#sam and mental health

[future-crab]

NEVER move on NEVER touch grass. Keep posting about Supernatural on tumblr dot com.

[kenjo-arts]

Does the prisoner need a haircut...?

[5ftboy]

"I've been afraid all of my life. And you guys are really, really kind. There's no part of you that'll feel like you're just dragging me around?" "[We're] all going to do stuff the others don't like from time to time... But that's what best friends are for. We'll work through whatever we have to."

[chaos-and-sparkles]

Delightful comments I found on a YouTube compilation that make me giggle

[legalandnotease]

This post accidentally highlights everything wrong with the MCU in terms of its depiction of mental health and trauma.

Namely, the idea that people with PTSD, depression or anything else are required to effectively "cure themselves", stop being a burden on society and then provide support for those who do not have said conditions.

Apparently there's no such thing as therapy or positive care and support for the mentally ill, and how dare you suggest it.

[knotboy-dean]

Gave up on a project I was dabbling with so here are my favorite stills from it :P

[partiallypearl]

i was reduced to nothing but my shell, while trying to find someone who would love the exterior

[nicksversion]

⚠️!PSA FOR EVERYONE!⚠️

How to survive the next four years:

1. Stay alive:

As much as you will be feeling, validly so, keep going. It’s okay to grieve and feel what you need to but they want you to give up/be stagnant. Live out of spite if you have to but don’t let them win.

Inclusivetherapists.com/crisis gives you resources to call if you are struggling and you don’t have to be in crisis to reach out. Police are not involved with the hotlines and won’t be notified.

2. Play dumb:

You now know nothing about anyone.

For example:

Your friend who’s trans or a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, you have no idea. Same goes for your neurodivergent friends.

Your immigrant friend, they were born here

3. Stay strapped:

Get firearm training, purchase a firearm, and take self defense classes. It’s better to be prepared to fight than be blindsided by it. Additionally, don’t let your guard down in public ever and stay inside as much as humanly possible.

4. Hold your tongue:

Be careful what you say/ post. You never know who’s listening with malicious intent. Don’t talk about anything that doesn’t align with the MAGA point of view and if you are asked about it you tell them you don’t talk about politics.

5. Remember the dress code:

You want to dress as conformative and conservative as possible. I know it will suck but if you are dressed any other way you make yourself a target. Look up how to do your makeup to pass as fem/mas if you need to.

Additional information and tips:

Everything will not fall apart overnight, these things take time but you should still be prepared for it.

Propaganda will be everywhere, make sure you are getting your information from reliable sources.

They will be doing everything possible to change your beliefs to align with them, DO NOT FALL FOR IT!

Do your own research about how Hitler came to power and went through with the genocide. If you know the signs, you can help deinfluence the lies that will be spread (safely of course)

If you are planning to participate in the 4b movement be prepared for violent reactions. Men will not react well to not getting their way so make sure you can protect yourself if things go south.

Plan b has a shelf life of four years when stored in a cool dry place. It is purchasable on Amazon for less than $10 when you search levonorgestrel pill (it’s the name of what’s in plan b)

If you’re looking for doctors to give you long term birth control look up Reddit child free doctors list (it’s a list of international doctors who will let you have it and is updated by patients)

Delete your period tracking apps and use a physical calendar to track them. The government has access to them.

Freethepill.org gives you a bunch of resources to get the pill, if you are able stock up as you see fit.

If you have children in school, buy books that teach about evolution, black history, and all other things America has done to other countries.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF3444aD/ - recommendations of places to go to get out of the US

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF3VPUQc/ - how to get a passport

Project 2025 seeks to ban porn so start saving your favorite books/fanfics on external hardrives.

Read the entire Project 2025 document, starting at the last policy, so you know what they’re going to do.

I will update this post as I research more ways to get through this. It is important that you take time for yourself and make sure you’re okay before trying to help others. Stay safe, stay alert, and stay informed. I wish you all the best.

[arrow-maxwell]

I was watching 15th season of Supernatural and I turned it off.

(No sound = No spoilers)

I can’t look at this!

I don’t want it to end!

I watched the whole show in 1 month, but it has been already 3 days since I started season 15 and I’m only on episode 11.

I DO NOT WANT THIS TO END!

Jensen Ackles you make me suffer. Misha Collins you too!

Both of them are amazing actors. That episode (ep.9 THE TRAP) made me feel everything towards Dean. Hate, Frustration, Love, Sympathy, Anger, Sadness and lastly Relief that he finally admitted what he couldn’t (that’s what’s happening in the video).

Again I’m not spoiling anything, but if the ending will not satisfy me, I will throw the biggest tantrum!

Someone help me survive this…

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

*relatable would be defined here as a character who shares similar traits to yourself like: family, education, job, mental health, sexuality, disability, personality, general life circumstances, etc.

