#personal relationship

[inkskinned]

she's singing in another room and my dog is asleep at my feet. my grandma asked me why i haven't found a man yet and i laughed. oh, you know. i like my house clean.

my girlfriend is also my man is also "my partner" if i'm in a professional setting. yesterday we went to a ren faire and a man mimed at me - you're together? and at my delighted nod, his baffled, you're gay? made me laugh. a woman with rainbow hair said i love the two of you together. you're both so beautiful it's absurd.

my dad introduced my partner as my "..... friend. or whatever" the other day. he knows we're dating. in the same way, i was never able to get my sister's husband to stop saying that's gay like it's 2008. he still uses the word fa***t, and my sister's defense of him has always been well, he's just kidding.

my lover and i dance to old music in a tiny kitchen. we judge new music together and take food critique very seriously. we watch love is blind before we fall asleep and agree that if they had a queer season, it would be bloody but also make for excellent tv. of fucking course queer people would know someone for only 2 weeks and agree to get married. what are you saying.

at a bar with friends, a man puts his hand on my wrist. got a boyfriend? and yes, i do have a boyfriend, she's amazing. i am texting her while i wander around a gas station named after geese. i am visiting a swing state for a wedding. in the candy aisle i overhear: she's actually like a lesbian it's disgusting. two teenage girls with packaged sandwiches in their hands, giggling. no literally, like. i'm not, like. okay with her being there while we're all, like, naked and changing.

my girlfriend and i tailgate, drink gin and cider out of cups. from the frat group beside us, a man corrects himself with one of his friends: bro, i mean, nonbinary entity, and it makes everyone around him laugh, myself included. he razzes his friend the same way i would have killed for at 19 years old - like nothing happened, he continues: you apply sunscreen like an alien. he does a little sassy (and fairly accurate) dance interpretation of the motion. his friend is laughing so hard they're crying.

i am lucky, i live in a safe neighborhood in a safe state. my masc passenger princess comes up from DC. i drive her for an hour to where all the leaves are a violent arrangement of color. we walk along the trails, letting autumn into our blood. in this part of the state, there's a lot of pickup trucks and trump signs. when we chastely kiss before getting into the car, i accidentally make eye contact with a woman holding her child's wrist. she looks disgusted. she looks fucking pissed.

two hours later my girl and i are eating dinner on a patio, soaking in the last warmth of new england sun before the chill of winter sets in. we are giggling and trying to talk through plastic vampire teeth. at another table, i see a young woman sit up straighter. i watch her watch us. she blushes and takes her partner's hand from across the table. shy, like the taste of evening has just become something deeper.

it's worth it for this moment, i think. my lover is still humming the same song she's been singing for four days straight and i don't want to kill her for it. her guitar is beside my bed. her toothbrush is in my bathroom. in a few moments i will make us lunch. we are lucky enough to have found each other. it is lucky enough to be in love.

[everydaymusecreation]

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[newinsightsbehavioralhealth]

From GAD to OCD: A Closer Look at Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While occasional anxiety is a normal part of life, anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. These disorders can interfere with daily activities, making it difficult to function in various aspects of life. At New Insights Behavioral Health in Connecticut, we offer comprehensive care for individuals experiencing anxiety disorders. Here, we explore the different types of anxiety disorders to help individuals and their families better understand these conditions.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterized by persistent and excessive worry about various aspects of daily life, such as work, health, and social interactions. Individuals with GAD find it difficult to control their worry, and this anxiety often interferes with their ability to function. Symptoms of GAD include restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbances.

Panic Disorder

Panic Disorder involves recurrent and unexpected panic attacks, which are sudden periods of intense fear and discomfort. Panic attacks can include symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, and a fear of losing control or dying. People with panic disorder often worry about when the next attack will occur and may avoid places or situations where previous attacks have happened.

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Social Anxiety Disorder, also known as social phobia, involves an intense fear of social situations where one might be judged, embarrassed, or scrutinized by others. This fear can be so severe that it interferes with daily activities, such as work, school, or personal relationships. Symptoms include extreme self-consciousness, fear of being negatively evaluated, avoidance of social situations, and physical symptoms like blushing, sweating, and trembling.

