#societal stigmas

[pwrn51]

Breaking Stigmas on Addiction and Mental Health

  Betsy’s guest, Evelyn Leite, MHR, LPC, is a counselor and trainer with 35 years of experience in addiction and mental health. Recognized for her impactful seminars on multicultural counseling and education, Evelyn was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2008 for her humanitarian contributions. She is also the author of 18 books and joined the show to discuss her latest release, A…

[telljoemore]

One of the Reasons People Denied Helping Was Because of a Personal Feeling Called “Homophobia”

One night in the heart of the city, a middle age white woman named Carol started tripping on the way home. She knew her life had taken a dark turn when her fear of homelessness grew into an all-consuming nightmare. Every night, shadows seemed to stretch longer, and the corners of the streets whispered her deepest fears.

When Carol walked home, the alleyways seemed to close in, the rustling of discarded newspapers sounding like sinister whispers.

Her pulse would quicken, and a cold sweat would break out as she imagined unseen eyes watching her from the darkness. The once familiar streets now felt like a labyrinth of horror, each turn potentially leading to an encounter with her worst fears.

The physical symptoms were only part of the terror. Her dreams were plagued by images of faceless figures reaching out to her, their eyes hollow and haunting.

The boundaries between reality and nightmare were blurred, leaving her on the edge of panic even in broad daylight. The societal stigmas and media portrayals had woven a web of fear that she couldn't escape.

Up to this point, Carol couldn’t understand the reasoning for helping people whom she sees as useless, but when she started volunteering at a local shelter, she discovered surprisingly an act of bravery, confronting the very horrors her mind had conjured.

As she faced her fears head-on, the ghastly images faded, replaced by the real, human faces of those in need.

 Carol's journey through the shadows taught her the true horror lay not in the people she feared, but in the ignorance and prejudice that had fueled her terror.

Her transformation from a frightened soul to a compassionate advocate became a beacon of hope, shedding light on the path to understanding and empathy.

                                                                                           By Street Sentinel

[flashhwing]

honestly i think the only reason i'm not a guy is that being trans is too much effort

[palossssssand]

Hey there! Are there any other beasts in slug city or is it just the orchid and electric ones?

there are other beasts !! Smooks has one, it's made of paint! Best seen in this image

Delta and Oster and Co. have them too, Delta's is a round-ish beast with many leg and eyes surrounding its entire body with waterfall-like tears. Oster and Co's is one with multiple heads, each representing one of the "main" alters. I would like to heavily rework these both design-wise and concept-wise. Here's old art of them!

[alwaysbewoke]

wow but this is not news. we know how women are. this is why i smile whenever i see a short guy with their woman because i know it's not easy for them and i'm happy to see the ones who found someone special.

[marc--chilton]

(mgv) good morning. picture this: house's leg acting up while wilson is over so wilson offers to massage it for him. house gripes for a second, jokes about them not beating the homosexuality allegations, but relents. and while wilson is working out the knots, the relief is so palatable that house lets out the purrs he's been keeping a tight hold on ever since the spasm started. they're good ones, too, the tone and breathing just right to let you know he feels good. at that point house has relaxed back into the couch with his eyes closed so he doesn't see how wilson visibly perks up when he hears it. mr needs to be needed, bitching provider, doctor husband -- compounded with his status as an alpha, having proof that he makes house feel better, that he's good at what he's doing, he preens, working the muscles harder with a smile. it's so domestic and soft that wilson starts purring too, his lower and more rumbling compared to house's.

(they don't talk about it once the moment's over. back to the status quo.)

[pathologising]

I personally believe a large part of healing is admitting that you have a problem or that there is a problem.....but that's just me

[jadeannbyrne]

Jimmy Carter: A Rural Paladin’s Hundred-Year Legacy By Jade Ann Byrne, your small-town eGirl turned big-heart storyteller

Jimmy Carter: A Rural Paladin’s Hundred-Year Legacy By Jade Ann Byrne, your small-town eGirl turned big-heart storyteller I still remember the first time I laid eyes on Plains, Georgia. The late-summer sun was setting in a wash of pinks and gold, and as I strolled past a peanut field swaying in the breeze, I couldn’t help but think: This is it? This quiet, dusty crossroads birthed one of the…

[hometownrockstar]

What I love about the intuitive eating model is that it places "eating nutritionally" as the least important and final step to consider, and isn't even "supposed" to be followed until it is (mentally, physically, or economically) viable to the person doing the intuitive eating. And someone will hear this and go "What, isn't that encouraging unhealthy eating, to not prioritize nutrition?" When in actuality, the model lessening the importance of "eating nutritionally" IS in the pursuit of the most healthy eating habits of a person.

