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When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

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It is okay to not be “over it”.

I know a lot of us struggle silently, afraid our loved ones will judge us. Afraid they’ll think it’s been long enough.

There is no time line. There is no rule book. Some days are better than others. Some weeks. Some months.

Trauma doesn’t just go away and the bad days creep up on us and we feel we should suffer alone because it’s been “so long” and we should have “moved on”.

It is okay. It’s normal. You aren’t failing or weak. I promise.

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This is the worst thing I’ve ever made, enjoy

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i don't smoke for the obvious reasons of not wanting to develop an addiction to nicotine but god do i so often feel the emotion 'i need a cigarette'.

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"DIGEST THEM"

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Hannah Montana is fucked up because its entire POINT as a show is that children should be protected from fame and exploitation, but it stars a REAL little girl that's being exploited. Nearly every episode carries the looming threat of Miley being outed as Hannah and losing her peaceful teenage life to the ravages of fame. Her father in the show (played by her own father in real life) wisely protected her from the trauma of fame by making her wear a disguise and live a rather quiet, interview-free life. Meanwhile the REAL Billy Ray Cyrus sold his daughter to Disney Channel when she was 11 and forced her to read dialogue about how terrible it would be to face the public eye. Like... Jesus, dude. The fictional Robby Ray is 10x the father, and it's not even close. (It's also IMMENSELY funny that her dad doesn't use his real name in the show, while she does. Almost like he wanted a bit of a disconnect between his identity and his character. Something Miley didn't get.)

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hey man I found a piece of your soul stuck in the text messages of old friends you don’t speak to anymore. do you want it back

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this too shall pass