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As someone in their early twenties, and is currently dealing with pre-carpel tunnel, please take care of your forearms and wrists. They are important.

Use a brace if you can’t keep them straight. Can’t buy a brace, get an elastic (ACE is a brand people default to in lots of places) bandage. Cant buy a bandage, get a compression brace. Can’t buy that, do some light stretches and be mindful of how you use your wrists.

Chronic pain is no joke. Sometimes, it can’t be avoided. But, in the case of this specifically, it can be.

(Disclaimer: I am in no way a medical professional. I’m just someone who has experience with this type of thing. [And currently in a wrist brace.])

P.S. I use a copper wrist compression brace a lot. And have only recently gotten a medical brace. Medical braces are usually fine to wear for long periods of time. Compression braces aren’t. They can cause more harm than good like that.

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Fighting the urge to up and leave everything and walk in the forest and die or something

I feel so terrible and angry and irritated and like I'm dying it hurts so bad I want to do something destructive

Google please tell my brain to stop triggering my inferiority complex please it sucks so much so many little things set me off then I either feel horrible and like the worst or I get frustrated because I'm better I know I'm better I should be better but then it can kind of cycle anyways or back and forth then comes the idk thought projection I think where I think I know what everyone else is thinking then it just frustrates me brcsuse my brain is like they think you're worse than them they think you're not good enough like thanks

Google how to ask for reassurance and praise

Anyways

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psa to everyone on antipsychotics during the summertime

some antipsychotics can make you more susceptible to heat exhaustion because they make it so your body cannot regulate your body temperature correctly. I learned this the hard way last summer, I got really nasty heat exhaustion while on a high dose of quetiapine. so check if your meds react badly to heat, and if they do, please be sure to wear your sunscreen, have light cover ups on or with you, wear a hat, and stay hydrated! be safe

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Say it with me, everyone.

ARO DOES NOT EQUAL ACE.

ACE DOES NOT EQUAL ARO.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE BOTH. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME.

AROMANTIC AND ASEXUAL ARE DIFFERENT, AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS SUCH.

edit: holy shit, this post has gotten so popular it's getting aphobia notes! thanks y'all

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*screams*

HAPPY FUCKING PRIDE

ASEXUAL AND AROMANTIC PEOPLE EXIST AND ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY

NOW GO BE MENACES TO SOCIETY

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Me, when talking to my boyfriend/husband/girlfriend/wife/romantic partner:

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I should absolutely start selling my paint pours. Like, choose the colors, I make them, if you don’t like it you can send it back. Then, I use the ones people don’t like to sell as non-customizable.

Boom. Profit.

(Recent example of paint pour with two different reds, pearl, black, and rose.)

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I don't know what trans man need to hear this but you're allowed to be angry. It doesn't make you evil. You are allowed to experience all possible emotions without apology and still be a good man.

*this is about trans men specifically, do not derail. You are free to make your own post*

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I’m just now realizing that saying ‘do you mind’ to my cat is just an exact replication of how my mum says it. Just the Scottish in her blood flowing through me just so I can yell at my dumbass cat.

(The dumbass in question.)

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There is a few second window where I can jump up (usually from my bed) and go somewhere without my brain realizing there’s not enough blood.

It then realizes, and I get hit with a massive amount of dizziness.

However, my house is small and I can lean on things. And have a few seconds to find my cat, who is usually why I’m getting up so quickly.

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i wish that people were more accepting of the fact that not everyone's "core being" or whatever you want to call it will line up perfectly with a label. some people use labels that match their feelings 100% some will use labels that mostly of kind of fit. some will use a label but only to get people to stop asking about it. some use no labels. etc. labels are just tools that we use to describe our unique + indescribable experiences and feelings, and they tend to work pretty well, but it isn't 100% effective. this is what it means to not sort people into boxes

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died and came back exactly the same but something was so so so wrong with me before and now I have an excuse to really lean into it