Intuitive eating is just one of the only eating mindset models that refuses to ignore the reality of disordered eating and diet culture and how we are surrounded by and internalize it all the time, and it takes into account what ACTUALLY fuels EDs. The other base steps of intuitive eating, placing zero restrictions on yourself (aside from allergens and such), eating what you enjoy and eating until you are full, all of these start at the core of untangling the internalized shame and fatphobia which fuels what is fundamentally more unhealthy than "not eating nutritionally", which is not eating at all and having an unhealthy relationship to food.

Intuitive eating understands that the mindset of "eating nutritionally" can easily lead to obsessive tendencies towards restricting and anxiety over eating the "right" foods. And even within the intuitive eating model, eating nutritionally means adding ALONGSIDE what you eat to balance out what nutrients you can, and most importantly to enjoy everything you eat, because eating can and should be pleasurable, not a job or a chore or a domination of the body and soul.

[sprucetreeconspiracy]

thinking about it sex work isnt inherently less safe than doing any other 1:1 meeting work (a thing youd do a lot in home care as a nurse for example), it's the structures and stigma that make it less so

[natjennie]

YEYEYEYAHAHHHHHHHH emily blunt cocking that fucking shotgun at the end of a quiet place. the dopest move everrrrrr

[liminalweirdo]

News outlets who report on criminals has "having autism" might as well report whether they have celiac as well, or green eyes.

These arbitrary facts have nothing to do with their actions. When 1-3% of the world has a trait, whether it be celiac, autism, or green eyes, it a simply a common trait, shared by millions of people. This is ableism and it should be called out, especially in the face of the attacks being misogynistic attacks.

This has nothing to do with autism and it's ableist as fuck to suggest otherwise. People — the news — are desperate to find something in these people that marks criminals out as different from "us".

Autism is an unrelated factor. Just like uncommon eye colors. Just like whether or not someone can eat fucking gluten.

Next time you read that a person who has committed a crime has autism, stop and ask yourself if it fucking matters. Next time someone does something terrible, I wanna know if they can eat bread. Like??

Because here's the thing: for the past several years, autism has been used as a crutch or a shield to assure abled people that they are somehow removed from someone who would commit an act like this.

Painting criminals as monsters because of their mental health problems (or painting them as monsters at all tbh) only serves as an excuse to turn our face away from the problems that exist in our society. Autism is not the culprit, but the way the world functions right now definitely drives some of these people to do what they've done. So how do we address that?

We need to put the blame where it really belongs. This has nothing to do with the DSM-V.

[pisscreant]

this isn't a theory or anything. more like wild speculation.

I can't remember precisely but isn't there like a whole hero worship machismo culture in the RCM? bc I keep thinking about how Jean is all respectful of Kim as he's got a reputation for being the 57th's finest.

I wonder if Jean had that kind of hero worship towards Harry at the start of their partnership. Enough that they became "hetero sexual life partners" and had such a high solve rate together.

until Harry's disabilities became more apparent and the pedestal was broken. turns out Jean's "Can Opener" partner is this sad mopey guy that acts erratically and can't pull himself together. so Jean (as per workplace/dudebro culture) can't deal with all the complex emotions, does a 180, and doesn't do shit to (meaningfully) help Harry. by the end wants him fired/gone.

I wonder if, given time, Jean would react just the same towards Kim daring to have disabilities and flaws as well?

[ihavenomouthandimustmouth]

is this anything

[templeofshame]

why don't we societally look at white people using aave like white people with dreads? and is it rupaul's drag race

[ladyinsertnamehere]

I'd like to give a very special fuck you to