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writer59january13 · 1 year
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My ebbing physical prowess and strength
noticeably decreases in one direction.
I take lock, stock and barrel
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his Macbook Pro another reasonably rhyming poem
I hope to score
signalled by satisfaction
qua eye of the tiger doth roar
today February 18, 2023.
Since January thirteenth of this year
(two thousand and twenty three),
yours truly suddenly feels
long in the tooth (actually
I wear dentures), nevertheless
yours truly languishes within
self made prison and feels auld,
a shy person, who rarely exhibited bold lack the benefit of powder milk biscuits,
he whose decrepit body and
gnarled hands ice cold
rigor mortis virtuous vice grip extolled
inoculated against coronavirus
(COVID-19) motherlode
staving off silent grim reaper
swinging scythe catching
(in Old English, scythe spelled siðe)
another mortal into his fold
analogous to discovered vein of mined gold
mine lovely bones clutched in deathly hold
ore yonder church bell knolled
anonymous sexagenarian
(any strong resemblance between said poet
whose dead head lolled),
and once living person purely coincidental)
death and decay, I lichen to mold
scant personal possessions outsold
to highest bidder courtesy
subtle nod auctioneer told across webbed wide wold.
Dead weatherbeaten and fatigued soul
with absolute zero regret
no longer being alive,
especially when endurance and stamina
took kamikaze nose dive
formerly buzzfeeding
desiccated honeycomb hive where I bumbled along
and learned how to boogie woogie and jive
in tandem with former anxiety riddled psyche
need no longer worry
his existence perfect example
how hardship did misthrive
death be not proud penultimate quest
since adolescence (think anorexia nervosa)
he did (unsuccessfully) strive.
At long last... beastie boy attained nirvana
routing hellish existential crisis
courtesy earth, wind and fire
rendered null and void celibate journey
knight in shining armor
forever staind and tarnished
compliments verboten extramarital whoopie.
Herewith I forthwith take poetic license
linkedin to long line of mamas and the papas
whose music died
when passenger(s) violently perished
courtesy flaming inferno
analogous to Le(a)d Zeppelin 129
christened Hindenburg.
Along similar blurred lines
foo fighter manned stoned temple pilot
Jefferson Airplane qua Starship
gracefully and slickly
deliberately maneuvered crash test dummy
immediately annihilated upon impact
smack dab into puddle of mudd,
yet lo and behold as a foreigner
and survivor yours truly eluded dire straits.
Oz (zee oz born during
baby boom generation)
and suppose during
whirlwind Kansas tour,
while snatching forty winks
in toto working out kinks,
I experienced revelation
regarding divine creator - Egypt me
never securing life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness
elusive weltanschauung as understanding,
the mysterious Sphinx,
yes essentially zilch joie de vivre
minus high jinks
aptly summarizes mein kampf methinks
my life and hard times,
whereby vitriol pelted me
courtesy those rat finks.
Nihilistic zeitgeist
apocalyptic outlook sacrificed
no redemption no matter
kidnapped without ransom
concerning grateful dead heist
how figuratively purposelessness sliced
unlike mum man crucified Jesus Christ.
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Disorders That Can Be Treated by Psychotherapy
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When a person speaks with a qualified therapist in a secure and private setting to explore and understand feelings and behaviours of his own and develop coping mechanisms, it is referred to as psychotherapy or "talk therapy." During these therapy sessions, the therapist frequently guides the conversation and may bring up issues from the patient's history or present as well as their experiences, thoughts, feelings, or relationships. The therapist also helps draw connections and offer insight.
Psychotherapy is a well-liked and adaptable treatment since studies have shown that it is beneficial in reducing symptoms of a variety of mental diseases. Additionally, it can be utilised by organisations, families, and couples. A mix of medicine and treatment is considered to be the best practice for treating many mental health disorders. Both individual and group talk therapy can be beneficial. Even those who may not have a mental health diagnosis but are simply dealing with difficult life circumstances may find this form of therapy helpful (grief, divorce, etc.).
Depression
A person with depression experiences prolonged feelings of sadness or is unable to enjoy any activity. People suffering from depression may find it difficult to work, study, or care for themselves and their families. Depression can be brought on by many factors in various individuals. The treatment for mild depression is psychological therapy. Moderate depression can be treated by both psychological therapies and medications. The majority of those who suffer from more severe depression will require both psychological counselling and antidepressant medication.
Anxiety
When your anxiety starts getting out of control and begins to interfere with your life, it’s an anxiety disorder. About one in three people will experience an anxiety problem. It can be upsetting and challenging to live your life how you want if you have an anxiety illness. However, there are effective anxiety prevention strategies and therapies available. A person experiencing anxiety disorder feels intense sensations of concern, uneasiness, or fear. Anxiety counselling in Notting Hill is the suggested course of action for anxiety disorders (usually cognitive behavioural therapy). One can receive excellent psychological therapy sessions from a licensed healthcare provider or online psychiatrist or psychologist.
Addiction
A health condition known as addiction occurs when you are unable to stop doing something bad for yourself or other people. Addictions to alcohol, cigarettes, narcotics, and gambling are the most prevalent. Addiction frequently lasts a very long time since it is chronic. Direct treatment can be given by a psychiatrist. To assist you, they might also organise a variety of other services. Every psychiatrist has received training in the evaluation and treatment of addiction. Some psychiatrists have additional training in addiction medicine or psychiatry.
