just some venting
climbed a ladder for the first time since leaving work/going on meds yesterday, and it was. eye opening. one of the side effects of my meds is muscle tremours and it didnt even occur to me that that wld make ladders difficult, but BOY did it. esp since i was on an old as balls aluminum 10ft-er 😭 now today im so sore and i assume its from clenching all my muscles as hard as i can trying not to fall off.
sometimes i think abt going back to work, and what that wld look like, and obvs i knew there wld have to be changes so i didnt have another breakdown, but like. i cant even climb ladders now. or at least, i can only climb short ones (like 4ft), and only very slowly. i cant climb more than a single flight of stairs, i cant stand for more than 5 minutes at a time w/o support, i certainly cant walk around for more than, at most, a few hours (and ill still end up in pain + sore the next day). i do believe some of this is muscle atrophy from lack of use, but not all of it. cause if im being honest, it still fucking hurt like hell to try to be Normal before, i just pushed thru the pain. but now that my tolerance is shot, i just cant do that anymore. and i know i shldnt be doing it.
one of the hardest parts abt becoming/accepting that im disabled has been figuring out what my limits actually are, cause im so used to blowing past them every day. and if i want to be able to work sustainably AKA in a way that wont make me want to kill myself, i need to respect those boundaries. but its hard. im not used to listening to my body, im really not. i still struggle with even realizing im in pain, let alone what causes it/how to prevent it. and now that im trying to listen more, im noticing how dissociated ive been for like. my entire life. i think thats also why my memory feels like its getting worse—its prolly actually abt the same, im just actually trying to remember things now instead of repressing/dissociating from them.
anyway, yesterday was kinda rough and i just had to get that out. when im at home, sitting comfortably, i can sometimes forget what my body's like now. its only when i have to actually do things that i realize. and its kinda scary, ngl. esp when every dr ive talked to abt it either dismisses it, attributes it to my depression, or just tells me to "exercise more" :/ like maybe there isnt a treatment/cure for whatevers wrong w me, but id at least like to know. hopefully one day i will.
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Rewatching Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester
Welcome to “I Think That Means Sam Is Grover: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!
Up today, s4e2: Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.
Dean’s not convinced Cas is who he says he is—not just because he’s having a hard time wrapping his head around angels, but also because he thinks it’s unfathomable that God would choose to save *him* or recruit him for anything. Meanwhile, hunters are dying off weird and bloody. Sam, Dean, and Bobby look into it and discover that spirits of the dead are being risen and bound to someone to do as they are bidden. The spirits of Meg, Victor, Ronald, and two little girls that Bobby couldn’t save come for the boys and Bobby, and Dean, in particular, is eaten up with guilt over his inability to save everyone. The episode ends with a late-night visit from Cas where he reveals to Dean that Lilith is trying to break the 66 seals that will allow Lucifer to rise. You could cut the sexual tension between them with a floppy feather.
Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.
[and we begin:]
Lor:
nnnngggg Cas
Mace:
CAS
YAS
Lor:
LOL YES
Mace:
this is a LONG intro
Lor:
I was just gonna say!
did they think people FORGOT?
Mace:
“because we have work for you” I have some work for you, Cas...
Lor:
LOLOLOL
ooo Hunter living in a space that could just as easily be 25 years ago as it could be when it is set
Mace:
YES
she looks amazing in that shirt
Lor:
YES
there is nothing like a woman in a scoop or v-neck t-shirt that fits her perfect
Mace:
YESYESYES
Lor:
"groped by an angel"
DEEEEEAN
Mace:
OMG
DON'T EAT THAT DEAN
Lor:
"yeah, you just did, Dean"
Hahaha Sammy
Mace:
Fairy dust, Dean? I don’t think that’s PC
Lor:
omg Dean in his Henley over a t-shirt. he's all snuggy
Mace:
YAS
Lor:
HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA
the way he rubs his shoulder
Mace:
it’s not “cuniform” Bobby. Christ.
YAS
Lor:
LOLOLOLOLOL
Vegas money has been on yeah ALL ALONG. your incantations and shit WORK
Mace:
“who actually gives a crap about me?” OH DEAN
oh DEAN HONEY
Lor:
RIGHT?
EVERYONE HUG HIM
"I don't like getting singled out at birthday parties" oh MUFFIN
Mace:
aw, he’s an INTROVERT
Lor:
he IS
"you're gonna get me some pie"
Mace:
YAS HE NEEDS PIE
Lor:
remember later when the bunker is full of strangers and he hides in his room? MY SOULMATE
Mace:
ALWAYS YOU ALWAYS FORGET THE PIE SAMMY
Lor:
RIGHT?
when has he ever REMEMBERED THE PIE
Mace:
HAHAHAH
Lor:
(actually my headcanon is that he never forgets the pie. he deliberately doesn't get it because he's a little brother)
Mace:
(oh i assumed that that’s actual canon because OF COURSE)
Lor:
no, Sam, she's a waitress at a diner who needs to know about angels
(YES)
Mace:
HAHAHAHA
Lor:
"something's up, huh?"
pets him
Mace:
YES
ew
Lor:
yeah, seriously gross
Mace:
“they’ve redecorated. in red”
HAHHA BOBBY
Lor:
BOBBYYYY
OMG Dean asleep and letting Sam drive
Mace:
YES
Lor:
nope. Victor would 100% appear to Dean first
Mace:
HAHAHAHA
agreed
ooof
Lor:
spooky kids. always with the spooky kids
Mace:
“don’t think at all” omg Dean
Lor:
YES
Sam gets all in his head and fretful and Dean is all frantic nervous energy
Mace:
YES
i love Bobby’s half creepy half cozy half absolute fucking mess house
Lor:
YES
Mace:
look, I don’t like demon meg much either, but lady? women can dress the way they want without judgment
Lor:
RIGHT?