Specific Phobias

Specific Phobias are characterized by an intense, irrational fear of a particular object or situation, such as heights, animals, or flying. The fear is disproportionate to the actual danger posed by the object or situation. Individuals with specific phobias often go to great lengths to avoid their triggers, which can interfere with their daily lives. Symptoms include immediate anxiety upon exposure to the phobia, avoidance behavior, and physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath.

Selective Mutism

Selective Mutism is a rare disorder typically diagnosed in childhood. It involves a consistent failure to speak in specific social situations, such as at school or with playmates, despite speaking normally in other settings. This inability to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge or comfort with the spoken language. Selective mutism can interfere with academic and social functioning.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

While OCD is often categorized separately, it shares significant overlap with anxiety disorders. OCD involves recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Individuals with OCD perform these behaviors in an attempt to reduce anxiety or prevent a feared event, even though the behaviors are not realistically connected to the event. Common compulsions include handwashing, checking, and counting.

Anxiety disorders encompass a wide range of conditions, each with unique symptoms and challenges. Understanding the different types of anxiety disorders is the first step towards effective treatment and improved quality of life. At New Insights Behavioral Health Connecticut, we are dedicated to helping individuals manage their anxiety through comprehensive, personalized care. If you or a loved one is struggling with anxiety, contact us today for expert guidance and compassionate support.

[tears-that-heal]

Doing my very best to prevent my feelings from being influenced by the grey, stormy weather outside. ⛈️

I’ve learned that I can easily become bored or restless. The feeling of being trapped or stuck is a common thought for those who struggle and live with anxiety. As a christian, I’ve learned the greater value to consciously “make” time to spend with God. Personal God Time! Of course, doing your own Bible Study is excellent, also simply praying and talking with Him is equally important. Another example could be easily listening or singing along to worship. Even listening to a podcast of a sermon or watching one on YouTube. How you choose to spend your Personal God Time shouldn’t be limiting, but creatively spent. To struggle is our reality on earth, but what you choose to depend on in hopes to overcome strife, the results will very much differ. To my brothers & sister in faith, continue to Choose Jesus and strive to enrich your personal relationship with Him. 💖

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[aesethewitch]

When I was a kid, we moved into a house that had a huge lilac tree out front. It was mostly rotten, and it needed to be taken down before it fell. It took a while, but eventually, it was gone.

Mostly. A couple years later, little lilac babies popped out of the ground in its place. My mom was determined to get rid of them, because she'd planted a beautiful flower garden there, and the lilac trees would overshadow and kill the whole garden. I insisted on saving at least a few saplings. She said fine, but I had to dig them out and put them in pots myself.

So, I did. I spent days digging little lilac bushes out of the ground and putting them into pots. Some couldn't be saved, but some could. When all was said and done, I had five brand-new lilac saplings. Seven or eight years old, and it was my absolute pride and joy.

Three died due to sun scorching, severe drought that no amount of watering could save, and perhaps just being moved from their place in the ground. But two survived, and I was awfully proud of them! I'd go out and talk to them every single day. I watered them by hand and made sure they were fertilized properly. I learned all about their favored environments, and I was determined to make sure they lived.

One of my mom's friends saw what I was doing with the lilacs. She asked if she could have one to put in her backyard, and I agreed on the condition that she take very, very good care of it.

It's now fucking enormous. I'm talking ten feet tall and bursting with beautiful purple flowers every spring. My mom still gets updates each year as they start to bloom, which she forwards to me. And all I can think is, "That's my friend! Thriving some twenty years on, there it is."

The other tree nearly died, too. It lived in a pot for far, far too long. I wanted to plant it somewhere in my parents' yard, but my mom was reluctant. Eventually, we agreed to put it in the far back garden. It grew okay for many years, despite the shade, but in all these years, it's never bloomed.

Last year, the massive tree casting massive shadows over the lilac and the garden cracked in half and fell. It tumbled into the garden, crushing part of the nearby shed and destroying a few plants beneath it.

It missed my lilac by inches.

The clean-up is long done. The rest of the tree has been cut down, and my lilac has full sunlight for the first time in fifteen years. It won't bloom this year, I know. But it's got new shoots up. It's taller than ever. I spent half an hour a few weeks ago praising it for surviving all this time, dreaming about its future and telling it how I believe it'll become the tall beauty it's always been meant to be.

