#representation anxiety

[girl4music]

REPRESENTATION ANXIETY AND WHY IT’S BAD FOR ACTUALLY PROVIDING REPRESENTATION / WHAT CONSTITUTES AS REAL REPRESENTATION / WHY ITS IMPORTANT IN TV ART/ENTERTAINMENT

Ever heard of the phrase “representation anxiety” when it comes to TV art/entertainment? No, I haven’t just made it up: it’s a real thing/a real concept. It’s something that’s only come up recently actually. See representation - especially when it comes to sexuality/identity/gender - is all over the place now. Therefore it’s nowhere near as restricted/limited as it used to be when writing and producing TV art/entertainment. And so representation is often made a “quota” in the TV art/entertainment landscape now. Creators are encouraged and expected to include it somewhere - usually for selfish reasons - a means of getting more or better ratings (i.e. making more money/gaining more power/success/fame) by the studios, networks or streaming services/companies. It’s a literal quota to meet as if in the business of sales - because technically it is about sales. And so there is an anxiety surrounding providing that representation and meeting that quota of representation by creators in TV art/entertainment. And this anxiety is a pressure and when pressure is involved in creating art/entertainment, things go wrong very quickly out of sloppiness, carelessness, laziness, ignorance. The anxiety is so strong that there is a loss of focus.

Now anybody that suffers with anxiety knows why this is. It’s because you’re so focused on and worrying about and overthinking what makes you anxious that you lose sight of everything else that’s important. In context of creating art/entertainment this means the quality of your writing/producing starts to decline because you neglect the storytelling aspect to focus entirely on the representation aspect - and so representation now becomes something you’re forcing and contriving into your art/entertainment rather than letting it flow and ebb naturally and organically. Plot and character narrative/theme or arc takes second place to making sure you show that gay/queer couple doing gay/queer things as much as possible without a foundation for why or how. Whether it makes sense, is logical, feels realistic or even is at the right place and time for it. All that takes a backseat. All the detail, all the nuance, all the substance just gets sucked out completely in favour of meeting that fucking quota you’re pressured to meet by the higher-ups at the studio/network/company who could not give a shit about your work - what it provides, what it teaches - when or where. They’re not gonna watch it. Executives very rarely ever watch the media they greenlight for production unless they absolutely have to because it’s failing so they can sus out why they believe it might be failing. It’s not for any kind of genuine support or help or in solidarity for your passions, your ambitions, your heart. They don’t care about any of that unfortunately. Creative ideas and decisions don’t matter to them unless those creative ideas and decisions make bank. So you’re not doing yourself or anyone else that cares any favours by forcing and contriving representation. By being so anxious about it that you’ve lost your focus. I get it. It’s not easy when it’s a major project. When there’s people watching you do what you do. But the thing is is representation is not proper or genuine representation if it’s just put in there for the sake of it. When there’s no rhyme or reason behind it. And I’ve watched a lot of TV art/entertainment where this is unfortunately the case. Where I can tell that it’s just a quota to meet and isn’t giving me anything substantial or real. I almost immediately pick that up. Sometimes it’s in a really selfish way like with queerbaiting - which by the way - you can queerbait a canon textual couple just as much as you can non-canon subtextual ones because if your couple is not proper/genuine gay/queer representation anyway… then it’s going to come across very queerbait-y because of all the forced sexual intimacy and then no context behind why or how it happens - no communication between the characters - no aftermath, no set up, no emotional connection, no chemistry - no realism or depth. It’s going to seem like an act - which obviously it is - but your viewers aren’t supposed to think or feel that way. It’s supposed to be convincing, it’s supposed to be well written and performed to the point where it looks and feels real. That’s when representation really works. When the viewers watching are fully immersed or engaged in what’s happening on the screen that they feel things. That’s guaranteed not to happen when it’s forced in.

Here’s the deal. Communication and connection. If you can show this happening between the characters both when it’s in a sexual context and when it’s not - then you’ve got something substantial with which to build on. The main problem with forced or contrived representation is that there is no foundation for it. It just comes out of nowhere. It just happens randomly. There’s no slow burn or anything even remotely close to any genuine connection or attraction or love between the characters that you force into a romantic/sexual relationship. It lacks everything that makes it stand up and holds it up. It lacks foundation.

I personally tend to gravitate towards slow burn and friends-to-lovers or even enemies-to-lovers situations and tropes in TV art/entertainment because there is rich history there between the characters where it actually seems probable and even appropriate for them to develop into romance. You can see and feel the chemistry radiating off of them, the intensity, the longing, the passion - in more than just a sexual way. There’s deep emotions and feelings there that drive the attraction the characters have for one another. I very rarely see that anymore in TV art/entertainment. And I understand the reason why this is - it’s time constraints mostly and it’s not the fault of creators. But that doesn’t make it any easier for me to watch it. I can’t justify watching, supporting and shipping a couple or a relationship just out of time constraints because that makes me feel fake and obligatory and yeah - that’s not something I wish to feel in watching TV art/entertainment. I want my experience to be genuine and real just as much as I want the characters and their relationship to be genuine and real. I’ll be honest - I don’t watch pure romance or love stories because if that’s the only thing that piece of art/entertainment is for or about - it does feel very fake. My niche is action/fantasy/drama because there’s more going on with the individual characters - they have individual stories, arcs, developments and those don’t take away from the romance or love story. Actually,… it tends to help it and cultivate it because if the individual characters feel real and fleshed out, probably, very likely, the relationship also will too because all of the individual detail informs the coupling detail. You see? This gives it foundation.

Xena and Gabrielle are my most favourite gay/queer relationship of all-time despite them not even being textually canon - as in they were never confirmed as canon lovers or a canon couple in the TV show itself. They actually couldn’t be. I’ve gone into the reasons why this is many times before so I won’t talk about it in this post. Anyway, there is a reason why they are and still remain my favourite and honestly the best representation of any romance or love story - gay/queer or otherwise - that I’ve ever since in TV art/entertainment. The reason why is because they’re main characters that have a lot of focus on their individual representation and development each and all of that builds incredibly solid foundation for what becomes their “non-canon” romance and love story. And in every way where it actually matters,… it is what a depiction of a romance or love story should be. This TV show is action/fantasy/drama with some comedy thrown in here and there. It’s truly the most insane, farcical, campy shit ever - but THEY FEEL REAL. They communicate, they emotionally connect, they declare their love, they kiss, they get married, they behave as domestic, they have a baby… Even though they’re not confirmed as a main-textual canon couple in it, they are exactly what representation for romantic/sexual relationships should be in TV art/entertainment today! And because IT’S NOT… that’s why it is still THE BEST. Them being my favourite is a subjective obviously, but yeah, they are genuinely objectively the best representation there is in TV art/entertainment because they’re a same-sex main protagonist couple. Both of them. Not one a main character and the other a supporting/recurring character. Both of them are THE ONLY main protagonists all throughout the entirety of the show. 6 SEASONS length of a show. And their romance/love story is a major storyline. It’s not a textually canon romance/love story, but it plays out exactly like one regardless of the “non-canonity”. So it doesn’t matter. It does not matter whatsoever. Now here’s the problem with watching this show in this day and age where representation is expected. It can come across as queerbaiting that there is so much ‘will they-won’t they’ subtext. I hate queerbaiting with a searing passion. I think it’s the worst thing that we have to put up with in TV art/entertainment in a queer narrative. So trust me when I say that what it may initially look like you - it isn’t. Again, I’ve explained why many times before so I’m not gonna go into it here. But give this show a chance. Seriously, give it a chance. It is an EPIC love story.

I’ll leave this post off by saying that representation anxiety is awful and I do understand the pressure but I cannot support representation that’s forced and contrived. Not when I’ve had a life-changing experience where I’ve gotten so much better and where I know what real representation looks/feels like.

This is not an order. It’s a request.

Do better because representation anxiety is ruining what should be amazing influential art/entertainment that people can really learn from and be inspired by every day that they watch/interact with/engage in your creation be it in whatever format - but it’s especially important in a television/visual format because people look into it and see themselves in it. They would get a sense who they are and what their purpose is through watching this TV show or movie or video with characters that can mean so much to them that have a relationship between them that can be seen or interpreted as a romantic/sexual love story and you have to provide the foundation and honesty and the substance for it to be real representation. Meeting a quota is not worth it and it’s not enough.

If you want to know what you should be aiming for and attempting to achieve instead… it’s actually this:

#representation anxiety #representation #foundation #context #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #love #romance #intimacy #trust #faith #understanding #respect #meeting a quota #wlw representation #lgbtq representation #lesbian representation #communication #connection #Youtube

[lynxgriffin]

Eldritchrune - Parasite Nightmare

1 | 2 | 3

Story Setup Eldritchrune Masterpost

Kris tries to stay on task, but they've clearly got some traumas and worries about their situation weighing on their mind. Still, they at least eventually find what they're looking for!

Still working away on the final part for this too...gotta finish in time, aaaaah!

#lynx art #eldritchrune #deltarune au #cw: digestion #cw: drowning imagery #kris dreemurr #toriel #although it should be noted this isn't an accurate representation of how Toriel feels #just Kris's anxieties in nightmare form #also the parasite is a particular Deltarune NPC (actually two) #guess who! #they're a very minor one tho

[dilfbuck]

eddie diaz + text posts

#911 #911edit #911 abc #eddie diaz #eddiediazedit #911 text posts #userknight #usercam #usernolan #.gfx #gif warning #hes so me coded i fear. i just gathered posts i feel deep in my own soul #half of these r from my own about tag LMAO #unfortunately eddie diaz is representation for grouchy gays with depression and anxiety a little too well #now my buck set has a boyfriend <3 love wins

[selectivechaos]

i need more media rep of disabled friendships. autistic friendships. social anxiety friendships.

i don’t need media with abled people being friends with a disabled person. i don’t need an allistic being friends with an autistic person. it’s not bad; i just want them both to be autistic. i want them both to be disabled. i want them both to have ocd, depression, anxiety, or anything else.

like troy and abed. sorry to fandom post on this blog but: troy needs things explained to him clearly or he gets confused; abed needs help with social cues and other stuff. like they both need each other and help each other and i love it.

i love that they care about and understand each other in a way that does not come from an allistic person trying to see a different experience and life to theirs; i love characters that look to eachother and see parallel but diverse experiences and their desire to help comes from the same place as their experience of needing help. 🌹🌹

#trobed #community nbc #social anxiety disorder #actually disabled #media representation #not sm/sad

[starflungwaddledee]

Hi sorry to bother you but I just wanted to say that as an autistic person Starstruck makes me want to cry. I love her so much let her live the happy life she deserves with people that accept and care about her. That “otherness” or feeling of being “incorrect” and being seen as suspicious/ostracized for it was absolutely NAILED and it HURTS SO GOOD. I just really wanted you to know that. It’s nice to see someone like me in media, especially in something like the Kirby franchise. Thank you.

ohhhhh i am SO thrilled to receive this message because i am autistic, and by extension so is starstruck, and this was entirely on purpose! i'm so happy that you feel i nailed it! thank YOU for letting me know this; it's the highest praise i could have hoped to receive!

this was intentional autistic representation by an autistic creator and i am over the moon that it's connecting with you! her inability to "have the right magical signature" and her "mimicry of the signatures around her in attempt to fit in" is explicitly a (rather ham-fisted, if i'm being honest) autistic parallel, especially towards masking.

there are obviously parts of her story that aren't explicitly parallel (she is still a little alien after all, and there's going to be Fun Dramatic Aspects that my real life autistic experience sadly lacks), but for what it's worth i'm really happy that this purposeful allegory was noticed!

thank you again so much for writing in, it means the world

#also ngl but i just think like the entire kirby cast is pretty autistic in their own way #like we ALL know meta knight for SURE but the others too. at least imo!! #i have actually been wondering if folks were picking up on this tbh. it seemed so apparent to me but that's bc i made it so i knew #i've had some say 'oh it's the social anxiety' which.... yes. also correct. i also have that too & it is that as WELL but it's incidental #i think this is the first time that someone has directly compared it to autism. it's nice. thank you! #representation in media sure does continue to be like... a Certain Way. but i think you can just hit everybody with the autism beam #it's morally correct. #asks #starstruck dee #starflungs personal tag

[kateksmallcuteowl]

Thanks @helenvader for reminding me about this scene in men at arms. Needed to reread a book before I’ve drawn this, but finally it’s ready;)

Unexpectedly Havelock has a new robe-design here. Lol.

P.S. First time I did something on Discworld that is apparently NOT VetVimes content 😅 Hope you like it)

#lets talk about Leonard being an unexpectedly good ADHD representation #Moist was good but not exaxtly THAT type of a man #and the fact he also has Vetinari’s therapist-friend-priesoner energy #I honestly like Leo so much #and his scenes in jingo were iconic #And a strange-smiling Mona Lisa is also such a discworld thing #I know there was another thing at book but I couldn’t help drawing THAT #Oh and Havelock is such a kitty here #I just think of him reacting to Leonard’s new inventions as I react to new ✨bugs✨ on the street #I also hadn’t draw anything in chibi style for awhile #it’s just so relaxing #✨macht mir spaß✨ #p.s. #I’m still anxious about how my sketches look but I promised myself to talk more and post more ‘unpolished’ arts this year so here we go #eat this social anxiety! #P.P.S #discworld #havelock vetinari #fanart #lord vetinari #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #ukrart #men at arms #jingo #leonard of quirm #adhd #procreate #artists on tumblr #digital art

[mcyt-rep]

MENTAL/NEUROLOGICAL DISABILITY REPRESENTATION*

*this is part of the "disabilities" section, to see physical disabilities, click here

GoodTimesWithScar/Scar (Dyslexia)

Skizzleman/Skizz (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, Multiple Sclerosis (or MS))**

Xisumavoid/Xisuma (Dyspraxia)

Tubbo (Dyslexia)

Grian (Anxiety)

Aimsey (ADHD)

PaperM00nsTV/PaperM00ns(?) (Tourette's, Autism, Dissociative Identity Disorder (or DID))***

