i don't say this very often so you can trust me when i say for the love of god please unmute
Audio description: Very loud trilling purrring.
Very important kitty noises
I think your cat is probably a dove
The cat is ringing, pick up!
i don't say this very often so you can trust me when i say for the love of god please unmute
Audio description: Very loud trilling purrring.
Very important kitty noises
I think your cat is probably a dove
The cat is ringing, pick up!
....PURRGLING!!!
love the library. there's no risk. you can take out a book and go "wow this sucks" and just give it back. and when you do that you're still making the library's Number Go Up so you'll be able to roll the dice on even more books. all for the low low price of free/you already paid for it with your tax money so you might as well use it
You still have time. Time to change your wardrobe. Time to get divorced and married again. Time to change majors. Time to learn a trade from scratch. Time to pay off debts. Time to travel. Time to love and be loved. You still have your whole life ahead. Whether you're 19 or 66. You still have so much time. But you have to take it.
Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.
so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.
oh man but what if there was the same culture about magic as with other things in academia. Like there was this old fashioned way of doing potions and casting spells and creating charms and then a street way that might be more edgy and experimental. Like people programming spells and shit into their phones is frowned upon and new spells are considered fake and not real because they were not in the older academic books and a street level alchemy would produce dangerous new things but also kickass new potions and charms to help people but the government would not take them seriously
and people look at new-age magic like new-age medicine, like there are community groups who swap homemade spells like remedies and you can go to an ‘alternative’ school or doctor or what have you and learn more about it but you might not be taken seriously by academia
yes this is good tell me more
ok but pentagrams done in graffiti on the streets is said to be weaker than doing it in some fancy ass other method when there is actually no proof of this being so and books written on how to cast spells are hard to read and dense and annoying but there is a culture pasted down of verbal magic that has evolved into something different and lets take a kid who comes from this street magic culture and is fucking strong and powerful going to some preppy elite school for mages and not knowing how to do shit with all these expensive ingredients for a potion because yo potatoes work just fine too
are you now telling me about class dynamics within magic okay lets play this game
name-brand spell materials come about and are required by academic magic classes just like specific non-resellable textbooks, and people start flea-market style things to swap unused materials after the semester ends, and people finding alternatives to these but the professors won’t let them in class because it’s not approved by whatever government agency/corporation regulates this stuff for safety
people learning how to do magic at home from their parents and communities and coming to school to learn how to do exactly the same thing but less effectively and for more money
city kids coming up with brilliant magical solutions to problems and them not being listened to by academia at large because they didn’t “do it right” or use recognized, branded materials
ok so lets say most people have the ability to be a little bit magical but some people have more than others and are stronger so the elite in this culture have ways to enhance their powers
we have politicians playing games on the regulation of magic use and people being divided on how much power mages get on systems and the price fixing and the stereotypes
lets talk about backwoods magic in middle of nowhere where people have developed spells so specific to the area and their own culture it would be impossible to bring outside
west coast cities having a different lazier form of spell casting with longer reaching ability and more power in the base of the spell where as the upper east coast cities like new york have quick sharp spells that get the jobs done
accents impacting incantations and a kid with a lisp accidentally discovering a new way of casting a spell
cultures across the world which came up with spells for the same thing that work in almost the same way but using totally different methods, words and materials
native language affecting the outcome of spells in a second language just slightly, despite perfect pronunciation
you can enhance your powers by practicing lots of different spells for a long time, but some people have to work and don’t have the time or energy to practice spells other than everyday things like calling their kids and pets home remotely or fertilizing their window gardens or keeping mold out of their fridge or warding burglars away from the window with the broken inside lock
While we’re here let’s think about when people should and should not use magic. Is it even possible to not use any magic? Is magic like atomic force, where it’s always peripherally involved? Is using magic in certain ways and on certain objects illegal? Immoral? Unsportsmanlike? Rude? What about on other people?
Cleaning gets easier when you remember it's a thing you're doing to make your life less miserable, and not a thing you're doing as punishment
You can stop in the middle of cleaning!?
Yes! Because it's not a goal to be achieved, but a cycle!
Instead of seeing the house as clean/not clean, it helps a lot to see cleaning as a constant upkeep of your environment. Taking care of your home, and of yourself, is a good thing!
(still unlearning the guilt and anxiety associated with cleaning. it's an uphill battle.)
Since we’re in Endometriosis Awareness month & I suffer from this miserable disease, I made a cute lil uterus plushie…
Stealing bc op is a transphobe <3 not everyone who menstruates/has a uterus is a woman, and pcos is an intersex condition
edit to add: you are a tar pit if you argue with me about PCOS/PMOS not being an intersex condition. 1) this is not what this post is about 2) it is widely accepted by the intersex community as such and we don't need the (abusive) medical fields approval
GOOD NEWS GYNS
A potential cause for endometriosis has been found, called fusobacterium
In the study, mice with the bacteria were able to be treated successfully with an antibiotic and it massively lowered quantity and severity of endometrial lesions
The bacteria was found in most women w endo that were tested, compared to 10% of women without endo.
FINALLY, good news in women’s healthcare!
Hopefully only a few years out from an actual treatment for endometriosis!
Link to the study:
Honestly not enough people are treating conditions like endometriosis and PCOS like disabilities. Not surprising considering ailments associated with the menstrual cycle are so normalized that affected people are pretty much just expected to live with it, but still. It's pretty damn debilitating actually.
they should invent a disproportionate emotional response that goes away when you understand it's disproportionate. they should invent a way to logic yourself out of emotions
The reason it doesn't work is because whatever pain caused that emotional response has a root in your past. Some past event or events (trauma);really hurt you and made an impression on your growing mind.
It caused a stoppage like a scratch on a record. (I've also read it described as an open wound.) You will keep getting mentally hung up when something triggers that root because the stoppage is still there. The more experiences you associate with the root the more you feel like you're all messed up and your life has gone wrong. You can have multiple roots and stoppages.
I have read and been told by several medical professionals that EMDR done BY A PROFESSIONAL (who uses the protocol) can fix those stoppages. The record won't stop playing. There may be a little hiccup at that spot but it won't hang up and keep replaying the same thing. You won't feel trapped in this disproportionate emotion.
oh my god im going fucking crazy *continues to live exactly the same*
