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Hello Are you interested being my sugar baby I’ll pay you $500 twice in a week let me know if you are interested ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah! Here's a link to send me the money!
#asks#potentially a hot take but somewhat aligned with the earlier post of rich vs wealthy#i dont need to be a sugar baby#and while i don't have much in terms of income or savings as a grad student#i do have some and am stable enough as long as i don't develop health conditions#so i would rather you send the money to people that actually need it
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working my way into half a panic attack over the slighest bit of discomfort. yippee!!
#can my brain please comprehend that while this is a condition that is long-term actively dangerous it's probably not dangerous right now#health whining
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A very interesting cloud formation!
#I don't think I had ever really seen clouds like this before? it looks like a cool painting or something :0#Pulling just a few images from my cloud and sky photos folder which has like 650 pictures in it becvause I'm obsessed with the sky lol#I will usually spare everyone the cloudposting but... in some exceptions when it's really cool I must Share#(upcoming covid mention in tags for those avoiding the topic)#I WANT TO BE ON AN AIRPLANE SO SO BAD I am going to start casting evil spells to explode all these 'back to normal' bastards who are out#spreading virus and shit HHHHHH... Covid is NOT over actually contrary to popular beielf especially for people with health conditions#that make them more vulnerable or would have worse consequences if they were to catch it etc. etc. wearing a mask in public is#in MOSt cases not THAt much of a horrific terrible evil inconvenience and it helps keep everyone around you safer including these#vulnerable populations!!!! Even if I didn't have any problems myself I would STILL be masking because it's a small gesture that can make a#big difference in people around me being comfortable. It's not like people with health issues just never have to go out or go to the stor#or whatever. There are still people out there who could be helped by extra precautions that are being overlooked. grrrrr...#Like at this point since I'm vaccinated and everything I would MAYBE consider flying on an airplane IF everyone else around me#was masking and being just as careful as me. But at this point it's just the wild west and I would literally be the only one who gives#a shit or who gets tested freqeuntly before after and during traveling and wears the proper type of mask well fitting and not half off my f#ce and blah blah blah. And precautions work best when EVEYRONE is participating. There's only so much you can protext yourself if everyone#around you is doing nothing. So.. alas.. I still do not feel safe traveling. And probably won't for years until more progress is made in#terms of like understanding and treating certain long covid issues and etc. Since I think it's inevitable that if I start going out again#I would get covid. Me and my household bubble are some of the only people I know who haven't had it yet (or at least not knowingly so - if#so it was one of the asymptomatic cases etc.). So if I was GOING to get it anyway I'd at least like the assurance that whatever long term#issues I inevtabley suffer because of it will be more easily treatable at that point instead of entirely disabling even further than I'm#already disabled. etc. AAANYWAY!! all that to say. I JSUT REALLY WANT TO be on an airplane!!! I dont even like traveling and going places I#hate vacations and would rather be at home working on my projects I'm fixated on lol HOWEVER I love the view from airplane windows#like the very few times in my life Ive actually been on a plane and the window is so COLD when you lay your forehead on it and sometimes yo#even see little ice crystals and it's like you're just in a landscape of clouds with a sea of clouds above and below and aaaAAAAAA#Literally I want to get on a plane just to go up in the air and then land and fly back. I don't even want to go on a real trip. I just NEED#to see the sky I need to be IN the sky I need to have that VIEW and the cold and everything!!!! gRGGHGgg... And I will do that the entire#time. I think my longest plane ride was 7 hours and I do not watch movies. I dont text or play games. I literally do nothing to entertain#myself except stare straight out the window for 7 hours (with a few eating and bathroom breaks). not even joking lmao. It's like a trance#I LOVE the sky and clouds so much and the view you get from an airplane is like incomparable!! also I love airports with the big windows an#people watching. but mostly I just long for the sky view again. GRRR.. sobbing and yearning >:T
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Fucking annoying how narrow the criteria are for qualifying for free nhs prescriptions based on health condition
#most long term/chronic health conditions don't qualify for the medical exemption even if the medication is like. lifelong#even w/out all the Diseases trans hrt should qualify bc that's lifelong too#the prepayment certificates don't hurt but like. cmon#pointless post
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All of the things that would be "awkward" for me to do around extended family are really not because of me or anything about the thing itself, but entirely about how my parents stopped telling anyone major information about me after like fifth grade
Like I can't bring have disability aids with me NOT because health stuff is weird but because it's much weirder that I have in fact had significant health problems since I can remember and have been disabled since, generously, 17 (more accurately 11 or 12) and my parents didn't tell anyone. I can't officially come out NOT because people would be weird about it (they would but I don't care) but because that would necessitate admitting that I've been living socially as male for going on ten years now and my parents never said anything and had me just. Pretend I wasn't. Like it's so funny now that I've had so many huge life changes that I CAN'T talk about it because the inevitable follow-up is "wait. This has been going on HOW long...?"
