where they are not catered to. Us 2000 Gen-z did have social media when we were teens, and whilst it was still a big aspect of us growing up it has morphed from what we once knew to a whole new beast. Part of this can be attributed to the capitalist rise of influencer culture and the fact that it is now possible to make money on social media, rather than just sharing pictures of lush bath bombs. This prevalence of marketing perfect influencer lifestyles lends itself to the biggest trend for young girls online right now, skincare. You don't have to be on TikTok long to find a 14 year old with an AM\PM routine that costs more than I earn in a week, why are these young girls using bloody anti-aging products? Social media has robbed teenagers of the confused awkward phase and made them into aspiring celebrities, a la Charlie D’amelio. Their teenage representation is these young perfect millionaires, and they emulate what they see. The closure of teen magazines and the fact that they are using social media sites dominated by people older than them, has forced teenagers to mature at an even faster rate. It's hard enough as a ... somewhat emotionally mature 20 something, to remember that social media is just the highlights, do teens have the awareness to think the same?  

In short, teens are turning to online spaces to learn about the world, and these online spaces treat them like adults and exploit their insecurities to sell just like the rest of us. Being in these spaces dominated by people older, means that, through imitation, they are maturing quicker than ever before.  When we were teens, we were just taught that the popular things we liked were actually just shit and embarrassing. But nowadays there isn’t even that media FOR society to shit on. How dare any of us teen girls be ... teen girls.

As femmes growing up in the 2000s, reclaiming the femininity we were taught to hate can feel like a rebellion. I seek to reclaim the youth I so willingly discarded. But in this, there has to be a self-reflection of what femininity is, with the power of hindsight, we are able to select the juvenile expressions of girlhood that feel empowering. The prettiness of bows without the discomfort of forcing my growing body into an underwire bra because that’s what everyone else had. As a concept femininity can be inherently capitalist and used against us to sell things. The classic pink tax is an example of things marketed towards a female audience being often more expensive and sometimes just a worse product. But the DIY hair bow trend is making our own version of femininity. I wonder if in 5 years' time the teens of today will abstain from skincare, in an effort to reclaim the grubby teenagerhood they missed out on, much like the resurgence in popularity for Twilight.  

At 23 I sleep with more stuffed toys than I did 10 years ago, I drink less than I did at 16 and I stay away from hair removal cream at all costs. The return to childhood is a deeply personal experience, but the societal demonisation of everything teen girl has impacted all of us. Is returning to childhood and making my life cute and fluffy a coping mechanism for the current state of the world, maybe, or is it just a piece of ribbon tied to my bag?  

[trials-of-a-spirit-worker]

These tags are too good to not be brought to light. Cause they're so right.

Also, Zuko is the one who lets Momtara actually have a break. No scene directly does this, because we were expected to have some damn media literacy at the time, but after Zuko is accepted in the group, we've had a few scenes of him serving or at least aiding in the serving. There's a shot where Zuko is the one hanging back and Katara is out surfing when they're at Ember Island. Hell, she becomes more playful and tries to tease Zuko a bit when she found the baby picture of Ozai thinking it was him. She's more relaxed.

What does that imply? Someone finally is helping Katara. That someone is Zuko. For the majority of the whole damn show, we see Katara being the one to do everything for everyone; food laundry, keeping shit together... Suddenly, Katara's taking breaks, chilling out. But we don't see Aang stirring dinner once, we don't see Sokka helping with laundry... What we do see Zuko doing small things for the gaang as well.

See it in a pure friendship lense or don't, that's not the point of this, the point is while there is no real proof other than the beaten dead horse of "remember when they penguin sled?" being the reason Katara's inner child was brought out. Zuko's background actions do allow Katara to be a damn teen.

And following back to the tags... If we wanna talk about inner child stuff... I'd argue ANY DAY OF THE WEEK Southern Raiders helped heal her inner child, at least the very traumatized, survivor's guilt part. Cause Katara went through a slight personality shift afterwards and honestly, she seemed much freer in my opinion.

Tell me what Aang did to truly help her grow as a character other than try and make her his dream girl and then get her as a prize for being the main character... Thanks.

“Aang brings an inner child in Katara” he also downplays her character every time she acts on her emotions or thinks about herself on those very rare moments.

[stonerdoesnothing]

Who would have thought. The little girl watching her dad roll a joint after his long ass shift being a cook and only really being able to see him at night after the restaurant closes. Watching him break apart big buds to small little crumbs in his tray. Only to one day surround myself with this little bud.

My dad never hid it from me, grew up telling me its a medicine, its a natural herb that makes all bad things go away.

