#i'm so itchy

[searchingforanichlesslife]

I'm trying to be patient.

[eenieshmeenie]

god i HATE mosquitoes!!!!!!!!

they can fuck right off. It was raining outside just now and the power went out. I spent some time at my desk in the dark, and felt bites on my ankles for about 15-20 mins. Mind you, I'm wearing sweatpants so my ankles are the only thing exposed to the elements. After a while of this torture, I go to scratch my foot and feel something pop and bleed underneath my fingertips. I take a look and there's a pool of deep red blooming on them. In the pool? the deflated carcass of a bitch mosquito that got too greedy for its own good.

I'm shaking with rage because this motherfucker was GORGING himself on my precious low-iron blood without paying a dime and then got so fat and bloated that he literally died from his own hubris. He deserves the hottest, spikiest most raid-filled corner of hell. I hope his mosquito family dies in a fire. I hate that bitch so much. Even now I can feel his phantom bites on my legs, though he's long gone.

What purpose does he truly serve? Does he really have an allegiance to the cyclical majesty of nature? Or does he exist solely to torture me at my lowest? Is this some kind of cosmic prank? How have we not figured out how to exterminate these fucks from the surface of the Earth? my words are so virulent and I am filled with such pure, unadulterated vitriol for this buzz-buzzing insect scum.

To me, it feels like mosquitoes encapsulate everything that is wrong with the world. Bloodsucking assholes that feed off innocents and won't even do them the courtesy of doing it inconspicuously. Mosquitoes WANT you to know that they got you- they WANT YOU TO KNOW that their bitch ass siphoned off your precious life source and that you're never getting it back.

I feel like if mosquitoes were real people, they'd be the fucking corporate degenerates on linkedin who exploit their young employees and make them work overtime and then turn around and preach to the void that 'nO oNe WAntS to wORk ThEsE DAys'. They're the fucking landlords behind skyrocketing rents and tenant's tears. They're the spineless assholes sitting in cushy parliament offices extracting millions and billions from the people while their people go without food and water.

Maybe this was about something else idk, but I couldn't stop myself from writing it. Anyways, FUCK MOSQUITOES THOSE BITCHES CAN GO SUCK OFF AN ELECTRIFIED FENCE.

[onequeerruffian]

I'm having an allergic reaction to a spider bite on the same leg as a healing tattoo I want to dig my nails in until I reach bone this is so miserable

[heyitsnyixie]

Just remembered a certain anime

Th-

The Horrors.

It's ruined my mood and now have to go watch videos of hummingbirds snoring or something.

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

Here, i'll help out with the *starting shit*

Do you think if Arthur touches his eyes it gets John off?

Alright Starting Shit is cancelled everyone go home.

[kitawolf12]

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

I just want to rip my skin off. would that be helpful? please?

poison ivy is evil and I want it gone from the world 5 days ago so I didn't touch it Saturday morning. My whole right hand and forearm itches. I hate this. :/

[nartblartmallcop]

Only one way to stop him from spiraling again

[duckydrawsart]

└ better off without me | driver & irene [wip]

A vidlet I've been chipping away at. But I don't have enough scenes to edit the chorus how I intended, so I'll probably have to scrap this half 😅 Sharing it here anyways so my work isn't wasted.

[dazzelmethat]

Invertober 1: Peanut headed Lantern Fly.

I might do a few of these drawings. I'm not gonna push myself too hard as I heal.

[madsciencestudent]

....Okay, so....

This isn't exactly immediately following Corpus and Aegypius meeting- there's actually like 2 parts between that and this. BUT I've been projecting some of the more annoying aspects of what I was dealing with post surgery for like all of last month onto Corpus so...

You get this.

“OYE! GET YOUR TALONS AWAY FROM THOSE STITCHES!” Aegypius suddenly shouted from across the camp. Corpus made a squeaky sounding noise as he jumped and whipped his hands up to his chest. Only to proceed to groan as the startled movement aggravated the wound, the sharp pain radiating out from the sutured edges throughout his abdomen, and leaned his head backwards. He heard Aegypius get up and come over to the tent. He shot her a slightly irritated look when she reached the opening.

“What, did I scare you?” She smirked briefly down at him. Corpus’ frown deepened at her, and she snickered. Fortunately, she did relent immediately afterwards.

“Alright, sorry. I know sudden movements hurt.” Aegypius nonchalantly apologized. “You need to stop messing with the wound though.”