Feeling of bereavement
Counselling provided to people who have experienced a loss—typically the death of a loved one—to support the bereaved through the grieving and healing processes is known as bereavement counselling in Notting Hill, sometimes known as grief counselling. It may also be given to survivors before death to assist them to deal with a terminal disease, as well as to medical personnel following the passing of a senior for whom they had worked.
It may be provided by clergy, social workers, nurses, or marriage and family therapists who have undergone additional training in working with persons who are grieving. Grief counselling is intended for those who are experiencing a typical or straightforward grief reaction.
Eating disorders
Eating disorders are aberrant eating and exercise habits that significantly disrupt your daily life. You might, for instance, consume meals in really little quantities or an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, you could worry about your diet, weight, or looks. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the three most prevalent eating disorders. Another eating disorder, known as avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), is more common among youngsters.
Relationship Issues
Relationship counselling in Notting Hill can help you not only strengthen your bond but also your ability to connect with and comprehend others around you. You can find new ways to express yourself and your feelings by working with a relationship therapist to help you break free from ingrained, destructive behavioural patterns. Relationship problems may be addressed individually or through couple’s therapy, a style of counselling that makes use of talking therapy in a way that is intended to benefit two people. It is up to you and what you hope to get out of counselling.
In a safe setting like therapy, you can learn more about the conscious and unconscious thought processes that underlie a lot of your beliefs, ideas, and feelings. In a safe setting like therapy, you can learn more about the conscious and unconscious thought processes that underlie a lot of your beliefs, ideas, and feelings. Lynn Arnold at Notting Hill Counselling and Psychotherapy is a professional and compassionate psychotherapist and counsellor, who guides and treats you throughout the sessions and helps you in overcoming your disorders or other psychological issues.  
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charlottekuraisblog · 2 years
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I hate to had these persisting depression. That shit it's not special, this week i fought with my dad.
It's the paternal figure i have a issues to choose a relationship and my ex fiance was a mix of my mom and he. I cried in silence, having insomnia problems.
My older cousins disgusted at me and my mom, i know, I can't change all the bullshit when my young adult years.
I'm a suicide survivor. Even i don't have those cuts on my wrists. But i gained weight, i had bulimia nervosa and anorexia when I got really mad. My family is toxic but I'm a person I love them. Always be here. But i confessed my mom if my cousin are broke, i won't help them.
I just got tired to listen nagging or be disappointed at me.
I am alive. But that crap doesn't care, i cried so loud when my niece have bulimia and my oldest one having take acid pills. The only thing broke me was my inter personal relationships.
I didn't draw and write. Having hoared parents and my self can't be helped. But thank goodness, i am having the objective to learn english for write and knowing more my second language.
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darksideoftheshipps · 3 years
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Me and my soulmate are something like Seb and Anthony. We have really strong chemistry between us.
We have kind of ✨bromance✨ and she's Anthony to my Sebastian ❤️ she's Tom Holland to my Jake Gyllenhaal. She's Sam to my Bucky. And Venom to my Brock ✌🏻 Cuz I have her under my skin.
It's kinda funny how we met. It was in November 2017 and we both were deep in shits. Like REALLY DEEP MAN. We both went through anorexia Nervosa. So we met at the psychiatric ward in a hospital in Pilsen.
And now I can tell for both of we're out of it.
She's still struggling with a weight a little bit now but her mind is clear ✨
We are really dynamic duo. 🦾😎🔥
( yeah and I did a fanart of us cuz we ship us 😂🌈💍)
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Our ship name is Torrite.
I call myself Torri and she's Kate so TORRITE or KATORRI
(Tereza and Kateřina irl)
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dorianbrightmusic · 2 years
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[TW for discussion of eating disorders. This post concerns anorexia nervosa, and is a resource for writers.]
I’ve seldom seen good resources in writing characters with anorexia, which irks me greatly as an anorexia survivor. While this isn’t that post, the ‘dos/don’ts/how to research’ (though that is coming later), here’s a quick tip. Anorexia works on a mentality of “I’m not sick enough to deserve help”. Your characters may recognise that they’ve lost weight, but they won’t be able to tell how much unless they’re using the scales by the day. They may not necessarily do that – anorexia is not a lifestyle choice, and isn’t necessarily a numbers fixation. For that matter, characters may have terrible, terrible anorexia, but not be emaciated. Anorexia does not make you a skeleton by default. You can be overweight or normal weight, and have terrible anorexia. The only numerical tell is rapid weight loss, rather than consistently low weight. Please don’t use ‘anorexic’ as a byword for ‘thin’ – they’re not the same, and to use it like that is shaming those with the illness, not to mention body shaming others. However, because of the entrenched cultural belief that anorexic people are thin, most anorexic people do not believe they are thin enough to be sick. Most anorexic people believe that others are thinner, so must be sicker. And as such, they continue to suffer from an awful illness.
Well, let me put it this way. Of all the survivors of any eating disorder I’ve ever met, there has not been a single one who hasn’t tried to describe it as ‘mild’ or otherwise soften the blow. There is an expectation that ‘I was just a bit bulimic’ or ‘I had/have mild anorexia’. No. All eating disorders—pica, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, ARFID, orthorexia, anorexia, night eating syndrome, BED, and the remaining OSFEDs—all eating disorders are severe by nature. It’s a spectrum of ‘less severe’ to ‘more severe’ in the same sense of ‘had a finger hacked off with a chainsaw’ as opposed to ‘had an arm hacked of with a chainsaw’. Either way, it’s not what anyone would want; and the degree of awfulness isn’t determined by weight.
