#personal but okay to reblog

[akindplace]

Chronic illness to me sometimes feel like there’s sirens sounding off in my brain so loud but my body refuses to tell me what’s wrong so I just tell people I need to lay down because how can I explain that??? girl help (gender neutral) (literally send help) (I’m so exhausted)

[saintsuppapong]

So... in order to make myself actually fucking leave my house this summer, I'm going to be buying myself a bicycle! (And because I am 9000% myself all of the time/the worst, It's gonna be neon pink. 🙄🙄🙄)

I am ignoring the fact that I haven't owned a bike since I was like 10 and my older brother fucking BROKE IT by riding it down a really fucking steep hill and going headfirst over my handlebars.

He was thankfully uninjured despite being almost 17-years-old and riding his younger sibling's bike down the tallest hill in our childhood neighbourhood...

ANYWAY. That is not the point of this post.

The actually point was that I was Googling "What protective gear do I need for cycling other than a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, reflective materials?" and this came up as one of the related questions/answers:

YES. THANK YOU, Google. That's exactly the answer I was looking for.

Definitely great advice for anyone who may not know that, but I'm pretty fucking high right now and I that is the nicest fucking way I have ever seen to say "Wear a FUCKING HELMET, idiot" AND I LOVE IT.

(The new bike has the same colour scheme of neon pink/white/teal that my childhood bike did... It's like it's destiny or something... idk fam.)

[lesbxdyke]

I could think of no better way to share the news than this!

So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.

Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.

Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!

Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)

He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!

I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!

Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:

[taibhsearachd]

Hey guys... I met my wife through NaNoWriMo, I am as attached to the concept as a person could be, but if we're going to recreate it... I'm begging you to not put it in November. November is possibly the worst month for it if you live in the US. In school? You're probably studying for finals toward the end of that month. Adult? Some part of your family is going to want you to come visit them, which is a whole thing if you have to travel to see them.

We can break free of this. We can have a whole new novel writing month. I'm begging you. Even as someone whose life partner came to me through NaNoWriMo. Do not put this fucking month in November.

[lunatheblackstar]

I hate my hair I love my hair my hair is horrendous my hair is glorious my hair is my ruin my hair is my crown

[miitopia-cake]

I wish some aces would stop excluding other aces with complex sexual experiences. like I get why but you have to realize that being ace does not mean they don't enjoy sexual experiences and it's weird when you complain about allo people and boil it down to "people who have sexual experiences" and also shame people for their sex life and kinks as if your own community doesnt INCLUDE those people. because there are other aces out there who still masturbate, who feel sexually attracted to their own body, who barely experiences sexual attraction but still enjoys sex, who like consuming sexual media, who like sfw kink. being ace is so so much more complex than just "disliking sex". and also aromantic exclusionism in the same genre of posts is something i see a lot. especially aro allos. I hate hate hate seeing a community that SHOULD be inclusive boil down sexuality and exclude people.

[veinded]

[trying-to-jew]

Constantly torn between my desire to convert and the crushing weight of knowing that I won’t be able to exist in the wider fandom spaces that I love without being constantly reminded that Jews are always guilty until proven innocent post-Oct 7.

[kristsune]

new term i just thought of: the adhd circle shuffle - which is when you turn in a circle anywhere from 3-6 times trying to remember which direction you need to go in to grab/get the thing you need.

[arrgh-whatever]

[saintsuppapong]

Just officially came out as nonbinary on Facebook.

A lot of my extended family didn't know about it.

My anxiety levels are SO HIGH but I had to do it sooner or later so... 🤷‍♀️

[lesbxdyke]

I would like to again big up libraries as safe spaces for people of all types!

I had a psychotic episode in my local library while I was in there working and had convinced myself that I was in a bubble dimension and if I left the library I would die, and that being what had happened to the librarian because I hadn't seen them in an hour (it's a small, local library. You can see the librarians desk from where I sit to work)

Now obviously they weren't dead, they were just in the little office that I couldn't see into.

I'm also lucky enough to be a very self aware psychotic, so I reached out to my support network to make sure I got home safely. But none of them could actually get me OUT of the library and I was still absolutely certain that if I stepped off the carpet and onto the tile, I would die.

So I got up, I made my way to the desk, I found the librarian and I said "I need your help. I'm having a psychotic episode and this is what I currently believe. Could you please come out from behind your desk and stand on the tiles so I can see it won't kill me?"

And they did. They didn't shame me, or laugh, or tell me it wasn't real. They said "Yeah, that must be scary." And thanked me when I admitted I'd thought them dead and been really upset about that because I liked them.

And then stood there on the tile, while I stood on the carpet, for ten minutes while I chatted shit and tried to build up my courage to step on the tile, just in case. Including telling me that if this happened again and I needed to call someone, to disregard the usual 'don't call people in the library' rule and just do so after I promised I was going to be calling my husband the second I was on the tile so he could safely walk me home.

(& so no one worries: my husband got me home safe, and a friend came to check on me a little while later and brought me food and I'm fully Cognizant and out of it now)

I cannot imagine another place where I could approach someone and say that and not get the police or an ambulance called on me. Neither of which I needed or would have been helpful.

I cannot imagine another place where a member of staff would stand somewhere for ten minutes to make sure I felt safe enough leaving.

I cannot imagine another place where I would not only be explicitly welcomed back, but be told "If this happens again here, disregard our normal rules to take care of yourself."

I cannot imagine another place on this earth that I would feel safe enough returning to, 3 days later, after an episode like that.

Libraries are a fucking Godssend and should be protected at all costs!

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Internal Experiences of Autism

The Autistic Teacher

[feyriejane]

Being aromantic is a good thing, actually.

[the-kipsabian]

[thunderstomm]

“Cosmo, Wanda, I wish we could go to Monster High!” ✨

Monster High and Fairly OddParents: A New Wish are the best shows airing on Nick atm, and and I need them to make more shows like these (: