#label anxiety

[prokopetz]

Frankly, if I'm the odd one in a group I'd rather be mislabelled than singled out. "All right, ladies – oh, and Dave" like, don't put me on the spot like that. For the purpose of this exercise I will answer to "ladies".

#life #labels #social anxiety

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never "recover," will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as "simple" disorders or "easy-to-manage" disorders.

It isn't a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn't a moral failure, and you aren't an awful person. You are human. There's only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #like... anxiety and depression are often concieved of as simple and easy to manage... #...but that isn't the case for so many of us. anxiety and depression just have a lot more research invested into them... #...and while i wish this were the case for literally every other condition it does alter people's perception of you to some extent... #...so while this is NOT solely about anxiety or depression it includes us... #...my anxiety and depression and PTSD have *destroyed* my life. this is chronic and will probably be life-long... #...and that isn't my fault. i've done the fucking work but guess what? that doesn't account for the fact that I Am Just ILL #the least we can do for each other is to be compassionate #be compassionate to those who cannot heal. be compassionate to the people who can't manage their lives. this world is scary enough #recognize that management of symptoms is something not all of us can do - even IF their condition is labeled as 'easy to manage' #i allowed myself to feel angry that i can't heal 'normally' and that was unfair as fuck toward myself #and i NEED people to internalize this so that MAYBE this could help somebody else who is where i was #i NEED them to understand that it's okay that they are where they are - sometimes shit just doesn't turn out how you expect or want #don't beat yourself over you being a person. you are struggling enough. you deserve to rest. just rest please #and just... give yourself space

[tesco-finest-aromantics]

i feel like the queer community lost when we started policing labels and making sure everyone used the Correct™ labels instead of letting a person decide what feels right for them

#caique posts #inspired by a post a trans guy made asking if it was okay for him to keep identifying as a lesbian even though he’s now a man #and all the comments telling him no because lesbians can’t be men #and also all the other posts of people asking if they’re ''allowed'' to use certain labels #why do you need permission? #who are you even asking permission from? #we’re not cops #do whatever you want forvever #also inspired by an article in a zine in the 80s/90s of two FtMs in a T4T relationship #one of them described the relationship as being between a butch and his sissy boy #i cannot ever imagine anyone calling themselves that nowadays #because of ''only lesbians can be butches'' and ''sissy is offensive'' discourse #i’m sure there are people out there who would want to describe their relationship like that but don’t feel they’re ''allowed'' to #anyway lots of baby queers are tying themselves in knots trying to figure themselves out #and they’re more concerned with using the Correct™ label instead of the one they feel most comfortable with #yeah i just don’t like it #knowing you’re queer should be a liberating feeling #instead of something anxiety-inducing because you’re worried if you’re using labels wrong

[doobler]

Steven Universe discourse still cracks me up like

Y'all got a show made by people who clearly love doing their job with explicit LGBT+ rep including non-binary rep and a majority female cast with a variety of body types and with multiple women POC voice actors regarding topics like mindfulness meditation, forgiveness, trauma, PTSD, establishing boundaries within relationships, compassion, with an overall message of forgiveness

And yet y'all seemed to wish for the series' demise at every moment and complained about the most insignificant details like that the storyboard artists had slightly inconsistent art styles

The messages and characters are so complex and compelling and the show gets you to think about difficult concepts and topics which flew over people's heads completely

People still think Steven should've idk wiped out the Diamonds? In the show where the whole message is that people are complicated representations of their experiences and trauma and people deserve second chances?

Idk I feel like a lot of "fans" who start discourse don't actually like the show, otherwise they'd actually absorb the basic premise of it

#SU paved the way for lgbt+ rep in modern cartoons #it's such a massive contender in that movement #they put Ruby in a dress so other countries couldn't censor an openly gay wedding #they out loud labeled anf explained what being non-binary is #i could go on for hours #is the series perfect? of course not #people aren't perfect #but it's a damn good show that touched on incredibly important topics and broadcasted that to kids #and gave them the opportunity to experience not just lgbt+ rep but also #rep for all sorts of mental health topics. good and bad #and so many people wanted that shit to sink #amazing #'wow they gave so much screentime to PEARL who is WHITE' #1. she's an alien rock creature #2. she was enslaved. she was brainwashed. she was traumatized. #her rep was so so so important #she illuminated the fallout of toxic relationships #and anxiety. like????? fbiddksbdkagf #it fucking baffles me that the queer tumblr population got a show tailored to them then ripped it apart for no good reason

[finedinereception]

i think simon does end up physically back to where he started, mostly because i really want to explore the idea of simon emotionally hurting himself by trying to draw a line between himself and ice king. because the thing is that even if hes physically back to normal, he still is mentally afflicted by the remains of magic insanity and all the memories of those 900 years. hes extremely forgetful. he loses his temper more easily than before, or will start crying for reasons beyond his understanding. his physical coordination isnt as good as it was before. he feels godawful when magic queen puts the daily checklist back on the wall, because hes normal now, why cant he just remember to eat every morning? why is he getting lost 2 blocks away from his own home? why is he losing his temper over incredibly mild things?

its about the internalized hatred for himself. cutting a piece of his own identity away because hes not as well as he once was. he was ice king for longer than he was simon, but he doesnt want to acknowledge that it is part of his history and identity. itd be easier if ice king was a stranger who took control of his body for a while.

and he really needs to come to terms with the fact that he IS ice king, ice king IS him, just a different phase of his life, because pushing that fact away is only hindering his recovery.

#adventure time #simon petrikov #wizard married au #to be clear im not gonna label it with a specific mental illness because it can be a sensitive subject #its a magic-based condition similar to real world mental illnesses that makes him forgetful and damages coordination and mood regulation #but i dont wanna go hyper specific since i dont have experience with such conditions #my own experiences are mostly with cluster b disorders. bipolar depression. and anxiety #and he is refusing to use the coping methods ice king and magic queen came up with together because doing so would mean accepting ice king #as himself #and doing that is going to be an important step in moving forward #betty has also got some memory restoration stuff going on but its gonna be a LOT more complex and long-term

[yoniesflagstash]

[image descriptions, listed by row in left-to-right order: row one:

a flag with five stripes. from top to bottom they are: gold-yellow, turquoise, white, red-purple, black

a flag with eight stripes. from top to bottom they are: black, turquoise, red-purple, gold-yellow, white, and the following three stripes being a gradient of purples, from light to dark. row 2:

a flag with the same colors as number 2, with the difference of the last three stripes being a gradient of light blues.

a flag with the same colors as number 2, with the difference of the last three stripes being a gradient of pink to red.

Terms: -row one:

Anxienon or Anxienby - A nonbinary gender that is affected by Anxiety.

Genanxienon or Genanxienby - A nonbinary gender that is affected by generalized anxiety disorder. -row two:

Socanxienon or Socanxienby - A nonbinary gender that is affected by social anxiety disorder.

Sepanxienon or Sepanxienby - A nonbinary gender that is affected by separation anxiety disorder.

Meaning: Colors are a mixture of the original two flags (Anxiegender and Nonbinary), with the turquoise stripe left the same to symbolize anxiety awareness. They are arranged based on the nonbinary flag in the original, and the anxiety variant flags on those. The gradients are from the variant flags.

Based on these concepts: - Anxiegender flag originally by @/pride-flags-for-us, term by Unknown. Uploaded by + template credits @pride-color-schemes / @ask-pride-color-schemes - Anxiegender subsets by @pupyzu - Anxiety subsets by @neopronouns - Anxiety flags by @beyond-mogai-pride-flags

Planning on doing masc,fem, and others of at least the original flag 💖

#mogai #liom #flag coining #label coining #gender coining #nonbinary #anxiegender #anxiety #genders #neurogenders #coping #flags

[love-too]

As an aroace person I'm not really afraid of one day realizing that I'm not. The issue doesn't lay in the fear of misusing this identity. They say that if you don't mess up while you're young, you'll end up doing it later. My fear is there, in having lost time and lost the occasion of fucking things up with minimal consequences

#I'm not afraid of realising I'm not aroace #I'm afraid of realising I'm not aroace and being unequipped for the life of an allo person #do you understand? #my fear is not misusing the label but it's potentially having to catch up with experiences that the majority of the world already had #it ties into my anxiety and it makes me sick #roba mia #asexual #aromantic #aroace #asexuality #love #words #am i aromantic? #am i asexual #like

[thegreenhordes]

Field Guide to encounters with The Glow, Part One: Type 1 infected, AKA Growlers.

Growlers are intensely aggressive, so much so that they are just as violent towards other infected as anything else that moves. While blind, the Growlers are equipped with keen hearing and smell, and can locate a potential meal from far distances. Constantly on the hunt, these unfortunate beasts' diet of choice ultimately leaves them unsatisfied and starving. Stage 3 Type 1 infected usually die within weeks, but some have survived up to two months.