So, for writers, if you want to depict a character as anorexic, go for it. Just do your research, don’t show them to be skeletal, and have them attempt to call their eating disorder, if they even acknowledge it, ‘mild’/‘not that bad’. But make it very clear, though not through fetishisation of weight loss or hospitalisation, that it is bad. That they feel inadequate. That they’re constantly cold. That they feel isolated. That their hair is brittle and thin. That they can’t focus. That their vision goes black when they stand up. That their intrusive thoughts are so loud that they’re articulated in a separate voice to their own. You don’t need them to be emaciated or wallowing in their disease to show that it’s a struggle. While it’s not a good idea for them to be shown as without hope of recovery, please read survivors’ stories, and make it clear that they have scars.
It doesn’t have to be a major part of the narrative. People with AN and other EDs get on with life. They’re strong enough to stand up, move on, despite the voice in their head. EDs don’t define us in the least. But they aren’t something to be ignored. The story doesn’t have to be about the character’s being anorexic, and the anorexia is absolutely not a personality trait (though there are some personality traits common to anorexia. These do not include vanity). But the anorexia will be a force that is present in the character’s life, whether they’re recovered or not, and the character will almost certainly attempt to brush it off as mild, especially if they’re in a normal/above weight range.
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wolfart-09 · 4 years
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6th Mental Disorder Album Cover
Anorexia Nervosa- Skin and Bones by Marianas Trench
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little-maisie-blog · 6 years
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Waste away
Watch your body fall to pieces.
It will not be the first to give up on you,
but it won't be the last either.
When your nose bleeds,
resist the urge to scream.
It is only because all you've eaten
in the past three days was a grape.
Calcium deficiency.
Your skin will turn yellow
and your nails will be brittle.
It's not beautiful.
You will not look like the plastic
photo lies on the magazine covers.
Your body is consuming itself.
Maybe it sounds like poetry,
but it tastes like fear.
The fear of gaining weight,
the fear of not being perfect.
Your heart will weaken,
your kidneys could fail.
If you die of anorexia nervousa,
it will not be beautiful.
It will not be poetic.
It is grotesque and painful.
The doctors will shove tubes down your throat
just to keep you alive,
while your mind screams
we can't have those calories.
How do you waste away?
It's easy to do.
Hate every piece of yourself
until it's so small you can't feel it.
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recovery4women-blog · 6 years
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What kind of love do you believe in? 💛 Love can be something comfortable, kind and fun. 💔 Love should not cause you anxiety or make you feel like you have to prove you are worthy. 🙌🏻 You are enough! 💡 . . . . #edrecovery #edwarrior #addiction #addictionrecovery #girlsdoittoo #sistersinstruggleandstrength #womensupportingwomen #recoveryforwomen #trauma #traumarecovery #traumasurvivor #survivor #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorderawareness #edwarriors #anorexia #obesity #depression #appetite #bulimia #dieting #nervosa #disease #anorexianervosarecovery #anorexiafighter #anorexiawarrior #bopo #beatana #antidiet
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hownot2doit · 3 years
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… references (or: “a few books I read”) …
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Andersen, Arnold, MD, with Leigh Cohn “Stories I tell my patients: 101 myths, metaphors, fables and tall tales for eating disorders recovery” Anderson, Laurie Halse “Wintergirls” Antieau, Kim “Mercy, unbound” Apostolides, Marianne “Inner hunger: a young woman’s struggle through anorexia and bulimia“ Ballard, Alexandra “What I lost” Beard, Amanda “In the water they can’t see you cry: a memoir” Brown, Harriet “Brave girl eating: a family’s struggle with anorexia” Bruch, Hilde “Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within” Bruch, Hilde “The golden cage: the enigma of anorexia nervosa” Brumberg, Joan Jacobs “Fasting girls: the history of anorexia nervosa” Chepaitis, Barbara “Feeding Christine” Claude-Pierre, Peggy “The secret language of eating disorders: how you can understand and work to cure anorexia and bulimia“ Cohn, Leigh “Eating disorders: a reference sourcebook” Daniels, Lucy “With a woman’s voice: a writer’s struggle for emotional freedom” de Rossi, Portia “Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain” Eliot, Eve “Insatiable: the compelling story of four teens, food and its power” Forrest, Emma “Your voice in my head” Garfinkel, Paul, and David Garner “Handbook of treatment for eating disorders” Gold, Tracey “Room to grow: an appetite for life” Gottlieb, Lori “Stick figure” Greenfield, Lauren “Thin” Gura, Trisha “Lying in weight: the hidden epidemic of eating disorders in adult women” Hanauer, Cathi “My sister’s bones” Hautzig, Deborah “Second star to the right” Henke, Roxanne “Becoming Olivia” Hollis, Judi “Fat is a family affair” Hornbacher, Marya “Wasted, updated edition: a memoir of anorexia and bulimia” Johns, Nicole J. “Purge: rehab diaries” Kaslik, Ibi “Skinny” Kinoy, Barbara P. “Eating disorders: new directions in treatment and recovery” Kirkland, Kelsey “Dancing on my grave” Klein, Stephanie “Moose: a memoir of fat camp” Lerner, Betsy “Food and loathing: a lament” Levenkron, Steven “Anatomy of anorexia“ Levenkron, Steven “The best little girl in the world” Levenkron, Steven “Kessa” Levenkron, Steven “Treating and overcoming anorexia nervosa“ Liu, Aimee “Solitaire: the compelling story of a young woman growing up in America and her triumph over anorexia” Liu, Aimee “Gaining: the truth about life after eating disorders” Lott, Deborah A. “In session: the bond between women and their therapists” McClure, Cynthia Rowland “The monster within: overcoming bulimia” Medoff, Jillian “Hunger point” Miller, Caroline Adams “My name is Caroline” Moisin, Laura “Kid rex: the inspiring true account of a life salvaged from despair, anorexia and dark days in New York City” O’Neill, Cherry Boone “Starving for attention: a young woman’s struggle with and triumph over anorexia nervosa” O’Neill, Cherry Boone “Dear Cherry: questions and answers on eating disorders” Orbach, Susie “Fat is a feminist issue” Osgood, Kelsey “How to disappear completely: on modern anorexia” Palmer, Catherine “The happy room” Pershall, Stacy “Loud in the house of myself: memoir of a strange girl” Pierce, Bethany “Feeling for bones” Price, Nora “Zoe letting go” Rabinor, Judith Ruskay “A starving madness: tales of hunger, hope, and healing in psychotherapy” Raviv, Shani “Being Ana” Reindl, Sheila M. “Sensing the self: women’s recovery from bulimia” Rio, Linda “The anorexia diaries: a mother and daughter’s triumph over teenage eating disorders” Ronen, Tammie “In and out of anorexia: the story of the client, the therapist and the process of recovery” Ryan, Joan “Little girls in pretty boxes: the making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters” Sacker, Ira M. “Regaining your self: breaking free from the eating disorder identity: a bold new approach” Sacker, Ira M. “Dying to be thin: understanding and defeating anorexia nervosa and bulimia — a practical, lifesaving guide” Sargent, Judy Tam “The long road back: a survivor’s guide to anorexia” Schmidt, Randy L. “Little girl blue: the life of Karen Carpenter” Sey, Jennifer “Chalked up: inside elite gymnastics’ merciless coaching, overzealous parents, eating disorders, and
elusive olympic dreams” Sigler, Jamie-Lynn “Wise girl: what I’ve learned about life, love, and loss” Smith, Chelsea “Diary of an eating disorder: a mother and daughter share their healing journey” Snyder, Anne “Goodbye, paper doll” Spechler, Diana “Skinny” Taylor, Kate M. “Going hungry: writers on desire, self-denial, and overcoming anorexia” Valette, Brett “A parent’s guide to eating disorders: prevention and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia” Wheeler, Kathleen (Editor) “Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse” White, Kate “So pretty it hurts” Woolf, Emma “An apple a day: a memoir of love and recovery from anorexia” Yalom, Irvin D. “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients” Yalom, Irvin D. “Love’s Executioner” Zgheib, Yara “The girls at 17 Swann Street”
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stark-softness · 3 years
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Mental Health Kit 💜
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CARDS
Mental Checkpoint
Black Mental Health
Comfort Pack
Mental Health Help
Black Mental Health Resources
Mental Health Master Site
Distractions Carrd
Relax and Breathe Carrd
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NOISES
Rain Sounds
10 hrs of light rain & thunder
Cafe Sounds
Fire Sounds
Control the Rain
White Noise (10 hours)
ASMR- To Help Sleep
ASMR- Head Massage
ASMR- 100 Triggers (4 Hours)
ASMR- 1 Hour Triggers (No Talking)
ASMR- 3D Triggers
ASMR- Loki // pos affirmations, fire sounds, heartbeats
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HELP CENTERS
Virtual Crisis Online
Sexual Assault
Adulting cheat sheet
Masterpost for Students
How to Dad- YT Channel
Surviving an Abusive Household (long post)
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SELF CARE
Clear Out Negativity
Random Self Care Tips
25 Self Care Acts
Self Care cheat sheet
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GAMES
2048 game
A LOT OF FREE GAMES
Coloring Pages
Giraffe Game
Do Nothing for 2 Minutes
Create a Soothing Pattern
Distracting Game Carrd
Boredom cheat sheet
Open a Window Somewhere in the World
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MOOD BOOSTER
Emergency Compliment
Confidence Machine
Vent for Free
How to Help During an Anxiety Attack
Cute Animal Thread
100 Reason to Live + doggy pics
Panic Attack distractions
Feel Good Stuff- masterpost with links
Clean & Funny Vines
Bob Ross Playlist
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HOTLINES
The National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE
Safe Horizon Rape, Sexual Assault, and Incest hotline: 212.227.3000
Take Back The Night Foundation Hotline: 866-966-9013
Legal support for survivors in every state. Referrals to counseling, support, legal aid, hospitals
Text SUPPORT to 741-741 (24/7)
National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453, push 1 to talk to a hotline counselor
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD): 847-831-3438 (long distance)
Parent Hotline: 800-840-6537
National Runaway Safeline: (1-800-786-2929 )
Crime Victims Hotline: 1-866-689-HELP (4357)
Safe Horizon: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673)
Self Harm: 1-800-DONT-CUT (366-8288)
Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention: 800-234-0246
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline and Treatment: 800-234-0420
The Alcohol & Drug Addiction Resource Center: 800-390-4056
Alcohol Hotline Support & Information: 800-331-2900
National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-2433
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (24/7)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in Spanish 1-800-799-4889
National Suicide Prevention Text line: 1-800-799-4889
National Safe Haven Alliance Crisis Hotline: 1-888-510-BABY
LGBT Youth Suicide Hotline: 866-4-U-TREVOR OR text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200.  (Available Tuesday-Friday between 3pm – 9pm EST/12pm – 6pm PT)
National Youth Crisis Hotline: 800-448-4663   -Provides 24/7 short-term counseling and referrals to local drug treatment centers, shelters, and counseling services. Responds to youth dealing with pregnancy, molestation, suicide, and child abuse.