“I’m not doing it on purpose,” Corpus muttered. He realized his hands had started drifting towards the bandages again and plopped them down at his sides. He was almost tempted to stick them behind his back and lay on them, but didn’t want to move to do so.

“It itches, doesn’t it?” Aegypius hazarded a guess. Corpus’ eyes widened in surprise as he looked up at her.

“How’d you-?”

“Not my first time patching someone up with a deep wound.” She replied. “So I’m aware things can get uncomfortable and itchy under there. Especially you with your infection and drainage.” She frowned and crinkled her snout at the memory. Corpus grimaced; even if he couldn’t recall the time he was ravaged with the infection and fever, his imagination was easily supplying him with vivid and gross visions of what the wound had looked like. He didn’t want to keep thinking on that so he tried to change the topic to something else his subconscious had noticed long before he did.

“Speaking of wounds like this…” He started slowly, trying to word what he wanted to ask correctly. “Why are there still stitches in it? I would think there’s been more healing given the amount of time that’s past since…” He paused. Some part of him was still in disbelief that she had bothered to not just pull him off that accursed battle field but to patch him up and care for him as much as she had.

Aegypius raised a brow at him as she frowned. Possibly mistaking his question as a slight barb or suspicion against her care taking abilities. Corpus didn’t realize that, and only innocently blinked at her and tilted his head at her hesitation and look.

“I mentioned it before, when you woke up after your fever broke.” Aegypius reminded him. “You kept tearing your stitches out because you would thrash around during nightmares. Which also reopened that gash almost as frequently.” Corpus blinked again and tried to curl in on himself a tiny bit at hearing that. It must have hurt so much when it had happened. He was glad he didn’t remember it.

“Then add in the infection, and I actually had to lance it and around it a few times.” Aegypius admitted with a deep and tired sigh. Corpus made a small noise as his eyes widened again and his feathers pulled in close to his body, even more thankful his brain decided to reject those memories. It was Aegypius’ turn to blink at Corpus. She had never seen him do that before. He fluffed up when he was burning up and trying to expel body heat, but she hadn’t witnessed a Blue Song go sleek and even thinner than they already were. To her, it was very strange.

“Damn, you really are a twig…” Aegypius quietly mumbled to herself.

Corpus blinked, having heard her say something but not being able to hear it clearly. “…What?”

“What?” She asked right back at him. He furrowed his brows and looked at her confused, but ultimately decided to let it go. His feathers returned to normal as he did so.

“Never mind. But… Yes, all that does explain why I still have stitches in.” He nodded.

“And why if you tear them open again, I am ripping out your talons out of your fingers.” Aegypius deadpanned. Which was a mistake as Corpus made another small squeaky noise and his feathers started to pull in again.

“Joking! I’m joking!” She hurriedly clarified. She huffed and rubbed a hand over her eyes. “But I am getting tired of replacing them. If you could keep these last ones intact, I’d appreciate it.” Corpus glanced up at her, briefly catching a glimpse of the exhaustion she was dealing with still before she dropped her hand away from her face and hid it once more. He felt a small pang of guilt at having unintentionally made more work and stress for the Saurian who bothered to save and try to heal him.

“As I said before, I’m not doing it on purpose…” Corpus quietly defended himself. “But… I’ll, I’ll try to be more conscious of it and stop myself if I start doing it again,” he offered. It was the best he could do, for the moment anyway. Hopefully once the bandages came off the urge to scratch at and around the wound would decrease.

Aegypius cocked her head at him, having noticed the tiny shift in his demeanor. She couldn’t guess what caused it, except for maybe he still was considering her threat of declawing as genuine. Which wouldn’t completely surprise her given her Kindred’s reputation.

“That’s the best I can ask for, given everything.” She shrugged. “…How’s the pain, by the way?”

“…Fine. It’s fine.” Corpus answered. “As long as I’m not moving, it’s tolerable anyway.” He paused before narrowing his eyes and frowning at her. “And not jumping out of my skin because someone decided to suddenly raise their voice out of nowhere.” Aegypius couldn’t help the laughter that escaped her. Compared to the larger and more aggressive Desert Saurians she knew and sometimes had the misfortune of angering, the poor Blue Song soldier’s disgruntlement was comparable to that of a Nemicolopterus trying to scare a Saurian off of it’s food source. She did clamp a hand over her mouth when his glare got worse due to her amusement. It still took a moment for her to stop, however.

“Alright, alright. I’m sorry about that.” She waved a hand. “I’ll also try to keep the sudden shouting to the bare minimum.”