Unlike the cigarettes your mother smokes. Two, maybe three packs a day. Maybe thats exaggerated, but it felt like that much watching her pull out a new one every few minutes because the headaches and shakes come back.

My father rarely drank, my father quit smoking cigarettes, my father dropped meth and rolled joint after joint to keep us safe.

Now as an adult, as a woman i detest cigarettes, Alcohol makes me nauseous and angry, Marijuana calms my mind. Eases all stressers, now i understand the power this plant has. A clarity, a peace offering to my demoms that rages within, one ones that cried and clawed at the walls of my brain, the demoms that make my blood boil at any change, good or bad. The demoms that made my head fill eith presure, releasing thousands of beetles onto the lobe. All of them are quite the moment i hold that white cloud of smoke.

I grow weed not as a novelty, i grow as a way to heal both physically and internationally, a way for my inner child to run free without fear, a way for my inner teen to finally have peace after a life time of survival. A way for my adult self to feel part of something much, mucb bigger than my own mind.

Something worth while.

A little bud, filled with unexpected light and joy.

[duaneburnett]

Sound Journey Healing Retreat at Roberts Creek, 11-7pm, Saturday, September 16, 2023 on Sunshine Coast BC Canada 🇨🇦 Early bird before Sept 9.

ABOUT: Join Chase Trellert & Sharon Tron for a nourishing and magical day of sound healing on Saturday September 16th 11am-7pm in Roberts Creek.

This day retreat will offer you medicine for your soul, love for your body and tranquility for your mind.

Our day together will be spent on the nourishing land of Crystal Creek Nature Retreat located in Roberts Creek, on the Sunshine Coast.

A day filled with sound journeys, cacao, breathwork, mindful, movement, Dyads (Interpersonal Practice), Bhakti Mantra practice, deep relaxation, soul connection and restoration.

This heart-led and inspired retreat is designed for YOU to melt into a supportive and healing space, to relax and tune in more deeply to your heart and soul.

You will feel deeply cared for from the moment you start the retreat.

This 1 day retreat will invite you to:

💫 Create the shifts needed to shine from the inside out.

💫 Connect with your heart and cultivate more self love

💫Come home and be at peace with yourself

💫Focus solely on nourishing yourself and let go of all other responsibilities for the day

💫Re ignite your inner spark, awaken your vitality and be inspired

💫Allow yourself to deeply rest, restore and recharge

💫Create beautiful connections with like-minded humans

To register and reserve your spot Send an e transfer $111 medicineofsound@gmail.com Please include your email in the notes.

Sound Journey Retreat Itinerary:

11:00am - Welcome to Crystal Creek Cacao, Medicines & Settle In (Cacao and medicines optional and extra)

12:00pm - Opening Circle & Shares

12:30pm Gentle Yoga

1:15pm - Multi Facilitator Sound Bath to nurture the nervous system.

2:30pm - Snack- Bring something to add to the Charcuterie board / Invigorating cold plunge (Optional plunge) ♥️

3:15 - Dyads (Interpersonal Practice)

4pm Group work~ Bhakti Mantra practice

5pm Breathwork

5:30pm Multi Facilitator Sound Bath to nurture the nervous system.

6:30pm Closing Sharing

7pm Socialize / Depart

Investment: Early bird before Sept 9 $111 After Sept 9 $145 To reserve your space please send an e transfer to medicineofsound@gmail.com

Bios:

Chase Trellert is the founder of Medicine of Sound. He has traveled the world in search of different healing modalities to share with his friends, family and those in his local community. Some of his journeys have lead him to the Jungles of Peru to train with Shaman, to the Andes of Ecuador to learn ancient yogic practices and to South East Asia to Meditate with Monks. He combines many different modalities to weave a unique healing experience for all who attend his sessions. "My Sound Healing Journey began while I was living in Australia, I heard the didgeridoo and was awestruck." Since then he has collected all sorts of instruments, and he is excited to share all that he has learned with anyone and everyone! https://medicineofsound.com

Sharon is deeply passionate about sound healing and loves facilitating sound journeys. She has been teaching yoga and fitness for over 25 years and is a CYA-E-RYT 550 Gold certified Yoga teacher with over a 1000 hours of teaching experience. Sharon is a Holistic Wellness Coach & Weight Loss coach.

Sharon is the founder of Om Sweet Om Yoga & Thai Massage studio and teaches Yoga and bootcamp classes. She is a Thai yoga Massage therapist and offers Thai massage Training from her home studio in Roberts Creek. Sharon also runs high-school teen empowerment programs. Sharon has 2 beautiful boys and married to the love of her life Dallas. https://omsweetom.ca/

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[hamsahoney777]

Anecdote on how music can stimulate the brain to produce psychic visions:

General content warning for the holocaust

All of this is prefaced with the fact that the guy who was involved in this event is a theif, a race traitor, and compulsive liar who simply refused to face himself or his familial trauma.