Teen Text Line: Text TEEN 839863 Daily from 6pm-9pm PST
Youthline: 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454): Toll-free teen crisis line that links teens to community based peer counseling hotlines in the nation.
Youth Development International Crisis Hotline: 800-HIT-HOME (448-4663): This youth crisis hotline provides crisis intervention counseling, information and referral on youth issues, child abuse, pregnancy, runaways, suicide, shelters, churches, transportation and more.
Trans Life line: 877-565-8860 : 24/7
THRIVE: 313-662-8209 : 24/7 text messages line
Promise Resource Line: (833) 390-7728 : 24/7
Project Return Peer Support Network: (888) 448-9777 for English and (888) 448-4050 for Spanish, hours are Monday through Friday 2:30pm to 10pm, and Saturday to Sunday 10am to 6pm
~disclaimer: im doing my best to keep this post updated, but im not always online. apologies if any links don't work. stay safe, everyone.
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writer59january13 · 2 years
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My ebbing physical prowess and strength flows away
analogous to expending precious Air Supply embellishing, modifying, revising, et cetera a poem crafted about fourteen months ago.
I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body (Electric
Light Orchestra) of troubadour,
whereby creative juices did perforce pour forth as if sung by one man koor;
now he haply seated at his Macbook Pro
today April 29th, 2022 accompanied with Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, and Eeyore.
Since January thirteenth of this year
(two thousand and twenty two),
yours truly suddenly feels
long in the tooth, i.e. auld,
he whose decrepit body and
gnarled hands ice cold senility and senescence doled
rigor mortis virtuous vice grip extolled
coronavirus (COVID-19) motherlode courtesy geomorphology dynamism fold
analogous to discovered vein of mined gold
grim reaper with scythe doth silently infold
(in Old English, scythe spelled siðe)
ore yonder church bell knolled
anonymous beat nickles less,
dime a dozen, day late
and dollar short sexagenarian
dropped out of Culture Club
(any strong resemblance between said poet
whose Grateful Dead head lolled,
and once living person purely coincidental)
death and decay, I lichen to mold
meself finally nill and void nolde
of unwanted excessive fleshy flab
scant personal possessions outsold
to highest bidder polled.
Dead weatherbeaten and fatigued soul
with absolute zero regret
no longer being alive, immortality impossible mission to connive,
especially when endurance and stamina
took kamikaze nose dive
formerly earthlinked buzzfeeding
desiccated honeycomb hive
in tandem with former anxiety riddled psyche
need no longer worry
his existence perfect example
how hardship did misthrive
death be not proud penultimate quest
since adolescence (think anorexia nervosa)
he did (unsuccessfully) strive.
At long last... Beatle browed
Beastie Boys attained Nirvana
routing hellish existential crisis
courtesy Earth, Wind And Fire
rendered null and void celibate Journey
knight in shining armor
forever staind and tarnished
compliments verboten extramarital whoopie.
Herewith I forthwith take poetic license
linkedin to long line
of Mamas and the Papas
whose music died
when Passenger(s) violently perished
courtesy flaming inferno
analogous to Le(a)d Zeppelin 129
christened Hindenburg.
Along similar blurred lines
foo fighter manned stoned temple pilot
Jefferson Airplane qua Starship
gracefully and slickly
deliberately maneuvered sic Crash Test Dummies
immediately annihilated upon impact
smack dab into Puddle Of Mudd,
yet lo and behold as a Foreigner
and Survivor yours truly eluded Dire Straits.
Oz suppose during whirlwind Kansas tour,
while snatching forty winks
in toto working out Kinks,
I experienced revelation
regarding divine creator - Egypt me
never securing life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness
elusive weltanschauung as understanding,
the mysterious Sphinx,
yes essentially zilch joie de vivre
minus high jinks
aptly summarizes mein kampf methinks
my life and hard times
whereby vitriol pelted me
courtesy those rat finks.
Nihilistic zeitgeist
apocalyptic outlook sacrificed
no redemption no matter
how figuratively purposelessness sliced
unlike mum man crucified Jesus Christ.
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Writers’ References For the Accurate Portrayal of Common Eating Disorders
This has been a common request, so I decided it was finally time to share my resources on the accurate portrayal of eating disorders with my followers.  A LOT of popular media gets this wrong, but we owe it to survivors to portray their experiences with authenticity and respect.  Happy writing!
General:
Eating Disorder Myths
Eating Disorders Facts & Myths
10 Things No One Tells You About Eating Disorders
Fat People Have Eating Disorders Too
Eating Disorders in Men
The Glamorization of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Recovery Stories
Anorexia Nervosa 
19 Things No One Tells You About Battling Anorexia
The Physical Effects of Anorexia
Anorexia Comes In All Sizes
Anorexia in Men and Boys
What Not to Say to an Anorexia Survivor
Physical Symptoms
Lanugo
Anorexia Can Strike and Kill as Early as Kindergarten
Bulimia Nervosa 
Common Misconceptions About Bulimia
More Myths About Bulimia
The Effects of Bulimia on Your Body
Why Bulimia Can Cause Weight Gain
Dental Problems From Bulimia
Men With Bulimia
A Plus-Sized Woman Clears Up Misconceptions About Bulimia
Surviving Bulimia
Binge Eating Disorder
Warning Signs of Binge Eating Disorder
Signs, Symptoms, and Causes of Binge Eating Disorder
Men With Binge Eating Disorder
Stories From People Who Have Suffered From Binge-Eating Disorders
Tips on Recovery From Binge Eating Disorder
Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Story
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The Malign Effects Of Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is an extremely normal kind of dietary problem. The principle normal for the infection includes self-prohibitive food practices, deciding the influenced people to maintain uncommon eating regimens in control to get thinner. Anorexia includes a fear of being fat and individuals influenced by the infection foster fixations on food. Albeit the real reasons for anorexia are not satisfactory, it appears to be that the sickness has an articulated mental person. Anorexia happens anywhere nearby of enthusiastic trouble and psychological sickness and most of influenced individuals have a low confidence and a helpless mental self portrait.