#m/cc#yeah I transitioned and have been living stealth as a man for nearly a decade (probably pretty obvious honestly#you have to at least have thought I was a lesbian unless you chalked it up to like. kids these days or something)#but yeah I've used a cane for a year or two now because my physical health kept declining#you know. from the long term health conditions I've been dealing with since I was 10?#you know the big health scare I had like four years ago with the genetic condition? and five years ago when I almost died?#we think some of the issues were caused or exacerbated by malnourishment when I was a kid. oh yeah I was neglected and abused#and severely underweight. that's why I was so weird as a kid. I also had neurodevelopmental issues but I didn't see a doctor about it#until I was an adult. yeah I had a lot of medical issues go untreated for disturbingly long periods. even really simple ones#I think my lungs are weird from how often I had bronchitis haha I just always had a sore throat for years too#there's some suspicion from professionals that I might've been involved in like covert organized crime activity. it's been really traumatic#but anyway I'm moving out west with my fiancé. yeah I'm gay and I'm getting married we've been together for years <3#happy Thanksgiving! <3#I. might delete this post not gonna lie
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I dont want to go to grad school i dont want to get a job i just want to live my life in a fun city and have gay sex
#i have no long term friendships anymore forget a romantic relationship!!#my life would be better if i could fix my heart condition get on the proper mental health meds and then finally not have anxiety about#flirting with bad bitches
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back in my "seething about being on sick leave" era again
#:)#you know how lame it is to be stuck at home beholden to the will of the hospital and not be able to really go anywhere/do anything#i think it's killing me because i plain and simply don't feel sick like at all! completely symptomless health issues here#but i'm still stuck with my only realistic options being either play videogames or write (but not for any uni-affiliated projects)#and idk when i don't leave the house for too long the Horrors set in#and even though i actually only have like one hospital appointment every two weeks i am overwhelmed by the feeling of being Stuck#kinda stirring up the same emotions as 2020 quarantine except this time the world's still going on without me lol#howwwwwwwwwwwwwww do people actually endure such isolating frustrating conditions long term. i think im gonna go insane
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@beatingheart-bride
In turn, Randall squeezed her hand back, as he drew in a deep breath. Despite his best efforts, clinging to the notion that his parents would at the very least be understanding once everything was laid out on the table for them, seeing that Emily really meant him no harm and that they truly were in love, there was no denying that growing cold pit in the bottom of his stomach, worsened only by her suggestion. A part of him sort of wanted to (however lamely) protest, instead suggest they save it for another day, and just enjoy themselves for now...
...he knew, in his heart, she was right. They would have to tell them at some point, and it was better to do it now rather than later; Randall had never been one keen to lie to his parents, and he knew the guilt of keeping such a massive secret from them would eat him up from the inside out. Thus, it was just better to get it out of the way-for both his and Emily's ease of mind.
"You're right," he sighed, as he brought her closer, wrapping his arm around her as he nodded, "They...they do deserve to know. I'll, uh...I'll give them a call in a little while, tell 'em when I'll be home, and that you'll be with me. We'll...we'll tell them together."
He punctuated this with another loving kiss, this one pressed to her cheek as he reassured her, "It'll be alright, Emily."
#((it's all the sort of thing that fueled sci-fi novels and films for decades-but now it's a reality))#((and in some cases sci-fi has a funny way of sort of predicting the future when it comes to medical science!))#((what was once the stuff of fantasy-organ transplants; artificial aids; what sounds like b-movie fluff on paper))#((has actually turned out to be pretty viable in the medical sector; which itself is pretty cool!))#((and same! as someone who has been in the same boat in terms of mental health struggles; and for a long time))#((it's a great relief that we don't live in a time where every doctor is gung-ho to perform a lobotomy))#((or some other horrible kind of treatment that does more harm than good!))#((the humanization of people with mental health struggles; better understanding of those conditions))#((changing social mores; de-stigmatization; we really have come a long way!))#((there's still room for improvement of course but still; we've made a lot of steps in the right direction!))#outofhatboxes#beatingheart-bride#V:Dark Shadows
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I am going to scream. Please make other clinicians stop insisting clients use person first language with themselves.
#Penguin goes to college#I really do struggle as someone who is neurodivergent and someone with a lot of trauma#Where it's just so fucking common acceptable and encouraged to use language and talk about people#As if the group of people isn't there and that that group of people doesn't have thoughts on their own care#I cannot separate me from my mental health issues#And to try is not helpful and in fact actively harmful#Reminds me of a teacher who got pissed cause I refereed to a client of mine as schizophrenic when THAT IS HOW HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF#I always default to using terms the clients use so long as they aren't harmful to them#There's nothing wrong with being schizophrenic#Someone mentioned a young kid believing they are evil that would hurt someone to believe that#Not just acknowledge that you have a condition that messes with your brain
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"I hope you feel better soon"
Yeah me too but I'm way more worried about long covid and permanent damage to my organs.