I think next year, I'll see flowers.

[yaknowlikenyah]

Remember kiddos, good kink relationships come from genuinely enjoying another person outside of kink. Don't expect to get into a serious dynamic if you can't actually like the person attached to it.

[jnkmamma]

Baptised as an adult? Why?

Hey! I know! it's been a while! Hope you enjoy the latest blog post. Thank you for taking the time to read it, and if you like it, please feel free to share it with someone else who may like it too!

We’ve all been there… when you come to one of those really mind blowing and life changing experiences on our own unique journeys in life. For me personally one of those times was when I took the decision to get baptised as an adult on November 21st 2021. Trust and believe! This is a big decision/moment on your journey in life when you’re an adult! I was christened as a baby, but it took me 19…

[greykolla-art]

Alastor: “Now, let’s talk about literally anything else please!”

Me: “Good! Cause I don’t know where you went so I can’t go further with this!😂”

[transexualpirate]

i love you polyamory i love you open relationships i love you situationships i love you queer platonic relationships i love you friends with benefits i love you uncommon demonstrations of love i love you complexity of the human emotion and experience

[everydaymusecreation]

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[communistkenobi]

whenever right wing people talk about “parental rights” they are talking about property rights. they are arguing for further political and legal enshrinement of their children as their literal actual property

[tears-that-heal]

At a Sunday Morning Service…..

While sitting in a church pew listening to my pastor preach from God’s Word, a feeling of fatigue came over me. I could easily visualize myself lying down on the cushioned church pew to both rest and continue listening to my pastor’s message. It was a wonderful thought to me cause it illustrates well on my relationship with my church. Please know, I didn't literally lay on the pew. Lol 😋 Also dealing with fatigue is a common occurrence for me, so please no worries.

Being at church gives me both peace and rest on multiple levels. It is the people who make up the church; the body of christ. Not a building. It's my place to weekly recover and recharge. This concept maybe foreign or unreliable to many, but this relationship with my church or spiritual family has been in the works for almost 20 years. It started with me choosing to make my religious faith into my own personal and spiritual faith in Jesus. My walk with Jesus is all about being personal and real, always. It's the same type of relationship with a best friend, it's someone who you fully trust with the good, the bad and the ugly times of your life. That sounds like freedom to me! Anywho, like a best friend relationship, it usually takes time for it to develop. That is also true with a personal relationship with Jesus.

I better stop myself there before I get overly carried away, Lol Church has became a place to be truly myself, the woman He originally designed me to be. It's honestly boiled down to this simple truth; choose to Trust God all day, everyday! Maybe someday soon you'll too experience His rest and peace. In Jesus Name, Amen!

[crows-home]

part of my nimona viewing experience. idk why but i got super emotional in the first five minutes.

ID by @peachygos

[ID: A comic juxtaposing screenshots from Nimona 2023 and drawings of a person watching the movie. The first screenshot is Ambrosius's introduction; he grins at the camera as the news anchors introduce him, his name in big print on the screen. The person watching thinks with a bored expression, "Ah. Ok. This guy is gonna be the jackass. Typical golden-boy stuck-up prince that thinks he's better than the underdog. I see where this is going.

The next screenshot is of Ambrosius and Ballister on the platform above the arena, Ambrosius doing his news anchor bit and saying, "Aaand will Ballister be broody on the biggest day of his life?" Ballister laughs at his antics. The person watching now has a small smile, as they think, "Huh! Aw, they're actually nice to each other and are friends! I wasn't expecting that, that's nice-"

The third and final screenshot is a shot from behind of Ballister leaning his head on Ambrosius's shoulder. The caption reads "the knighting ceremony is just moments away." The person watching now has a touched, soft expression, like they're holding back tears. They think "OH." as a partially transparent doodle behind them bends over crying and blubbering, with another doodle showing their heart shot through with an arrow. /end ID]

[josephleine]

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[professorgtnt]

表達無條件的愛…對方智會有安全感。

表達對對方的欣賞和接納…對方有健康自我形象。

肯定對方的恩賜才幹…對方會建立自信心。

為對方常祈求祝福.天上恩典會更新改變他的裏裏外外。