Though the first ad of the sort to cross his screen that day, it was far from the first he had seen over the last several months.
Many used euphemisms. It was uncouth to say “depressed” or “anxious,” but “sad,” “worried,” or “down in the dumps” were perfectly acceptable.
Whether it were social networks or shopping sites, such ads seemed to follow him everywhere, though none were worse than those offering addiction support.
He closed his laptop with a sigh.
The formula was far from an addiction–it was a release. From expectation, from responsibility, from himself. And he could abstain from it for long periods–the latest conference in Edinburgh, where he had presented some of his latest findings, for example.
just in case you aren’t feeling bad enough about the ending of jekyll and hyde: Hyde spent the last week of his life doing nothing but crying, and walking in circles. wearing clothes not made for his body. having the knowledge he’s going to die sooner or later and that all the input he’ll have on his fate is choosing to kill himself or not. very aware that when he dies he won’t be recognized, that his body will end in an unmarked grave or on the dissecting table. uncomfortable, feeling out of place. knowing that his last thoughts will not be lucid ones, that he’s already died in spirit and all is left is a husk he never intended to be anything but an easily discardable persona. and his last words are a futile plea for mercy…
You know how there’s way too much content on way too many media platforms these days and the highlights of most would work just as well as like, a popular Tumblr text post, but also you’re not upset that English actor Tom Bateman brought it to life for you
Disability will have you thinking shit like “I’m not even that disabled. I can manage as long as I limit myself to very specific careers, never go shopping for more than an hour or two at a time, keep my plans open so I can cancel and stay in if need be, and only go out a few nights per week at the most”
[ID: a tag reading, “#don’t eat citrus if you have any mental health problems #the vitamin C is so bad for you” end ID]
losing my fucking mind over how people will come on here and say just the easiest to disprove absolutely inane lies. for no reason at all
This is so funny because of how long a chain of telephone it is. The starting point is that grapefruit juice SPECIFICALLY can interact negatively with several mental health medications (notably, not amphetamines). Then this tumblr post* and MULTIPLENEWSARTICLES got popular, stating that consuming anything acidic (including vitamin C) within an hour of taking your ADHD meds would render them ineffective. In reality, a large dose of vitamin C taken directly with an amphetamine-based ADHD medication has the potential to cause a minor dampening effect, but has no effect on other ADHD meds.
These presumably got filtered/combined into the idea that vitamin C is bad to take with ANY mental health meds, which then got turned into the idea that if you have mental health problems, scurvy may be right for you!
few terms have come to piss me off more than “traumadumping” does like having a sincere conversation with someone about personal issues in your life is not “traumadumping” shut the fuck up
obviously your twitter mutual arbitrarily dming you out of the blue to describe a detailed account of the abuse they experienced as a child is one thing but i often see the word “traumadumping” applied to things as mundane as a friend or relative telling you their girlfriend broke up with them or that they got in a bad fight with their dad and like that is not traumadumping that is simply seeking emotional consolation from a friend, which isn’t exactly uncommon nor is it an unreasonable thing to desire. these people are not necessarily asking you to become their therapist or what the fuck ever, usually they are merely looking for reassurance and recognition as simple as “sorry to hear that i hope things start looking up for you soon.” i understand that situations like this can still be hard and make you feel confused and helpless and unsure of exactly what you can do/say, but i just feel like it’s downright cruel to act as though wanting comfort from a friend when you’re going through a rough period is somehow a moral failing and the big boy thing to do in such a situation would just be to suck it up and repress lest you make your emotions someone else’s problem
while in the show Max doesn’t believe in monsters and I’ve written both his parents as vampires, I think he rationalizes it because both his dads still seem so human
I just think it’s Amazing how the US has money to fund war crimes and help Israel commit genocide, but we can’t have Healthcare or food stamps or do anything about homelessness.
Most people won’t go to the hospital unless it’s an emergency bc it’s too expensive, but there is money galore for ethnic cleansing.
In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.
I can’t tell when I started laughing uncontrollably, because I was already laughing at how they’d drawn whiskers and tail and claws on the diagram; maybe it was “nationality: pussy” and “religion: Catholic”, maybe it was the “pointed (too)” for the second ear, maybe it was the 69 for everything; maybe it was “cattish” for ‘general appearance’.