#Like I get they're trying to show they care but I'm so absolutely pissed off at catching covid in the first place#Bc if we as a society decided to actually care about high risk people and all continue masking#This was a way less likely event not only for us but everyone else#But no everyone's just out there raw dogging the air and exposing the rest of us whether they know it or not#Like I'm being nice to the people saying they hope we feel better soon but they have no concept of how upset we are#Specifically due to the possible long term effects and issues that can arise in general and in relation to our existing health conditions#Like yeah every one of you isn't masking and you're part of the problem#You're specifically contributing to people like us getting very ill and having long lasting consequences#So no I'm not happy
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The data does not support the assumption that all burned out people can “recover.” And when we fully appreciate what burnout signals in the body, and where it comes from on a social, economic, and psychological level, it should become clear to us that there’s nothing beneficial in returning to an unsustainable status quo.
The term “burned out��� is sometimes used to simply mean “stressed” or “tired,” and many organizations benefit from framing the condition in such light terms. Short-term, casual burnout (like you might get after one particularly stressful work deadline, or following final exams) has a positive prognosis: within three months of enjoying a reduced workload and increased time for rest and leisure, 80% of mildly burned-out workers are able to make a full return to their jobs.
But there’s a lot of unanswered questions lurking behind this happy statistic. For instance, how many workers in this economy actually have the ability to take three months off work to focus on burnout recovery? What happens if a mildly burnt-out person does not get that rest, and has to keep toiling away as more deadlines pile up? And what is the point of returning to work if the job is going to remain as grueling and uncontrollable as it was when it first burned the worker out?
Burnout that is not treated swiftly can become far more severe. Clinical psychologist and burnout expert Arno van Dam writes that when left unattended (or forcibly pushed through), mild burnout can metastasize into clinical burnout, which the International Classification of Diseases defines as feelings of energy depletion, increased mental distance, and a reduced sense of personal agency. Clinically burned-out people are not only tired, they also feel detached from other people and no longer in control of their lives, in other words.
Unfortunately, clinical burnout has quite a dismal trajectory. Multiple studies by van Dam and others have found that clinical burnout sufferers may require a year or more of rest following treatment before they can feel better, and that some of burnout’s lingering effects don’t go away easily, if at all.
In one study conducted by Anita Eskildsen, for example, burnout sufferers continued to show memory and processing speed declines one year after burnout. Their cognitive processing skills improved slightly since seeking treatment, but the experience of having been burnt out had still left them operating significantly below their non-burned-out peers or their prior self, with no signs of bouncing back.
It took two years for subjects in one of van Dam’s studies to return to “normal” levels of involvement and competence at work. following an incident of clinical burnout. However, even after a multi-year recovery period they still performed worse than the non-burned-out control group on a cognitive task designed to test their planning and preparation abilities. Though they no longer qualified as clinically burned out, former burnout sufferers still reported greater exhaustion, fatigue, depression, and distress than controls.
In his review of the scientific literature, van Dam reports that anywhere from 25% to 50% of clinical burnout sufferers do not make a full recovery even four years after their illness. Studies generally find that burnout sufferers make most of their mental and physical health gains in the first year after treatment, but continue to underperform on neuropsychological tests for many years afterward, compared to control subjects who were never burned out.
People who have experienced burnout report worse memories, slower reaction times, less attentiveness, lower motivation, greater exhaustion, reduced work capability, and more negative health symptoms, long after their period of overwork has stopped. It’s as if burnout sufferers have fallen off their previous life trajectory, and cannot ever climb fully back up.
And that’s just among the people who receive some kind of treatment for their burnout and have the opportunity to rest. I found one study that followed burned-out teachers for seven years and reported over 14% of them remained highly burnt-out the entire time. These teachers continued feeling depersonalized, emotionally drained, ineffective, dizzy, sick to their stomachs, and desperate to leave their jobs for the better part of a decade. But they kept working in spite of it (or more likely, from a lack of other options), lowering their odds of ever healing all the while.
Van Dam observes that clinical burnout patients tend to suffer from an excess of perseverance, rather than the opposite: “Patients with clinical burnout…report that they ignored stress symptoms for several years,” he writes. “Living a stressful life was a normal condition for them. Some were not even aware of the stressfulness of their lives, until they collapsed.”
