#overcoming illness

[compassionmattersmost]

The Six Types of Courage in the Journey with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

For those of us living with post-viral chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), the path we walk is not a simple one. Each day brings its own set of challenges, often invisible to the outside world but deeply felt within. Yet, amid the fatigue, the uncertainty, and the pain, there are moments where we are called to draw on reserves of strength we didn’t even know we had. Courage, in its many forms,…

[joncronshawauthor]

📚 Perseverance and Progress | Author Diary - September 27, 2024 🤒✍️

🤒 Battling Illness: Despite being ill this week, I pressed on with my writing commitments. It’s often difficult to maintain momentum during such times, but staying connected to my projects helps keep my spirits up. I managed to add about 10,000 words to “Forged in Blood,” the second book in the Guild of Assassins series 📘 Reading Updates:  I wrapped up “Fake Heroes” by Otto English, a…

[perdamian]

hey guys… we all know that it’s okay for mithrun to have a caretaker for the rest of his life, right? that even after he heals and potentially regains his desires he will probably still need support?? that the goal of healing is not to become a “normal person”, but to build skills to navigate the world in a way that accommodates your disability??? that relying on the people around you is not a failure, but proof of your desire to live????

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

alhaitham and kaveh as 'friends' - full circle

kaveh lying and using ‘his friend’ as a scapegoat for supposedly taking his plans is so um INTERESTING!! given his past references to Alhaitham, and that he was just talked with Alhaitham the scene before, this reads as a direct reference to Alhaitham, meaning that their relationship has come full circle from where we were initially introduced to kaveh

in the archon quest, paimon asks if Alhaitham and kaveh are friends, to which Alhaitham deflects, denoting a negative

but they are denied a friendship status definitively in alhaitham’s story quest where paimon directly asks kaveh if Alhaitham and he are friends, to which kaveh says although they used to be, they aren’t any longer

the game has repeatedly shown that Alhaitham and kaveh possess a deep understanding of each other, only it is their miscommunication and inability to compromise that causes the rift between them. Their character design is based around mirrors, and this ultimately poses the question of whether the two can align their beliefs, whether they can achieve a harmony

overcoming this rift between them begins in a parade of providence, where kaveh’s cycle of self-detriment in his excessive altruism due to his past guilt is particularly focussed on, with alhaitham’s reaction being saddened, and concerned, for kaveh’s mindset – not because his beliefs or philosophies are ‘correct’ over kaveh’s, but because of his belief that kaveh’s mindset negatively impacts him

Alhaitham posits that the issues between them are no longer about the ‘correctness’ of their respective philosophies after looking into sachin’s influence over kaveh’s father, in order to potentially provide kaveh closer, insinuating a more personal reason for the rift between them

It’s after this that a notable shift is seen in their dynamic, with cyno’s second story quest going out of its way to show a flashback in the intimacy of their home, and additionally showing the two voluntarily working together for the first time since their past, abandoned thesis

Their working together demonstrates this harmonisation of not only their personal, scholarly beliefs, but also their reconciliation as people, which can be seen in the two’s closeness, where they previously were separated due to strife – a closeness that is commented on by other characters

In nahida’s birthday event this intimacy is furthered even more, with kaveh wanting mehrak, an important helper companion, to be able to recognise alhaitham’s voice – as of now, this appears to be the only other person, besides himself, whom kaveh has programmed this feature for. Kaveh’s regard for mehrak, established in this scene, then carries over to Alhaitham, demonstrating how kaveh perceives the importance of their bond (i yapped about this more here!)

Going back to kaveh indirectly referring to Alhaitham as his ‘friend’, where this was previously denied, shows a fulfilment Alhaitham and kaveh’s narrative arc :’’’) I am so!?!?! Happy for them well done guys, you got there in the end <3

[yippee-optimistically]

rarepair post ive been mentioning. surprise its PETALPRAWN 😟😟

these next 2 i am a little obsessed w i think theyre soooo funny

very last doodle is lowk inspired by this post ,, go follow bird theyre awesome

the petalprawn fandom is dying !!!! reblog to make it die faster !!!!!