“You’re sorry about the sudden movement or the laughing spell at my expense?”

Aegypius snorted but thankfully didn’t start laughing again. “Fine, both. Though mostly for the movement and pain.” Corpus grumbled softly and rolled his eyes once.

“I’ll take that, thank you.”

[jamiebluewind]

Today has been one of those "Sorry! I couldn't hear you over the texture of my socks" days.

[cappycodeart]

I got tired of circling back to frustration over my nitpicks on the f&c series so I OC’d my boy. Whoops. 😅💦. I'll still post stuff in the future about the AT version because I still have a lot of doodles I haven't posted yet and doodle ideas I want to draw!!... Buuuuuut in the meantime my brain gears have been turning hardcore over incorporating this version into my OC-verse... he's a silly astronaut now <3

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

[jesncin]

I've got two big work deadlines at the end of this month so thank u for your patience as I LOCK in to handle all that

[scooplery]

I!!! HATE!!!!!! CLEANING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sideblogforweirdshit]

Whump Reference Post for First, Second, and Third Degree Burns

Hi whump writers of Tumblr! Sorry it's been a hot minute; turns out grad school is hard. Anyways, I'm back with another reference post!

There is one image in this post, but there are no graphic images. It's a screenshot of text.

However, I do get a little bit graphic with my descriptions, as I'm trying to provide material that will help with writing, so read with care.

There are six categorizations of burns. They range from first degree (sunburn level) to sixth degree (exposed and/or charred bone).

In the interest of brevity (and also my limited knowledge), I'm going to only address the first, second, and third degree categories of burns. I have various information about each type of burn in each of their sections, and then I go more in depth on the pain associated with each type at the end of the post.

First Degree

Definition:

First degree burns are superficial, and affect only the outer layer of skin (epidermis).

Possible causes:

Mild sunburn, hot water.

Appearance:

First degree burns will be red, dry, and have no blisters.

Pain:

First degree burns are minimally painful in the moment, and negligibly painful afterwards. The skin becomes itchy as it heals, which may come any time from hours to a day or so after the initial burn.

Ideal treatment:

Run the burn under cold water, or apply cold compresses. (You’ll see some people writing about putting cold mud or dirt on these. That not decrease the pain. The tiny particles of dirt will rub all against the sensitive burned skin like sandpaper.)

Apply normal antibiotic ointment and bandage if desired, but honestly it’s not really necessary as long as the skin isn’t broken.

This can be treated at home.

Healing time:

Generally takes less than a week to heal.

Second Degree

Definition:

Second degree burns involve the epidermis and part of the dermis (the thicker layer of skin under the epidermis).

Possible causes:

Brief contact with boiling water, 1-2 seconds contact with hot metal (hot like a pan on a mid-heat stove, not hot like white-hot), some mid-level sunburn, etc. They're the most common type of burn.

Appearance:

Second degree burns will have shiny skin and the skin will be visibly discolored.

There may also be blisters that form within the first 24 hours. The blisters will be a very thin layer of skin that will fill up with fluid like a bubble. If you gently push on a part of this bubble, you can see the fluid move to the other side. Depending on the area of the body in which this burn occurs, the skin of this blister can be very delicate, and a lot of care needs to be taken in order to keep it unbroken (recommended for healing to protect against infection). If the blister breaks or comes off, the skin beneath will be red, wet, and slimy to the touch.

Pain:

These burns are very painful.

Immediately after the initial burn, it will be a strong and consistent pain. Ice can be applied or the burn can be submerged in cold water. If this is not done for long enough however, removal of the ice / cold water will bring back the pain in one or two minutes.

If the blister breaks, there is a significant increase in pain. Ideally, you shouldn't touch the exposed gooey skin because of the risk of contaminating it with the bacteria on your fingers. However, if you want to cause a lot of low-cost mid-to-high-level pain for a brief moment, your whumper can jam their finger right on that exposed wound. Salt and other granular substances are also extremely effective here; the nerves are primed for more pain. After a while however, this will have lesser and lesser of an effect, as the place becomes almost numb.

The blisterless open wound is a highway for bacteria. If you want to reduce infection risk, you need to clean it out thoroughly after the salt situation (which is also painful!) and then bandage it.

Keeping the burn bandaged will reduce the pain. Some doctors recommend temporarily covering a new burn with cling wrap until the burned person can get to a medical professional or treat the wound themselves. Oddly, regular cling-wrap does actually reduce the pain significantly.

