Team Free Will 2.0 As Text Posts Pt. 2

It must suck being a little person at an amusement park. You know when you were a kid and you’d look at the big rides and be like, “One day, I’ll be tall enough to ride those.” They never got to do that. They never got to ride the big rides. Somebody build these people an amusement park.

My fellow pro-choice people: please stop using the vasectomy argument. It just makes you look as ignorant as the people making anti-choice laws. Vasectomies are often not reversible. Ask any doctor and they will tell you that no one should get a vasectomy with the intent of having it reversed. I understand that no one is actually proposing vasectomies for all men, but the argument itself is flawed, so please stop using it. Thank you.

Fun Fact:

Did you know that women are not guaranteed equal rights under the constitution?

(Seriously! I’m not just stupid! There really isn’t anything in the constitution that guarantees equal rights on the basis of sex!)

Oh my fucking God yes. People don’t understand chronic pain and it sucks.

chronic pain

note: this is ok to reblog, even if you don’t experience chronic pain!

A couple of other things from my experience:

Unless you know for a fact that they are comfortable with it, always ask before touching them in any way. I’ve had a couple friends trigger panic attacks that way.

If you’re in a relationship try to have some sort of code for when it is and isn’t okay to be super intimate. My ex and I had a color code for what level of intimacy I was comfortable with and he would always ask what color I was.

I often flinch and put my hands up at any sudden hand movement. Don’t get offended if someone does that. It’s just an instinctive response.

Don’t slam doors, stomp around, or make unnecessary excessive noise when possible. It can often cause anxiety attacks.

Never, and I mean NEVER, refer to someone’s anxiety/panic attacks or PTSD episodes as a “tantrum” or “fit” EVER

If I say, “can you not do that? It reminds me of my abuser.” It isn’t me comparing you to them. It’s simply me trying to let you know that whatever you’re doing/saying triggers traumatic memories.

You are not alone and it is NEVER your fault if you are a victim of abuse.

THINGS TO BE AWARE OF WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED: 💬

we all experience it differently, but these are the most common ones to me.

Since I grew up in a abusive household,

• I could tell the mood to the person who abused me by their steps, and I remember not being able to breathe when the person was mad because the footsteps were fast and heavy. I still get scared when people walk like that.

• I get scared when a person comes home without saying anything to me because it was what the person who used to abuse me did when they were angry at me.

• I still tip toe around the house at night on my way to the bathroom, scared that the smallest sound I make will get me in trouble.

• I jump at the slightest movement because I’m afraid it’s aimed at me after all the years of being threatened and hit.

• I never refuse to help with anything even if I can’t, because I remember what happened when I refused or didn’t answer right away.

• I am very observant because it’s how I got away from being abused for days, I see one thing outta place at home and I know that day will not be a great one. Is everything at place? a day without abuse.

• If a person gets a bit angry, starts rising their voice or looks at me with a sharp look, I feel like running away and never coming back because it’s how the person who abused me would intimidate me.

please, take these things into consideration and be aware of them, it would mean a lot to me and others who also went through the same things. don’t make fun of anyone who acts like this, you have no idea what they have gone through.

if you have other things to add, please do. it’s important to be aware of the things that might trigger people who have been or are still being physically abused. and if you know someone who’s being abused, please help them. it could do so much good for them.

and if anyone ever needs to speak with anyone, just know that you can message me and I’ll do my best to help as much as possible. I’m also here if you need a friend as well :)

Welp I thought that was a person. Time for bed.

It really do be like that sometimes.

That’s it. That’s all I wanted to say.

SQUIRTLE NOOOOOO