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While anorexics may at first just follow severe weight control plans, in time they may likewise participate in demonstrations of self-starvation. Individuals who experience the ill effects of anorexia additionally practice a great deal trying to lose "extra" pounds. On schedule, anorexics become fixated on food and consuming less calories, and they at last foster an adjusted impression of their actual appearance. Regardless of how much weight they might lose, anorexics are forever discontent with their accomplishments, constantly attempting to become more slender.
There are numerous theories in regards to the genuine reasons why anorexics continually take part in strange food practices. Clinical researchers accept that individuals influenced by anorexia are really attempting to accomplish sense of pride through their activities. It is accepted that severe abstaining from excessive food intake and overstated actual exercise are anorexics' methods of attempting to keep up with power over their lives. Anorexia as a rule influences ineffectively adjusted people and clinicians accept that anorexics take part in prohibitive practices to substantiate themselves and others that they really hold authority over their bodies and lives.
Individuals influenced by anorexia participate in comparative personal conduct standards. From the start, anorexics keep extremely severe eating regimens and exercise a great deal trying to get thinner. Afterward, anorexics become so fixated on food and being fat, that they might even participate in demonstrations of self-starvation. They become discouraged and separate themselves from the rest of the world, creating buildings of mediocrity. As the problem advances, anorexics can't contemplate whatever else however food, eating fewer carbs and their admission of calories. They might even have over the top longs for being fat and horrendous.
As the issue advances, anorexics become an ever increasing number of discouraged and their discernments are impressively adjusted. In cutting edge phases of the issue, many influenced people lose their feeling of reason and they become survivors of their own behavior. Comprehend that anorexics can't conquer the problem through their own endeavors. Individuals influenced by anorexia need all the assistance and backing they can get! Anorexics frequently need to follow mental projects that can assist them with facing their apprehensions and battle their addictions.
Mental treatment isn't pointed toward persuading anorexics that their conduct isn't right; the reason for treatment is to investigate the real reasons for their super social demonstrations and to urge them to defeat their addictions.
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Motivation and Emotion
Theories of Motivation
When Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, many psychologists attempted to use it to explain all human behaviours through instincts that were weeded out through natural selection. There is still a debate about how much of our behaviour is decided through instinct, but it is agreed that many human behaviours are not.
Drive Reduction Theory
You’ll notice the creative naming of most of these theories. This theory is that our behaviour is controlled by physical needs. A drive is an impulse to act in such a way that satisfies an unfulfilled need to reduce that drive: you’re driven to eat a sandwich when you’re hungry. Every drive is your bodies attempt to maintain homeostasis or internal balance. When your brain determines that it doesn’t have enough glucose, that triggers a series of signals which eventually cause you to feel hungry to replenish glucose reserves. There are primary drives and secondary drives. A primary drive is a biological need, such as sex. A secondary drive is a learnt need like money.
Arousal Theory
Arousal theory states that we are constantly seeking an optimum level of arousal (not just sex. Get your mind out of the gutter.) Every person has a different optimum level of excitement someone with a high optimum level may be drawn to high thrill activities like rollercoasters or skydiving. That level also changes based on activity. We may do great at an easy task when extremely aroused, but not so well on a more difficult one. The relationship between arousal and performance is modelled by the Yerkes-Dodson curve.
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Another theory of motivation similar to arousal theory is the opponent-process theory of motivation (Yes, it’s the same name as the opponent-process theory of colour vision. Psychologists hate us and want us to do poorly on exams.) This theory tends to be used to explain addiction. People are usually at a baseline (normal) state. We may do things that move us away from that baseline state, such as having a pint. Initially, that action may be pleasurable, but eventually we feel an opponent-process, a motivation to return to our normal baseline state. An alcoholic may get sick of feeling drunk and want to quit drinking, but due to withdrawal it’s made extremely difficult, and moves us away from our natural baseline. That alcoholic may have a godawful hangover without alcohol, so he is motivated to return to the baseline state of feeling all right, motivating him to have more pints to feel normal again.
Incentive Theory 
Incentives are stimuli we are drawn to due to learning- we learn to associate stimuli with rewards or punishment- for example, you could play Halo for 3 hours the night before an exam, but you learn to associate that with poor marks, motivating you to crack open a textbook and revise so that you get high marks.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Humanist Abraham Maslow states that not all needs are equal. Our needs can be modelled as a pyramid, detailing which needs we want to satisfy before the others. To model, imagine a man trapped on a desert island with a few other survivors. 
Physiological Needs: Needs like hunger, thirst, and sex. Say you arrived and you were extremely hungry. Before he can think about anything else, he’d likely start hunting down some food, and some water.
Safety Needs: The need to feel safe and out of danger. The island gets scary, especially at night, so the man constructs a hut that completely shelters him from the creatures that may roam the island.
Belongingness and Love Needs: The need to be accepted and belong somewhere. With the bottom two needs satisfied, the man may start trying to befriend the other survivors to try and form a community with them.
