When a person with ADHD complains of severe anxiety, I recommend that the clinician not immediately accept the patient’s label for her emotional experience. A clinician should say, “Tell me more about your baseless, apprehensive fear,” which is the definition of anxiety. More times than not, a person with ADHD hyperarousal will give a quizzical look and respond, “I never said I was afraid.” If the patient can drop the label long enough to describe what the feeling is like, a clinician will likely hear, “I am always tense; I can’t relax enough to sit and watch a movie or TV program. I always feel like I have to go do something.” The patients are describing the inner experience of hyperactivity when it is not being expressed physically.
At the same time, people with ADHD also have fears that are based on real events in their lives. People with ADHD nervous systems are consistently inconsistent. The person is never sure that her abilities and intellect will show up when they are needed. Not being able to measure up at the job or at school, or in social circles is humiliating. It is understandable that people with ADHD live with persistent fear. These fears are real, so they do not indicate an anxiety disorder.
odysseus: whaT DO YOU MEAN MOVE THE BED????
penelope: oh sorry i thought we were playing the ask stupid questions game
“ohh liking AJR is cringe, the general consensus is AJR is cringe” don’t care + didn’t ask + cringe culture is dead + hating popular things doesn’t make you cool + i’m glad growing up wasn’t traumatic for you + if you want to be big like your plans why’re you so tiny and why’re you so mad
There are three triads in the enneagram: heart, head, and gut. All consist of three enneagrams, which represent the core's fixation.
Heart triad consists of enneagrams 2, 3, and 4, and the fixation of this triad is shame. 2 externalizes shame, 3 represses shame, and 4 internalizes it.
People belonging to heart triad deal with self-hatred and try to gain love and approval from others.
Head triad consists of enneagrams 5, 6, and 7, and the fixation of this triad is fear. 5 internalizes fear, 6 externalizes fear, and 7 represses it.
People belonging to head triad deal with paranoia, anxiety, and suspicion of the world.
Gut triad consists of enneagrams 8, 9, and 1, and the fixation of this triad is anger. 8 externalizes fear, 9 represses fear, and 1 internalizes it.
People belonging to gut triad deal with anger in different ways, but they all view the world as a dangerous, flawed place.
Tiresias: I see your wife........ with a ruthless man who has killed hundreds of people
Odysseus:
Odysseus:
Odysseus: *Monster starts playing* I will ensure that this man will be me
Six: You’re always so calm, no matter what happens. How do you do it?
Nine: It’s easy. You just got to make yourself dead inside. Then it doesn’t matter what happens… good… bad… nothing gets through, so nothing bothers you. Easy.
one of my favorite parts of wicked is watching elphaba's idealism and glinda's realism clash. and before anyone says anything, yes glinda is the realist between them. she sang an entire song about it. it just goes over ppl's heads coz they dress it up in bubblegum pink and a jaunty tune.
elphaba is the idealist. she has dreams of how Oz could be a better place, where everyone is accepted for who they are and aren't opressed or marginalized. she becomes a revolutionary because of those values, because she believes in fighting for the rights of freedom and the future.
and the other side of the coin is glinda, who understands innately how the world works. it's not about how much knowledge you have or how good you are at what you do. you can be the most qualified person for the position but if you're not popular with the masses, you're done for.
and those values they each have are constantly clashing with each other. elphaba believes she can fix the system from the outside. glinda believes she can play the long game and fix it from within. they both believe what they're doing is the best way to protect.
they don't see the other's POV until For Good. it's only then when elphie understands that the way she's been viewed has backed her into a corner and hurt her cause. it's only then does glinda choose to believe that the world could be a better place, that if she told the truth, nothing will happen because there must be goodness in the world. and by then, well, by then there isn't much of the song left. it's been written. all they can do is sing.
Rafayel is for the people that grew up fast.
Rafayel is for the people that couldn’t fully enjoy being a child.
Rafayel is for the people that needed to see a loved one leave and got attachment issues ever since.
Rafayel is for the people who couldn’t express their emotions as a child since this was dismissed as “overreacting and now be quiet!”.
Rafayel is for the people that wanted to start a new hobby but no one believed that they would stick to it.
Rafayel is for the people who got called lazy all their lives.
Rafayel is for the people that got a late adhd diagnosis.
Rafayel is for the people that cry alone in their room.
Rafayel is for the people that despite their hardships in life, they still think the world is beautiful🩷
Anyone else filled with such visceral hatred towards the cold? Like I’ll step outside and it’ll be like 30 some degrees and almost instantaneously I want to hurl myself into oblivion