To Distract a Growler: Find some way to create noise in the opposite direction that you are located. Make sure it is loud, and lasts long enough for you to run. Flying is a viable method of escape if you possess wings, as stage 2 and 3 Growlers are incapable of flight. Stage 2 due to the weakening of their flight muscles- and stage 3 due to the loss of feathers.

How to avoid detection: Mask your scent. Try to remain as neutral-smelling as possible. This can be hard to do, but do your best and you will avoid being sniffed out by a late stage Growler. Avoiding detection by a stage 2 is simply a matter of staying out of sight and keeping noise to a whisper. Additionally, avoid making noise when near a stage 3 Growler. If you cannot be detected through smell, your best bet with a stage 3 is to hold completely still, breath slowly (quietly), and wait for them to leave line of sight- then you can make a run for it. Stage 3 Growlers are strong but slow-moving. Outrunning them in a large enough space is possible.

Special Notes: Growlers at stage 3 cannot be reasoned with and have the minds of starving, cornered predators. However, due to stage 2 Growlers being still rather cognizant, you can communicate with them- it is recommended to do so with some form of barrier however, due to their overwhelming instinct to bite and infect everything they see. When things were still relatively stable and infected were being appropriately contained, Princess Twilight Sparkle had frequent verbal contact with multiple stage 2 Growlers in her care. They were reluctantly polite, expressing a clear desire to attack the princess, but understood their situation well enough to be compliant at the time. All these stage 2s eventually progressed into stage 3, and were either put down, escaped, or kept for further study.

#mlp infection au #the glow #infection field guide: Growlers #doing this bc you've seen what part of an infected looks like so- I wish to show to you what our boy N--- is up against here in a few posts #am I evil? mayhaps #also spoilers- kinda? I guess it would count- there are six 'types' labelled -1 through 4 so. #those field guides will be posted as each type is revealed #I'm having fun btw this is great #not only is it good practice for my art (which I should note I haven't drawn much at all in years) but! #this entire blogs very existence is incredibly out of my comfort zone! I am very very anxious about this whole experience but! I'm doing it #and I'm very proud of myself! Proud enough that the anxiety is being gradually overridden by fun and excitement and IDEAs #ok I'm done rambling now lmao

[klaissance]

walk with me here you guys ahem,

Keith and Lance finally have The TalkTM on a day like most others. The paladins go about their business on the castleship, Keith and Lance mostly doing their activities together as has become, without their really noticing, habit. Keith flips through the pages of one of Allura's Altean romance novels on one end of the couch, Lance plays a video game on the handheld console he and Pidge found at a thrift store the last time they'd stopped off at a space mall from the other end. At some point they wander to the kitchen and make Hunk's latest attempt at space popcorn. They throw the pieces at each other, trying to break their previous streak record of 106 popcorn-mouth-catches. When they run out, they pelt each other with kernels until they collapse on the kitchen floor, out of breath and laughing. They clean up their mess together. They train, talk team strategy, help Coran out with some cleaning. They visit Hunk and Pidge in the lion bay and are promptly kicked out for causing trouble (neither of them can seem to keep their hands to themselves, always touching pieces and parts and projects, and inevitably something falls over and Pidge is yelling and they're scrambling away, giggling as they run down the hall). The paladins eat dinner, everyone hangs out together for a while, and life in space is pretty good.

Lance and Keith are often the last two left in the lounge as people split off--either to go to bed or to work on something independently until the wee hours (Pidge). They're chatting, swapping stories, arguing about silly hypotheticals, until Lance yawns mid-sentence and Keith knows it's time for bed. They stand together and walk to their rooms in warm silence, close enough to brush shoulders, neither changing trajectory to avoid the contact. They stop in the space between their doors to say goodnight; this, too, is normal. They smile small smiles at each other and linger, time stretchy in the way it is at nighttime.

And then something new happens.

"Keith," Lance says slowly, like he's turning the word over in his mouth for the first time. "Would you ever want--"

Keith's heart stutters in his chest and the silence of the empty hallway is suddenly deafening. Lance only hesitates for a beat but it stretches.

"--to go on a space date," Lance finishes, brows unknitting as he seems to consider what just came out of his mouth. Finding it acceptable, he nods, then lifts his gaze from the floor to meet Keith's wide-eyed gaze. "With me," Lance adds, an afterthought but an important clarification nonetheless, quirking an eyebrow.

Keith purses his lips for a moment that pulls like taffy into an eternity and it's Lance's turn to hear the ocean roaring in his ears as he waits. "Would that make us--"

Lance can't breathe.

"--space boyfriends?" Keith finishes and the air rushes from Lance's lungs, something like relief. Keith is smiling his mischievous smile, the crooked one that puts a spark in his eyes. It is among Lance's favorite Keith expressions (there are many).

"Yeah, I guess we'd be space boyfriends," Lance concedes, biting down on his lower lip to keep his grin from spreading too far. He's not doing a very good job.

"Hm." Keith nods solemnly. "Space boyfriends it is, then."

"Cool," Lance concludes eloquently.

"Cool," Keith echoes, and then they're standing in ooey gooey marshmallow silence, grinning softly at each other for a long time or maybe no time at all. Keith feels very warm and melty on the inside. Lance thinks he could run a marathon and not break a sweat.

"Alrighty then, g'night Space Boyfriend," Lance breaks the silence with a two-fingered salute and shuffles backwards towards his door.

Keith rolls his eyes without meaning to, affection heating his face despite himself. "Goodnight, Lance." He turns towards his door, grinning to himself as Lance snorts. Their doors slide open, their doors slide shut.

***

Hours later, Lance slips out of bed, buzzing with the news, and appears, bouncing uncontrollably on his toes and biting on the biggest grin, at Hunk's door. Hunk is rubbing blearily at his half-lidded eyes when he door slides open and he takes in the sight of Lance, practically glowing. Hunk blinks once. Twice. Does a little mental math. And it hits him. His eyes go wide and his mouth makes a little o, eyebrows leaping up his forehead.

"No... No." And Lance is nodding vigorously, eyes shining with unshed happiness, and that bit lip is barely withholding the giggle that threatens to erupt from the vibrating blue paladin. Hunk scoops him into the biggest bear hug, shouting "TELL ME EVERYTHING RIGHT NO-" and the door slides shut behind them, Lance's peals of laughter ricocheting down the halls.

Keith is awake in his room, sitting on the floor with his back up against the door, pressing a grin so wide it hurts into his knees. He rolls his eyes affectionately when he hears Hunk's muffled delight and finally stands up to go to bed.

#this really got away from me hm but here we are #ok normally i have like performance anxiety about posting my writing anywhere but here goes i guess #a little stream of consciousness klance for the soul #klance #klance ficlet #my writing #idk what to label this as i never post anything serious but this got sort of serious #lmk what you think if you want i hope it is satisfying #it's like weirdly serious for them but idk I felt soft #vld #space gays #gays in space #lance mcclain #keith kogane #hunk garrett #vld fic #i would like to write and post it more #i would also like to edit lol but that was not the vibe this evening #please enjoy this offering

[themthistles]

i think that while micro labels can seem useful and affirming ultimately they're isolating and kind of an obstacle to your understanding of self. that's because you can never find a word specific enough. there will never be a label or two labels or even ten, twenty of them to perfectly capture and describe all of your thoughts, feelings, experiences, preferences, needs, interests, identities, etc. because you learn more and more about yourself every day and then you change and your wants and needs change with you. having to hop between labels, fearing that you don't 'fit' into a label anymore (both in your own and others eyes), worrying how soon your current label will wear out, questioning if you'll ever fully fit a single one. all that causes a lot of uncertainty and anxiety which could be avoided by just picking a more general thing and molding it according to what it means to YOU. because words will always mean different things to different people, you will never be understood immediately and maybe never completely by anyone but yourself and that's fine

#another thing is that micro labels often feel like they fracture the community unnecessarily #idk how many times i've seen fighting over hyperspecific ace labels and what they mean and if people described in them even belong #and honestly i think this discourse wouldn't be so vile and neverending if people accepted the idea of falling under general umbrella #and accepted that you can't describe complicated weird and wonderful act of human existence with a couple of words #you don't need to explain yourself to anyone #i know in our present pronouns/sexuality/gender in bio carrd era it feels like you have to but you really don't #people aren't entitled to a short summary of your inner world and you can't speed run connection #also feel the need to say: i have nothing against people who use micro labels #if you feel like your micro label describes you perfectly? i'm really glad and happy for you #i'm just expressing my own thoughts and feelings that come from personal experience with exploring these things #at some point i started doubting if i could call myself a lesbian #i thought oh i'm not exactly what a lot of people generally think of when they hear that word #oh they'll misunderstand and i'm not being my 'true self' i'll find a word that fits me exactly if i just keep looking #and then i found out being aroace is a thing and boy did that add a lot of anxiety and confusion to the pot #i didn't feel like i fit in with both communities wasn't lesbian enough wasn't aroace enough #but at some point i just got tired of trying to justify myself to others and to myself #identities aren't houses you live in they're more like seas or rivers flowing into one another #and spaces where they intersect are vague and hard to define and they shift and change and this metaphor is getting away from me #basically #words are complicated #but they're the only direct way we humans can communicate #it is what it is #so make art #a lot of it #oh also unrelated but if you ever tell older queer folks that they're using wrong words to describe themselves i am going to jump you

