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I'm still so scared. And I keep reliving it. Laying there, thinking I'm going to die. And no one would have known.

TREAT YO SELF, 2015!

(First aired October 13, 2011)

Who made you this way? And do they still matter?

Don’t let someone who is no longer in your life affect you (via isaacwrites)

Oh, they are so adorable

baby animals blog

what did vincent say when he lost his car in the parking lot 

“LGBT history is American history.” 

October is LGBT History Month. With every policy we pass and every barrier we break, we must remember and honor those who fought like hell to get us where we are today. We are making LGBT history every damn day. We have been for a long, long time. Keep it up. 

Me: constantly telling other people to reach out when they need help

Also me: doesn't trust anyone fully enough to tell them everything, relies on a blog to convey my feelings

i think sometimes trauma survivors fall into this place where it’s very hard to believe that anything that happened to you was that bad. and the only proof you have that it was that bad is that you’re suffering. and so healing can be really scary and difficult because it means giving up the only tangible evidence you have that you were traumatized in the first place 

“Just because you don’t see it, don’t mean it don’t exist”

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Seeking treatment for social anxiety is hard, because you have to setup an appointment to talk with a stranger.

This has become really important in my life lately. I've basically combined bullet journaling, doodling, washi tape, and calligraphy into an art therapy book. The beauty of the book itself, knowing that even my art isn't perfect, and the catharsis I get is all priceless. I may dissociate while doing it, but it's helped keep my mind calm, while also reminding me about appointments, and to take my medications. I highly recommend art therapy.

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vague post

Graphics created by: @eclecticjessica​

Why aren’t there coming of age stories for people in their twenties? Why aren’t there stories about young women like me who are chasing their dreams and romance isn’t involved? Where are my stories about young men trying to figure out who they are? 

Why aren’t there stories about people in their twenties who question their gender and their sexuality too? 

Why aren’t there stories about sad and lonely truth about going to university and grad school? Hell, where are my stories about transfer students that are 25 but they’re surround by 18 year olds in class?

Where are my stories where people freak out about their elementary classmates having children already because hey–they still live with mom and dad and getting a job in this economy sucks? Like who takes care of their child? Are they already successful enough to take care of a baby without the help from mom and dad? 

What do I have to do to get a character that’s not sixteen, but somehow through a random occurance, they have to save the world. They’re still innocent enough to have hope, but jaded enough to know that it can go away.

Why are all stories either about teenagers or people with families or trying to start families and all that jazz?

Just…where are there stories about me right now? 24 and trying to the best that I can.

I could really use stories like that. 

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I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I liked getting my work done. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

Michelle Obama (via hexaneandheels)

so last night, I came home about 10:30 just to find this abandoned, unlocked, empty post truck just parked on the side of the road near my house, next to the mouth of the woods. It was super odd because post trucks do not run at night, neither do they just suddenly appear unlocked. Now that’s some @sixpenceee shit

After not being able to sleep for more than a few hours at a time, I just slept 24 hours. Now I just want puppies, bacon, and chocolate. Puppies for cuddles, not for eats.

paranoid parrot

If too many people assume Clinton has the election locked down, and use that assumption as their basis for not voting for her, she could lose. But even if the assumption is right—even if you’re a young progressive from California who believes with excellent reason that your vote won’t possibly be decisive—the Tribune’s line of thinking comes at a hefty price. This year the “lesser of two evils” rationale isn’t just an uninspiring appeal to risk aversion. It’s about making a positive and important statement to the world that in America, a racist authoritarian can not get within a hair’s breadth of the presidency—and that, if one happens to become a major party nominee, he will be defeated soundly.

There Is Only One Message for Voters to Send in This Election (via wilwheaton)

STPD summarized

StPD, or Schizotypal Personality Disorder, is a Cluster-A personality disorder.

The symptoms of STPD are as follows:

-Ideas of reference -Odd beliefs or magical thinking (In children and adolescents, bizarre preoccupations or fantasies) -Unusual perceptual experiences -Odd thinking and Speech -Suspiciousness or Paranoia -Inappropriate/Constricted Affect -Behavior/Appearance that is odd, peculiar, or eccentric -Few or no close friends/confidants -Excessive Social Anxiety that does not go away with familiarity

I’ll go over these symptoms in more detail later, but there they are!

Basically, STPD is like a very mild form of Schizophrenia. Those who have it are very detached from their peers, but not by choice–their separation is generally very painful for them, because they WANT to have close friends, but they don’t trust people enough to get very close.

They may also have mild psychotic symptoms–their ideas of reference and magical thinking resembling delusions, and odd perceptual experiences resembling (very mild) hallucinations. The difference, however, is that they can tell the difference between reality and fantasy. They will usually be able to tell that, realistically, no one is watching them and that the things they hear are just illusions. It’s still terrifying, though, and they’ll still feel very anxious and paranoid about it!

There are two subsets of STPD, which are timorous and insipid. Timorous schizotypals are more passive and fearful, and share some characteristics with AvPD. Insipid schizotypals are more withdrawn and indifferent, and share characteristics with SzPD. I’ll go over these more later, but that’s the gist of it.

Around 1-3% of the population has StPD, (which is the same statistic for people with red hair.) Very few people with StPD receive proper treatment, both because of the bias surrounding personality disorders and the disconnect between Schizotypals and themselves. People with STPD can’t often tell that they have a strange way of thinking until they consciously compare themselves with others. However, that doesn’t mean they will NEVER see their thinking as strange! Some schizotypals are aware of their own disorder, and some psychologists theorize that this is because their disorder stems from cognitive deficiencies rather than their environment or predisposition.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Thanks for reading :)