And she's not exactly not showing skin herself. like, don't be misogynistic and especially don't be a hypocrite about it
Mace:
EXACTLY
Lor:
ooooof Dean
hon, it's not your fault
not EVERYTHING is your fault
Mace:
he needs all the hugs this ep
Lor:
he really does
he doesn't think he's a hero
Mace:
no he doesn't
Lor:
oh Dean
Mace:
yep
SAMMY
Lor:
oooof
they are getting so beat up
Mace:
SMARTY DEAN
Lor:
oooo clever Dean
Mace:
they really are
Lor:
I call shenanigans on Dean being able to stand up straight and walk around (more evidence for our theory about when the injuries last)
Mace:
YES
Lor:
"I had a weekend off"
Mace:
YAS
“you’re awesome” DED
Lor:
I love that Dean tells Bobby he's awesome
YES
"if he is out there, what's wrong with him?"
"why doesn't he help?"
I love that Dean has this crisis
AND that they come back to it waaaaay later
Mace:
I’m still having that crisis, Dean
Lor:
YEP
"tourists"
aaaaaah I love it when they say something at the same time
Mace:
YES
They need Buffy to give them a seminar on apocalypses
Lor:
he wants to go to the Star Trek Experience. LET’S GO, DEAN. LET'S GET SHIT AT THE GIFTSHOP
YES
Mace:
HAHAHAHA YES
Lor:
"aim careful"
I love Bobby
Mace:
i love bobby
HAHAHAHA
Lor:
HAAHAAAAHAHA
awww Ronald
Mace:
oh boy
“don’t talk” HAHAHA
Lor:
okay, Ronald, hon, I like you, buddy, and I KNOW Dean feels terrible about your death, but you are dead because of you
YES
Mace:
yep
“opium?”
Lor:
YES
and the little hand gesture he makes when Bobby tells him to go
Mace:
YES
Lor:
this is SUCH a good way to set up some of the major themes of this season. Sam's a monster, Dean doesn't think he's worthy
Mace:
AGREED
but there isn’t any Cas and that’s a problem for me
Lor:
I think he shows up for a minute at the end?
oh DEAN
his trembly lip I CANNOT
Mace:
omg DEAN
Lor:
I LOVE when Dean says no when someone asks if he's all right
Mace:
“you alright?” “no” the truthiest truth he’s ever spoken
YES
Lor:
YAAAAS
"I'm not a cheeseburger" SNORK
Mace:
HAHAHAHA
Lor:
...dammit. now I want one
Mace:
and now I want a cheeseburger
AHAHAHAHA
Lor:
MACE
OMG us today
Mace:
YAAASSS
Lor:
where do they get these little girls who do the creepy thing SO WELL?
Mace:
RIGHT?!?!
Lor:
actually, you know what, never mind. I remember being a little girl. we dark as fuck sometimes
Mace:
SNORK!!!!
Lor:
Dean sleeps on the floor so Sammy can have the couch
(though I do not believe for a second this house doesn't have more than one bedroom)
GOD Cas just leaning on the sink like that
Mace:
right?! what does bobby have in all those upstairs rooms!
YASYASYAS
“not dicks” HAHAHA
Lor:
"Michael Landon. Not dicks"
YAAAAS
LIAR. you are 100% there to perch on his shoulder
Mace:
YES
Lor:
omg Cas raising his hands and Dean's little "did I just threaten an angel of the lord?" face
Mace:
HAHAHAHA YEP
there is SO MUCH TENSION
Lor:
RIGHT?
they are standing SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER
the LIGHTING
Mace:
YES
Lor:
the EXTREME closeups where you can't NOT focus on their lips and their eyes
Mace:
YEP
Misha doesn’t blink and I love that
Lor:
and the Dom/sub undercurrent. I like this scene a normal amount vibrates at a frequency unknown to science
YES
Mace:
HAHAHAHA AGREED
the way Dean gets uncomfortable when Cas leans in
Lor:
omg that lean in and "you should show me some respect"
YAAAAAS
Mace:
YESYESYES
Lor:
and then he's gone and Dean's leaning on the sink
I cannoooooot
and the cut to him waking up on the floor
Mace:
sock-footed Sammy OMG
Lor:
the first time I watched this ep, I wondered if only Dean could see Cas
YES
Mace:
oh INTERESTING
Lor:
which would have been an interesting way to go, at least for a little bit
Mace:
Ha! Cas as Snuffleupagus to Dean’s Big Bird I LOVE IT
Lor:
OMG YES
I need that fanart
Mace:
YAAASSS
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