**projecting traits meaning that a character might not canonically share traits in common with you but you headcanon those traits onto them. for example, a character might only canonically date the opposite gender but you interpret/headcanon them as queer because you're queer.

i get that the categories are a bit restrictive because there are a lot of dimensions of 'relating' to a character but i couldn't think of a better way to divide it up so feel free to elaborate.

[bromcommie]

I need someone to write a fic or draw fanart based on that one anthony mackie hot ones interview story where he talks about how he once (while on set!) towed a giant primordial-like fish monster out of the swamps of louisiana with a truck while the PA was losing her shit next to him. but it’s sam and bucky

it could be so good too. like sure bucky’s seen his fair share of weird shit in his several lifetimes but he’s a city boy through and through at the same time and I’m pretty sure for all their battle readiness training the soviets and/or hydra didn’t prepare him for the fucking. alligator gar. try and tell me he wouldn’t bitch and moan and freak the fuck out over all kinds of critters that are native to louisiana I dare you. meanwhile sam's just laughing his ass off like 'oooh I'm from the mean streets of BROOKLYN oooh they call me a GHOST. stop screaming you baby it's FINE. look the teeth on this one ain't even all that bad'

[copperbadge]

Therapist knows I'm a writer and one of her occasional suggestions is to write about stuff I'm trying to untangle, whether that's in the Shivadhverse or elsewhere. I was trying to do that earlier in the week without much success which is why I was like PLEASE I JUST WANT TO FINISH SOMETHING and ended up writing The Olive Harvest 2023. It's not about the stuff we were talking about but at least I wrote SOMETHING.

But I'm now working on the PowerPoint for this coming week and I did want to at least discuss the Struggle. So I think you all should know that what I'm doing today is screencapping your nice comments on The Olive Harvest, anonymizing them, and putting them into a slide like a tag cloud, as a way of demonstrating what writing does for my mental health.

Discourse around commenting on AO3 is always fast and furious but I want you all to know that if you aren't comfortable commenting I totally get it, but if you do comment you are materially contributing to the mental health of a middle aged cat dad in Chicago.

[legalandnotease]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcTBjZ_za_M

Here's a very disappointing of a therapist talking about Bucky and agreeing with what TFATWS said about him. Apparently, even though Bucky had no choice with the killings, he still needs to take responsibility for them.

Also Bucky's therapist was good because she 'didn't put up with his bullshit'. His 'bullshit' was not trusting or opening up to her, but why would he do that when she insults him and deliberately triggers him. They say 'she's exactly the kind of therapist he needs' even though earlier they said in a situation like his, it's important to have people who love you unconditionally.

They also liked the scene with Sam's advice. They agreed with Sam telling Bucky that it's his job to make the other victims of Hydra feel better and get closure. It's really sad that only two people ever acknowledged Bucky as a victim: Steve and T'challa.

At least they also agreed that Sebastian is a phenomenal actor.

Thanks so much for sending me this!

I clicked and I saw it was Cinema Therapy. They *finally* made a video about Bucky.

We've literally been asking them for one for 3 years or more. Funny how he only got half an hour though, when Tonky got more than double that. (Although I understand there's a 45-minute version on their Patreon page...)

Also, I am glad they put him in the "hero" category not "villian" or antihero.

I am about halfway through it at the moment and I am starting to see what you mean, though. What really bothered me was the intro sequence where they said Bucky was "partly to blame" for the actions of HYDRA- and yet still compared him to an abuse survivor. So abuse survivors are "partly to blame" for the actions of their abusers? Its weirdly contradictory for them to talk about Bucky needing unconditional love and compassion- and yet be fine with his therapist's horribly insensitive treatment of his trauma. Also Sam's whole "tough love" thing. Isn't that the opposite of compasssion? Others have gone into how it could potentially be not only traumatizing but even dangerous for Bucky to approach family members those he killed without professional supervision or mediation.

I personally suspect that maybe the somewhat contradictory statements arise from people's reluctance to criticize The Falcon and the Winter Soldier show in any capacity. You know what happens if you do.

The other possibility is the attitude to male victims in general. Natahsa was never forced to make amends, or blamed for the actions of The Red Room. Bucky is. Why?

Mostly I suspect its because society has brainwashed men into thinking they can't be victims. They must have *wanted* what happened to them, and if they are vulnerable or struggling then that amounts to "weakness".

Look at the attitude of many fans towards Bucky overall, and how they equate basic compassion with "coddling" or say he needs to stop feeling sorry for himself and "get his shit together".

This is absolutely typical of the rhetoric that male victims are subjected to in real life. And the rhetoric surrounding male mental health as a whole. Men aren't allowed to be struggling, men aren't allowed to need help. Men aren't allowed to be be in pain or emotional and above all men aren't allowed to be victims.

Except they 100% are.

[sp00k-wav]

Social anxiety in Mr. Robot.

Mr. Robot (2015-2019) S1.E1.

[gaypeople]

had a full body reaction to this

[grippysockedtoebeans]

Maybe giving into the rage dean Winchester style would fix me?