Instead of seeking help for workplace problems or reducing their workload, as most people do, clinical burnout sufferers typically push themselves through unpleasant circumstances and avoid asking for help. They’re also less likely to give up when placed under frustrating circumstances, instead throttling the gas in hopes that their problems can be fixed with extra effort. They become hyperactive, unable to rest or enjoy holidays, their bodies wired to treat work as the solution to every problem. It is only after living at this unrelenting pace for years that they tumble into severe burnout.
Among both masked Autistics and overworked employees, the people most likely to reach catastrophic, body-breaking levels of burnout are the people most primed to ignore their own physical boundaries for as long as possible. Clinical burnout sufferers work far past the point that virtually anyone else would ask for help, take a break, or stop caring about their work.
And when viewed from this perspective, we can see burnout as the saving grace of the compulsive workaholic — and the path to liberation for the masked disabled person who has nearly killed themselves trying to pass as a diligent worker bee.
I wrote about the latest data on burnout "recovery," and the similarities and differences between Autistic burnout and conventional clinical burnout. The full piece is free to read or have narrated to you in the Substack app at drdevonprice.substack.com
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Long-Term Health Benefits of Early Life Sugar Rationing: A Study
Impact of Early Sugar Rationing on Long-Term Health A recent study has revealed that individuals who were subjected to limited sugar intake in their early years are significantly less likely to develop diabetes and high blood pressure later in life. This groundbreaking research, published on Thursday in the journal Science, leveraged a unique historical context in the United Kingdom during World…
#chronic conditions#diabetes#early life nutrition#high blood pressure#historical analysis#long-term health#sugar rationing#UK Biobank#World War II
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Shout out to everyone with chronic conditions that are really just mild inconveniences (me)
#context: i have dyshidrosis#“Dyshidrotic eczema is a chronic (long-term) skin condition that causes small blisters and dry itchy skin.” - Cleveland Clinic#like it's a mild inconvenience at best but it's defined as a chronic condition#it makes it sound so serious but its just. every couple years i get some little blisters on my hand. womp womp i guess#chronic illness#chronic condition#sillyposting#sillypost#health#skin condition#dyshidrotic eczema
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I’m not allergic but a secret forth thing!
#I probably can’t digest them due to a rare and very much a Bitch of a medical condition#side effect of the medical condition that is also very likely the reason I survived to adulthood: everything I cannot digest is met with#a very strong survival instinct known as ‘icky get it the FUCK OUT OF MY MOUTH’#and well. I once ate a singular peanut offered to me by a friend and very much disliked it.#also I can’t have normal peanutbutter regardless of being able to digest peanuts or not due to another ingredient being the exact thing#that would have killed me if not for my ultra instinct of disgust so.#I did try special peanut butter that was fine for me in theory one time. HATED the texture never tried it since. I do not recall details#I only recall it’s never getting near my mouth ever again#side note the ‘gut feeling’ I get over shit I can’t eat is very similar to being hungover and smelling the alcohol that got you drunk#on account of the effect on the liver I’m guessing? either way I’m pretty sure my medical condition makes Common Ingredient worse for my#health then alcohol but has the same long term effect basically. so I’m also not really supposed to drink#but also as a secondary side effect I do also get a bit of the same gut reaction for alcohol in general so. also hard for me to drink since#I have to bypass the instinct that kept me alive this long to actually get drunk (once I’m drunk it’s much easier. I think)#well plus I also can’t spruce up any alcoholic beverages so it’s pure alcohol or nothing basically. I generally pick nothing
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Professional Osteopaths in Tunbridge Wells - Angus Gould Osteopathy
Here at AG Osteopathy & Sports Clinic in Tunbridge Wells, we provide Osteopathy, Acupuncture, Shockwave Therapy and Sports Massage. Providing natural pain relief & promoting happier healthier lives since 2018. We have helped them to to recover, get back on their feet and reclaim their active lifestyles. In many cases, we have helped to resolve long-term conditions.
#osteopathy#Tunbridge Wells#Angus Gould#sports clinic#acupuncture#shockwave therapy#sports massage#natural pain relief#health and wellness#active lifestyle#long-term conditions#recovery#holistic treatment#AG Osteopathy
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Accepting the chronicity of chronic conditions (no mean achievement)
The severe ME/CFS crash of my last few weeks has been a steep learning curve and quite the psychological sledgehammer in more than one way (not “just” because to experience a severe flare-up is never a fun thing). Because I’ve had to learn that chronic means chronic! With chronic, things go up and down, they ebb and flow but they don’t go away. You dial them down by managing them, pacing…
#accepting a chronic condition#accommodating yourself#achieving health stability#articles#being realistic about health limitations#chronic illness#living in denial of chronic health#living with a long term condition#living with ME/CFS#looking for cures#ME/CFS#ME/CFS flare-up#pacing#putting too much pressure on yourself#self-acceptance#setting realistic expectations
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