Ideal treatment:

If the object that caused the burn wasn't clean, the burned area should be gently cleaned with soap and water.

One should then run the burned area under cold water for at least five and up to thirty minutes.

If the skin is broken, an antibiotic ointment and bandage should be applied. If the skin is unbroken, bandage anyways, but antibiotic ointment isn’t as necessary.

The burn should be kept covered for at least the first few days. If skin was broken, the area should be covered until new skin grows over.

This can be treated at home.

Healing time:

Depending on the size, depth, and complications, this can take anywhere from a week (for small burns) to several months to heal.

Third Degree

Definition:

Third degree burns go all the way through both the epidermis and the dermis and may go into the hypodermis (the subcutaneous layer of skin that has the fat).

Possible causes:

Prolonged contact with stovetop-level-hot metal, prolonged exposure to flames from a fire, prolonged contact with or submersion in boiling water, acidic or basic chemicals, dry ice.

Appearance:

The burned part itself may be white or black. This is because the skin level that contains the blood vessels (the dermis) has been burned through.

The outer edges of the burned area may only be second degree, depending on how the burn was administered, and blisters may form here.

After a day or two, the very outer edge of the burned area will form a surrounding line of red. This is granulated tissue, and is a sign of the body trying to heal itself.

The area within an inch or two of the burn may become slightly red, swollen, and hot to the touch. As long as this is slight, this is normal, and not infection. The area of the body is just traumatized and working overtime.

Scarring will definitely occur. If the burned area is large, skin grafts may minimize the scarring.

Pain:

These types of burns aren’t really painful. There is of course the initial piercing pain shock when the hot object comes into contact with the skin, but after the skin layers that contain the nerves have been burned through, the pain is negligible (if there at all). This burn looks terrifying, and like it should be absolutely agonizing, but it’s not even close to that. There may be some slight pain around the outsides of the burn, where the skin is minimally affected, but most of the area will be nearly numb.

Ideal Treatment:

The area should be cleaned thoroughly, and I mean thoroughly. The outside layer of dead skin should be scraped off when cleaning with soap and water. Leaving the dead skin there may impede healing, and as long as the wound is covered with something, risk of infection isn’t too significant.

Antibiotic ointment and a bandage and gauze should be applied to absorb everything that leaks out (if the skin is broken, pus will leak out).

If the burn encompasses more than a small area (or a narrow area) skin grafts are recommended.

This can technically be treated at home, as long as there’s no infection.

Healing time:

Smaller burns generally take at least three weeks to heal. Larger burns can take years.

More In Depth On The Pain

First degree burns tend to feel "just the wrong side of warm" when they first occur, and shortly afterwards tend to feel kind of prickly. A longer time afterwards, it will be overly sensitive and warm to the touch, and will be uncomfortable to put clothing over. As the burn heals, the sensitivity will turn into mild itchiness.

Second degree burns are a sharp pain. If it's a quick cause (boiling water that quickly falls off, hot metal quickly removed), it's likely that the brain won't initially register the heat, just the sharp sting. Within a minute or so, that sting will increase significantly. As said before: running the area under cold water, or covering it with ice will reduce the pain, but it'll come back quite quickly once you remove the cold source. If you can suffer through the initial 5-10 minutes of the increased stinging, it'll fade enough that you can think rationally again. Longer term: the blister itself is not necessarily painful, but if the skin covering it breaks, the stinging pain from before will resurface (at a lower level, but longer-lasting).

Third degree burns start out with the same sharp pain as second degree, but that pain fades as the nerves in the skin are burnt out and killed. Depending on the vector of heat, this can be extremely quick (very hot metal will cause the sharp second degree pain to fade within the minute) or much slower (slowly heating water in which someone's body part lies will have a much longer period of the sharp second degree pain, and will be much more agonizing than the metal). Once the nerves are burned through, there comes a kind of numbness. The nerves at the very edge of the burn are still alive and somewhat functioning, and there will likely be a bit of sharpness there, but the majority of the affected area will be free from any sensation. The worst part of this type of burn isn't the pain, but the intrinsic horror that it's such a significant deformity that there is no pain. The numbness will continue after the initial burn and into the healing stage, to the point where the affected person might not even remember they're injured until they feel the liquid from the burn trickle down over their skin. As the healing progresses, the itchiness will be absolutely maddening. The area must be covered by something because the affected person will likely unconsciously scratch at it to try to get some relief. Any scratching will set back the healing process a significant amount.

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