#this is forever

[crowofjudgements-blog]

Fibromyalgia is the most critical look at the long term effects of trauma on children.

It was one of the first avenues we explored when trying to diagnose my chronic illness that rendered me in debilitating pain BEFORE I WAS EVEN 18 PEOPLE.

While Fibromyalgia is generally present, it remains dormant in the body until triggered, and outside factors in the environment hugely influence how and when it activates. Emotional trauma is believed to be one of, if not the largest contributors to Fibromyalgia activating and symptoms starting to manifest.

We view trauma through psychological repression and emotional damage that we forget the body keeps tabs, for a lot of us it becomes actual pain. For some of us, that happens when we are children. And in a society and school system that you either succeed or drown in, you’re useless if you can’t do anything because your mind and body is literally ravaged by the experiences that OTHER PEOPLE inflicted on you.

I took no risks as a child, I was afraid of getting hurt. I never experienced any significant bodily or head injuries as a child, never so much as a broken bone. Physical trauma is the other huge trigger for Fibromyalgia, so where’s that possibility? When was I a child long enough to get childhood injuries??

For them, it was a fleeting moment. For us, it closed the world.

[witchrealms]

x x

[theirloveisgross]

the way i viscerally remember the feeling of sitting down in front of my laptop, watching an ig livestream, waiting for the first show of ltwt to start, on february 1st 2022. my nerves were through the roof. the excitement and overwhelm were entirely too much. and then he walked on stage... my eyes welled up.

look how far we've fucking come... we're so the greatest! we showed him, since that first show, that he will never be alone.

[tooiconic]

I have made so many mistakes but I will be spending every moment I have fixing them.

[ohmydarlinghowiloveyou]

I only got one thing on my mind 🧠

You Got Me Stuck On The Thought 💭

Of You ♡

You’re making me feel

Brand New 🌟

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[foxpunk]

do you all see my vision here

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

I think one of the kindest things you can do for people with various mental health struggles is just... let people back into your life after they've been absent for a while.

Making friends as an adult is so fucking hard already and isolating yourself from other people is a very common symptom of depression, anxiety, burnout, ocd, trauma, grief, etc. Which means that someone will do the hard work of recovery/healing and resurface back into a world where their previous friends have written them off because they stopped showing up.

So if you know someone where you're like "yeah we could have been better friends but they fell off the map a bit" and that person suddenly reaches out, or starts showing up to events even though you kind of forgot they were still in the group chat... well they may have been Going Through It and you don't actually have to punish them for their absence you can just be glad that they're back.

[fairycosmos]

local woman who claimed she will "cross that bridge when she comes to it" arrives at said bridge

[str4wb3rry-fire]

no, i dont lose hyperfixations. theyre just moved to a different, slightly less used, shelf in my brain.

[codacontainmentbreach]

[witchrealms]

(x)

[gravitysoupbowl]

stanley pines my beloved

[mildelectrocution]

Inspired by Darwyn Cooke's iconic Batman & Robin illustration, and the New Batman Adventures.