Esteem Needs: The need to gain approval and recognition. With his new community, the man may want to feel like he has a purpose with the new community- he may feel connected to his identity as the fisherman of the group that everyone recognises and appreciates. 
Self Actualisation: With all of his other needs met, the man is now fully capable of fulfilling his unique potential. 
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While this theory explains a lot of human behaviour, there are many behaviours it doesn’t explain. Many poor parents go hungry in order to save enough money for their children to enjoy small luxuries. People are constantly putting their own lives at risk in order to save others; Malala Youzafi risked her life to speak out about women’s education in Pakistan.
Hunger Motivation 
Some human behaviours can be deceptive in their complexity. Why do we get hungry? Because we need food- but that’s not always the case. For example, people tend to eat junk food like crisps while watching films despite not needing those crisps to feel full, and despite not feeling hungry at all. 
Biological Basis of Hunger
There are several known biological cues which trigger hunger. By putting balloons into research subjects stomachs, and deflating and inflating them, researchers found that when the stomach is full we feel less hungry. The hypothalamus also plays an important role in hunger. By stimulating different animals brain, it was found that different parts of the hypothalamus are acting in opposition to controlling hunger. The lateral hypothalamus, also known as the hunger centre causes animals to eat when stimulated. The ventromedial hypothalamus, also known as the satiety centre causes animals to stop eating when stimulated. These two regions of the brain balance each other out.
The set-point theory is one theory that explains how the hypothalamus picks the correct impulse. The hypothalamus has an optimum body weight it wants to remain at. When our weight goes down, it lowers our metabolic rate (how quickly our body uses energy) and tells us to eat. When it goes up, it raises our metabolic rate and tells us to stop eating. Some researchers feel that psychological factors like learning and cognition are more important in weight maintenance. Along with that, the brain is analysing glucose and insulin levels to determine if food needs to be eaten.
Psychological Factors 
Some reasons we get hungry have nothing to do with physiology. Some research has shown that some people (appropriately dubbed externals) are motivated to eat by external food cues and presentation of food and less motivated by internal food cues. An external food cue would be watching people eat Mcdonalds in an advertisement. An internal food cue would be feeling stressed and wanting to eat to feel better. Everyone responds to both to greater or lesser extents. The Garcia effect drastically affects what foods make us hungry. If you eat something and feel sick soon after, it makes it extremely difficult to stomach that food again. One time, when I was younger, I ate some ham, and soon after came down with the flu, and was puking my guts out. Logically, I knew that the ham had nothing to do with my sickness, but for a long time after I couldn’t even look at ham without flashing back to that sickness. Our culture also has a massive effect on what we find more appetising. I’m from England, so food that sounds appetising to me (beans on toast for example) may sound completely unappetising to readers not from there.
Eating Disorders 
(Trigger Warning for discussions of different kinds of eating disorders. I’ll put a picture of my pet rat at the end of this section if you need to skip it. If you feel like you need help, please click this link for a list of hotlines with trained professionals on the other end of the line who can help you or someone you know through a crisis: https://www.bulimia.com/topics/eating-disorder-hotline/) 
Another extreme example of hunger motivation not matching up with physiology is eating disorders. 3% of adolescents are diagnosed with one type of eating disorder, and disordered eating habits have become a massive problem in American culture. The three most common eating disorders are as follows:
Bulimia- Bulimia is characterised by periods of binging and then periods of purging (or non-purging in the case of non-purging types). Bulimics tend to eat massive amounts of food (although this is not always the case) and then purge it in any way they can, whether that be by throwing up, using laxatives, intense exercise, or fasting.
Anorexia-Anorexia is characterised by starvation. Anorexics tend to deal with a condition known as body dysmorphic disorder (although bulimics tend to suffer from it as well) where the brain obsesses over perceived “fat” even going so far as to having sufferers see themselves as larger than they are. Anorexics will starve themselves, or eat hardly anything for long periods of time.
Binge eating disorder- A harmful narrative surrounding eating disorders is the lack of conversation about the other end of the scale. Those suffering from BED tend to have recurring episodes where they eat massive quantities of food, often eating to the point of discomfort, and feeling a loss of control.
EDNOS/OSFED- (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified or Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder). Not everyone suffers from the 3 main eating disorders. This diagnosis encompasses people who deal with disordered eating, but can’t quite be diagnosed into one of the 3. Some examples are purging disorder, night eating syndrome, and atypical anorexia nervosa.
The emphasis a culture places on weight tends to influence rates of eating disorders. It’s likely for this reason the US has some of the highest rates of documented eating disorders.
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Sexual Motivation
Here’s the part of the discussion I’m sure you were waiting for once I mentioned arousal (you dirty-minded bastards.) Sex, like everything else has biological influences and psychological ones. 
The Sexual Response Cycle 
William Masters and Virginia Johnson were responsible for documenting the 4 steps in the sexual response cycle in adults (and I’m sure they had fun doing it.)
Initial Excitement: This is the point where blood rushes to the genitals. The clitoris will swell and the penis becomes erect. Heart rate and breathing rate also increase, and the skin may become flushed.
Plateau Phase: This is the point where genitals secrete fluids to prepare for sex. The heart rate and breathing rate also continue to rise.
Orgasm: Genitals begin to contract- heart and breathing rate continue to rise even further and men typically ejaculate. The release of neurotransmitters like endorphins and dopamine contribute to a sense of euphoria in both men and women.
Resolution Phase: Respiration and heart rate return to normal, and men enter a refractory period. Women, however, can enter back into the cycle immediately.