I do not say that from a place of judgment or lack of understanding of how serious intergenerational holocaust trauma is. An eighth of my family also died in the shoah, and my healing journey actually started with healing the earth based, three-dimensional trauma I had inherited. It is not easy, nor will I cast the illusion that it is, but the alternative is sitting in that shit until you die. I refuse to give those who hate me for simply existing as a jewess that power.

Through deep inner healing work, I did find we had past lives together, including one where he turned me into nazi guards in order to secure his own safety during the holocaust. I was put on a train, taken to a forest, stripped of my clothing, wedding ring, and shoes before being shot into a mass grave. Hashem refuses to tell me where the grave is, knowing I would be on the first flight out to dig my former self up if given the opportunity. I am only thankful Hashem saved me in this life before he could physically harm me. I am also very grateful for my jewish ancestors for helping me to close that spiritual cycle for good. There will not be another incarnation in which we meet. The money he stole in this life is replaceable. I would have even given it to him if he asked, at that point, which makes it much sadder.

Do I know what he said about his grandmother's time in a concentration camp is true? No. This man literally lied to me about anything he could, including the smallest of unimportant things, such as giving one of his friends (hi ryan) a book I gave to him.

Do I think he lied about what his grandmother experienced? No, but being able to speak with dead people really helps the fact-checking I've found. The vision came from Hashem, not him.

The experience started when I decided to lay down for a nap. As a late teen and into my early twenties, I often listened to classical music to calm my nervous system and fall asleep. After discovering binaural music, I did switch to listening to that.

Realizing it has been years, I decided on a nice youtube compilation video of Bach. I settle in to rest, only to be met with leaving my vessel.

That isn't a rarity in my life, but it was out of the blue. The vibrations of the music triggered something within my spirit and pinael gland to start producing the scene I saw beforehand.

As I floated above the scene, I saw a giant Grim Reaper in a field of grain. The clouds are overcast and there is an uncanny stillness in the air. He started swinging his scythe, cutting down the grain. It was monotonous, until he throws the scythe up into the air.

While in the air, the scythe is spinning. It stops spinning while the scythe is backwards, forming a "7" of sorts. It seperates into three different scythes, making the number sequence 777. This is what tells me Hashem (the Grim Reaper, but that topic is for another day) is guiding this vision.

The vision shifts to David in modern time, being shot at. With grace, he did survive, but later that summer he lost his divine protection for his actions towards me and others.

I awake from the vision. Slightly perplexed. What had I just seen? Why did I see it?

Upon looking at the video, I saw it was published January 5th. David's supposed birthday. Who knows if that's actually true, but it was enough for me to understand why I would be seeing into his family holocaust trauma.

I tell him about it, in detail. He explains his grandmother was forced to work in the fields during her time in the camp, which is why I received the vision I had been given. She did survive and had her Tzadikim powers activated.

[thewitchwench]

I have a phrase I use often, which is: "life is not all sunshine and rainbows". I value the agony of growth and healing as much as I do joy and easy days. The pain and grief we experience when engaging in shadow work or living through harder times is as delicious to me as the warmth I feel from loved ones or the ecstasy of a great moment. I didn't always have this perspective. In fact, it's relatively new, but it has really changed things around for me. Rather than asking, "Why me?" Or shouting it's not fair (my inner teen likes this one). I allow myself to shift to gratitude. The perspective of 'there are no rainbows without rain' and recognising that the rain is life-giving. Even though I want the sunny days to come, I am not in control, which makes them all the more beautiful when they do. When things are harder, I try to find the gratitude... What a gift to have the space to process the trauma I have been repressing. I am so proud of myself for applying new tools or seeking to understand myself. How lucky I am to have loved so deeply that I am able to feel this level of grief. And a new one...my anxiety around this reflects how important it is to me. If you're having a hard time right now or you're doing the painful work of healing, I want you to remember that life is not ALL sunshine and rainbows but there will be rainbows amongst it all. . . . . . . #witch #witch🔮 #solitarywitch #paganwitch #instawitch #greenwitch #hearthwitch #hedgewitch #paganpride #heathen #kitchenwitch #witchlife #witchcraft #modernwitch #witchaesthetic #norsepagan #celticpagan #priestess #witchschool #oldways #goth #mentalhealthmatters #shadowwork #healingjourney #rainbows (at Totnes) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmAEDTrxZk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[danny-chase]