[sickfreaksirkay]

when people say it's stupid to learn latin because it "isn't useful" i literally go crazy wild like i get violent and aggressive and start gnashing my teeth looking like a dog with rabies or something

[skrrtscree]

ARCANE S2 SPOILERS(??)⏳️💣

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caught the timebomb virus sorry 🤒❤️‍🩹

[the-way-astray]

recognizing the potential behind fitz foster

[fascinationstreetmp3]

the more i think about it the more im convincing myself that if the show does do past book-plot-adjacent devil's minion that ends in a memory wipe instead of turning, then it means they've already incorporated a version of the period after daniel's turned where he ends up separating from armand and lives with marius for a long time. BUT that period of separation has become daniel living a human life for four decades instead.

book daniel focuses on his model towns, frequently disregarding almost everything else around him; show daniel focuses on his career above all else and ruins his marriages and relationship with his daughters....

but even with no past dm the separation after show daniel's turning works well too, on a much smaller scale. either way i just don't see them being able to incorporate that particular dynamic between marius & daniel in the future considering the differences between book & show daniel and for time reasons too, which is why i feel it's "already" happened in an altered form, either decades ago or during the timeskip between seasons. daniel's still gonna interact with marius in some way but i can't see it working out the same as it does in the books yknow

[nowheregyal]

had to share this because it's truly amazing

[compassionmattersmost]

Transforming the Suffering of ME/CFS into a Path of Healing

For those of us living with post-viral myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), the experience of life often feels like moving through a landscape filled with unseen obstacles. There is the fatigue—so heavy, so relentless—that it can feel like a weight we will never shake. There are the moments when even the simplest tasks become insurmountable, and the pain becomes a constant companion, whispering in…

[daily-isat]

day 5. funny shirt fthursday

sketch version under the cut. because i think it looks funny.

i did this with my finger on my ipad screen (with really high stabilization on accident) because my pen died. kind of love how silly it looks

[deus-ex-messina]

[blitzwhore]

It's always fun experiencing severe mental illness symptoms because of fiction, eh?

[oltammefru]

Some dots to connect:

[beigetiger]

Ok so I know I’ve said pretty much this exact thing before. But I’m saying it again because I’m thinking about them.

The way in which Kenspeckle told Valkyrie that Skulduggery was abusing her, that he was going to keep warping her and that she was going to let that happen because she loved him too much. The way that Kenspeckle died when Val was just sixteen. The way that Stephanie repeated what Kenspeckle said to her when she expressed worry over Darquesse. The way in which FLETCHER, after stepping back from Skulduggery’s influence for a few years, looked Valkyrie in the eye and pretty much said “Kenspeckle was right about you and Skulduggery. He’s changed you in awful ways and you’re too obsessed with him to care”. The way in which ALL OF THE ADULTS in Valkyrie’s life said nothing about this. They just let him abuse her. How it was only the people Valkyrie’s age who were repeating Kenspeckle’s words to her. And how they were all right; he DID change her in bizarre and horrible ways and they’re both so toxically obsessed with each other that neither really noticed.

AND HOW Valkyrie started off as just some weak kid following Skulduggery around. How he abused her and how she continued to get stronger from that abuse. How much they believe that they love each other and how much they’d burn the world down for each other. And how Valkyrie continued to get stronger and stronger even after his pressuring her wore off. How Valkyrie and Skulduggery are pretty much the same strength even though Skulduggery is so much older than her. He’s pretty much reached his peak, she’s just going to keep getting stronger and stronger. She’s the entire universe but she’s also there beside him at all times. She keeps becoming more and more than she was before and Skulduggery doesn’t even care because he LOVES her and she makes up literally all of his morals. She will continue to get stronger until she becomes a literal god and he will love her the whole way there.

They’re going to be so obsessed with each other forever and she’s just going to keep becoming stronger and stronger until she is everything (YET AGAIN) and she eventually consumes him whole because at this point they’ve entwined themselves so much that there’s pretty much no difference between them. And Skulduggery will never, ever care. That little girl he spent six years hurting grew into something more than he could ever be and he’s simply content to watch it happen because they might as well be one and the same. They make me so fucking sick. I’m going to go stick my face in a pillow and scream now. They have changed my brain chemistry in ways that nothing ever has before. Hello is this thing on