[anglerflsh]

oh also i completely forgot to post this so today you're getting most of the doodles ive made

#[.art] #self #aro #aromantic #trans #transgender #gay #<- out of all the labels i have my favourite one will always be aromanticism. /I'm/ the aro villain trope actually /j #no but it just. it gives me a lot less anxiety about my future life to know that i don't have to share it with one other person. #i can just be on my own and that's very important to me

[akindplace]

Having intrusive thoughts doesn't make you a dangerous person, it doesn't mean that you will somehow make those thoughts become real life, it only means that they make you suffer, and that you should deal with them to feel less stressed about what pops into your mind. You are not going insane, you are not losing control in what is right and what is wrong, you are not a broken machine. You are a human that needs help, and I hope it is accessible to you. Better days will come when you start to work on those intrusive thoughts being just thoughts, and not tangible reality. The more frustration and anxiety you feed your brain during those times, those thoughts might get more intense, but know this is a stress response, you are not being a bad person! Bad people don't feel so stressed over their thoughts. The fact that this causes you shame, frustration, stress, anxiety, it shows you are a good person, a caring person, who needs help with a mental health issue. And it can get better.

Some ableists with think people with intrusive thoughts are bad people who will hurt others. What they don't know it that people with mental health issues are much more prone to doing bad things to themselves than they would do to others. And if you're not from the minority report movie then you can't predict anything before it happens. So, don't try to label sick people as dangerous to you, when they are hurting themselves. You are just using that to justify your unjustifiable ableism.

#cw ableism #cw intrusive thoughts #stress #anxiety #frustration #labels #original writing #you deserve help

[silenthillmutual]

every once in a while i'll frame some behavior i have with the words "for some reason" and "i don't know why" and then i'll remember. that i have like three anxiety disorders.

#atp i think framing them as distinct disorders is kinda dumb #i struggle with anxiety a lot and it doesnt matter what their separate labels are #icarus.txt

[serpulalacrymans]

//Feeling a bit iffy about keeping the Derek writing up. I know involving kids in any way shape or form in a fandom like this is questionable, he's just a character I put a lot of hard feelings/emotions into and I thought it might be interesting to ponder his upbringing. I might take it down?

#//aaaaaa anxiety. #//i feel like my warning labels may have made it seem worse than it was ??? but even the SLIGHTEST mention i didnt want to go unwarned?? #//yknow???? #ooc #screamo-mun #//MAAAYBE this is one i should have kept to myself for my own comfort #//still debating

[stardustedknuckles]

Lmao someone on lex asked what a tenderqueer was and blocked me when I explained it. Hit close to home?

#They're allergic to the word fag and loyal to the purity police #And they'll critique the label you use and tell you that you have to be nice to them bc they have anxiety once they have you disagreeing

[shrimpmandan]

I honestly have REALLY mixed feelings on full-blown anti-psych / anti-medication / anti-diagnosis / etc. etc. movements because while yes, being critical of psychiatry, the DSM, and the misuse of psychiatric medication is extremely important and necessary, every single time I hear someone say that everyone can just be fixed with therapy it makes me want to eat glass

#like yes therapy definitely helps and I'm definitely not opposed to the idea of therapy being destigmatized or treated as solely medical #but at the same time I need adderall and anti-anxiety Carol #idc whether or not I'm considered ''normal'' by other people. i care about my mental problems being distressing for *me* #all this to say I detest the massive over-correction into NOBODY SHOULD BE LABELED ANYTHING EVER AND MEDICATION IS BAD #because I've personally found diagnosis to be highly helpful for communication; understanding myself; as well as advocating for what I need #again these things have Issues i'm just. not super on board with ''it all sucks tear it down'' #idek how to tag this lmao