Incomplete List of Raven’s Powers from reading NTT (1980)

Dimension shifting - not teleportation

Learned from Azar: "I learned how to flow between dimensions and how to control the myriad pathways to my destination"

Cannot go through diamond

Appears soundlessly and silently, just with smoke

Can use this to create a smoke screen

Soul self - Raven is able to separate her soul from her body

Her soul self was imbued with Trigon's essence in Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

This power originally had a five minute limit, which she conquered by having the will to defend herself

She can encapsulate people with her soul self and give them a taste of hell (or just store them in there, though it isn't pleasant)

The soul self can be shattered - described as causing pure agony

Soul self can render people unconscious

Soul self can carry/transport inanimate objects and living things

Soul self can talk

Soul self can counteract external control to some extent by enveloping the controlled hero

Cannot go through diamond

Soul self can fly

Can take damage from laser blasts but not guns, what hurts the soul self is up in the air - possibly light based attacks, magic, and special substances

Can absorb physical objects, store them, and take them back out, she can let things pass through if necessary

The soul self can still be controlled separately when Raven's physical form is unconscious

Can survive in space for short periods of time

Can envelop people in it to help them seek out information (maybe related to precognition powers?) - source The New Teen Titans #36

Is susceptible to being controlled by aliens - The New Teen Titans #36

Empathetic healing - has limitations but is also OP af

"Disease is beyond my power to disperse" - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

"Those pains, those agonies, become my own and they can tear my soul asunder." - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

"Oh, they stay… in all too many ways they remain with me forever." - Tales of the New Teen Titans #2

Cuts disappear from the target of healing, reappear on Raven, then disappear completely

She can heal people from near drowning (somehow yeets the water out of lungs?)

This power drains Raven, making her pass out at times

Power is also corrupted by Trigon's possession, he blocks her ability to expel the pain completely

Empathy - ability to sense and take away the emotions of other

"Raven is an empath, a conduit for emotions she is not allowed to experience for herself" - Legends of the DC Universe #18

"A healer of souls… she can dig into your deepest sub-conscious. She can take your most terrible pains… and make them her own. She can reach into your mind and imperceptibly alter it. She can sense your deepest fears, and exploit them. She can learn of your truest love… and…" - The New Teen Titans #14

Is able to sense evil and power level

Possibly came from Arella - it's stated that Arella's emphatic powers were increased on Azarath, may be her mother's side of the family (The New Teen Titans #6)

Can sense who pain/emotions are coming from if she already knows the person

Can sense when someone's dying/is dead/is alive

Can reach out to Gar and sooth his emotions while he's in beast form - does this extend to animals?

Can sense "mental blockage"

Can draw out someone's inner strength

Strength sapping - can draw the power from people

Used in The New Teen Titans #6 on Trigon in coordination with Arella

Precognition - limited

She sometimes gets flashes of the future, they are uncontrolled

Language absorption - Annual #5 of The New Titans

Two fingered touch to the forehead lets Raven learn the language of the person she touches

Immunity - is unable to get disease

Is also unable to cure disease, could there be a connection?

Dreams/Nightmares - has the ability to influence others' dreams

Used on Dick Grayson once in the first issue and then never brought up again

Unconsciousness - The New Teen Titans #19

Is able to previous render people unconscious with a touch

Lasts long enough for her to slip away

Hallucinations - has the ability to make others hallucinate

Used on Grant Wilson to show him the Titans defeated

Enthrallment - is able to make others love her

Used on Wally West, breaks when her “true nature” is revealed (similar to Trigon and Arella, it takes seeing the evil part of her soul for the feelings to leave completely)

Can't undo it

Knowledge extraction - The New Teen Titans #21

Can force information out of people with a touch

Sometimes happens unintentionally and subconsciously when someone steps through her soul self

Works even when person is "mentally blocked" (comatose/unconscious)

Technology manipulation - ???

Picked up a phone and makes it call someone without dialing or knowing the number

Blasts - she can blast people away from her

Generally only happens in demon form

Death Stare - her death can become deadly

Only used in nearly possessed form - Tales of the Teen Titans #46

Fabric manipulation

While Trigon has nearly possessed her soul, she's able to grab someone using her cloak - Tales of the Teen Titans #56

Also happens while possessed in The New Teen Titans #31

Empathetic Rebound - can make people feel the pains she's previously absorbed

Only used in nearly possessed form - Tales of the Teen Titans #56

Turning into a giant Raven

Once she got contact high on PCP in a drug PSA and it made this happen

Okay to be fair this one’s not technically in NTT but I’m including it

Edit: Ty @momo-whore for the help!