Psychological Factors
Hormones don’t strictly motivate sexual desires. One elusive aspect of sexuality is sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is an extremely (and unfortunately) controversial aspect of sexuality. Researchers like Alfred Kinsey (who developed the Kinsey scale which tracks the variety of human sexual behaviours) haven’t been able to push back against many of the rumours that exist about less “traditional” sexualities. There is little known about what causes sexual orientation, but no correlation has been found between trauma in childhood, parenting styles, relationship with parents, or masculinity and femininity and sexuality. Twin studies have found a genetic influence- one identical twin is likely to be gay if his twin is, and hormones in the womb may influence orientation. 
Social Motivation
Humans aren’t robots. We experience more motivation outside of satisfying our needs for sex and food. Why are you reading this Tumblr post instead of reproducing, for example? 
Achievement Motivation
One theory that attempts to explain more complex behaviours is a desire to master complex tasks and knowledge and to achieve personal goals. Research has found that people with high achievement motivation are consistently motivated to challenge themselves more than others, constantly setting the bar a little higher. This motivation varies between people and between activities. Clearly, I’m extremely motivated to do better in my classes since I’m sitting at my desk at midnight writing this- but I know how to cook 5 meals, and only 3 well because I have no motivation to do better at cooking.
Extrinsic/Intrinsic Motivation 
Another way to think about social motivation is where the push is coming from. Extrinsic motivators are rewards we get for accomplishments outside of us (treats, high marks, salary etc). Intrinsic motivators are internal rewards like enjoyment or satisfaction. Are you reading this Tumblr blog because you want to get an A in your psychology class, or because you’re interested in psychology? Research into this form of social motivation tends to benefit managers and other leaders- studies show that advantageous behaviour we want to continue persists when influenced by intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation tends to be more short-lived.
Management Theory
Studies looking into different management styles have found 2 main attitudes which affect how good managers are at their jobs.
Theory X: Managers believe employers will only work if rewarded for good work and punished for bad. 
Theory Y: Managers believe employees are intrinsically motivated to do good work so policy should foster this motivation.
Theory Y has shown promise in promoting a better work environment and longer employee satisfaction.
When Motives Conflict
When discussing motivational conflict, psychologists tend to split them int 4 categories. Approach-approach conflict occurs when you have to pick between two good outcomes (Do I want to get ice cream or do I want to get brownies?) Avoidance-avoidance conflict occurs when you have to choose between to negative outcomes (Should I clear out the garage or deep clean the bathroom this Sunday?) An approach-avoidance conflict occurs when one event has both negative and positive features. (Even though I’m lactose intolerant, should I have some ice cream?) Finally, there’s multiple approach-avoidance conflicts. This is a situation where people are forced to pick one of multiple situations all with good and bad aspects about it. (Should I attend University A, B, or C?)
Emotion Theories
James-Lange Vs Cannon-Bard
One of the older theories of emotion came from psychologists William James and Carl Lange, who states that we feel emotion because of biological changes caused by stress. This theory was eventually challenged by Walter Cannon and Philip Bard who found that similar physiological changes occur due to drastically different emotional states- sometimes your heart races when you’re terrified or when you’re really excited. Cannon felt that the thalamus was both responsible for the biological change and the cognitive experience of emotion. When the thalamus receives signals informing us about our environment, it sends signals both to our cortex and the autonomic nervous system, making the physiological change and the conscious experience of emotion occur at the same time.
Two-Factor Theory
Stanley Schachter’s two-factor theory does a much better job of completely explaining emotion than both James-Lange and Cannon-Bard’s theories do. He thought that both our physical response and our cognitive label combine to form an emotional response. He found that people who are already stimulated will experience emotions more intensely than those who aren’t already stimulated. 
Nonverbal Expressions of Emotion
Our nonverbal methods of communicating how we’re feeling have been found to be universal. Most every culture has the same basic facial expression to express happiness, sadness, anger, fear, etc. Research into sociobiology suggests that our facial expressions are actually a part of our genetics.
Stress
Stress and emotion are inherently linked. Psychologists tend to use stress to understand motivation and emotion along with help deal with problems caused by it. Stress can refer to life events (stressors) or our reaction to those stressors (stress reactions) 
Measuring Stress
Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe were the first to design an instrument that could measure stress. They used a social readjustment rating scale (SRRS) to measure stress using Life Change Units (LCUs). Someone taking this test would report a change in their life, such as having a new baby and each change would be assigned a different LCU. Different events were ascribed different LCU levels based on their intensity and their positivity- being married counts for more LCUs than being fired does. This method is not as widely used anymore as we now have more sophisticated ways to measure stress that include individual perception of events.
Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome
Hans Selye’s general adaptation syndrome (GAS) is a description of the general response humans and animals have to a stressful event. His GAS Theory moves through the following stages:
Alarm Reaction: Heart rate increases, blood diverts from other parts of the body to the muscle, sympathetic nervous system is activated
Resistance: The body stays physiologically prepared. Hormones are released to ensure this preparedness lasts- spending too long in this stage can cause the body to exhaust itself.
Exhaustion: The parasympathetic nervous system is activated and returns our physiological state to normal. We are most vulnerable to disease in this stage especially after spending an abnormally long amount of time in the resistance stage.
Perceived Control
Studies have shown that a perceived lack of control contributes to stress. Rats who were given control over the duration of an electric shock were less likely to develop ulcers- patients given control over their morphine dosage tend to report better pain control. The feeling of a loss of control the COVID-19 outbreak has caused has massively contributed to the spike in mental health cases occurring as people are stuck in their homes. 
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