**skizz is in both the physical and neurological disability sections because MS is a physical disability, but is also classified as a neurological disorder

***the asker who submitted paperm00ns also said, quote, "i think he's getting tested for BPD or Bipolar", but since nonnie wasn't sure, i'm not tagging it

#disability representation in mcyt #neurological disability representation in mcyt #goodtimeswithscar #skizzleman #xisumavoid #tubbo #grian #aimsey #papermoons #dyslexia #adhd #dyspraxia #anxiety #tourettes #autism #dissociative identity disorder

[mcchonkyart]

a visual representation of what it feels like trying to maintain happiness and enjoyment of your silly little hobbies and interests with depression and anxiety looming

#honestly a good representation of what depression and anxiety looks like #while trying to maintain your silly little hobbies #loz #ocarina of time #oot #ganon #link #my silly little posts

[sbd-laytall]

I really appreciate how realistic this comic portrays Jess' anxiety. Yeah, over time, you learn strategies to help you deal with it, but that doesn't mean it actually ever goes away.

Green Lanterns (2016) #15

#once again #I just adore Jess' story as a Green Lantern with severe anxiety #because she gives so much representation through her mental health struggles and her hispanic identity #jessica cruz #green lantern #green lanterns #green lantern comics #dc comics #comic series #my post

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

'Ziggy, Stardust and Me'- Brandon, James

Disability Rep: Anxiety, Asthma

Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance

Age: Young Adult

Setting: 1970s America

Additional Rep: White Closeted Gay Male x Native American Gay Male, M/M, Biracial SC

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

#books #disability books #disability #disability representation #disabled characters #fiction #lgbtq books #lgbtq+ #lgbtq characters #lgbtq representation #anxiety #asthma #gay #m/m #romance #young adult #young adult fiction #mental health #historical fiction #link

[girl4music]

I thoroughly believe that the main 2 issues plaguing the TV art/entertainment industry today are representation anxiety and cancellation anxiety.

Representation anxiety is the reason why the quality of the storytelling is suffering.

Cancellation anxiety is the reason why the quality of the production is suffering.

ANXIETY is what is ruining TV show storytelling and producing in general. If people were less anxious about the way the story in a show should or has to go, there would be more focus on what actually matters.

There are so many storytelling and production issues in a show because people are not focussing on the overall experience when creating/watching a TV show. Showrunners/creators are not focussing on it because they’re too anxious about providing the “correct” or “best” or “most palatable” representation because if they don’t provide it, their show will just get cancelled.

Honestly imagine the extreme anxiety a showrunner/creator would feel in this day and age of showmaking.

It is a never-ending loop for them of “I must provide the representation that appeases both the audience and the network alike” and then “if I don’t do this as soon as possible, my show will be cancelled and everybody that depends on me will lose their jobs”.

Show disappoints the network, gets cancelled - which in turn disappoints the audience, stops them from watching anything else like it in case it happens to them again - which then makes the network misjudge it as “this kind of content must not be engaging enough for consumers to invest themselves in” but they throw it out for consumption anyway because quantity over quality even though they’re ultimately going to axe it regardless because “it doesn’t sell.”

And then the whole thing happens all over again. 😩

Sounds to me like they should just have better communication with the showrunners/creators and more faith and trust in what they’re able to deliver.

And maybe once in a while CONSULT THE AUDIENCE themselves. Make them apart of the conversation more than with just the standard lazy feedback questionnaires. I’m pretty fucking sure were a BIG WIG network executive to actually take the time out of their oh so busy work week to talk to us about what it is we want and what we don’t - things would be better for all sides. For the networks, the showrunners/creators+team, and for the customers/consumers.

At the end of the day the people I really feel sorry for regarding this is not us. It’s the showrunners/creators.

I feel so sorry for the producers, writers and directors because I know they’re all running rings around themselves trying to please every fucking body and every complaint from either side goes right to them.

They’re the mimimim wage staff at your favourite restaurant where customers and employers alike yell at them over something they’re personally pissed about but they can’t do anything about it other than offer their sympathies and provide other alternatives.

You think we have it rough as the viewers.

The network thinks they have it rough.

No.

Who has it rough are the showrunners/creators.

#netflix #cancellations #losing viewership #losing revenue #boycotts #tv art/entertainment #tv shows #storytelling #production #representation anxiety #cancellation anxiety #communication #a network service is a company #a show is their product #showrunners/creators are their staff #the viewer or audience are their consumer/customers #it’s just stock and sales to them #it’s capitalism #the only way to beat capitalism is to stop buying into it #only then do they make changes in EVERYBODYS benefit #you have to force them to admit that they’re wrong

[marvelmaster69]

Just some random headcanons for Tony, Peter, and Bruce, revolving around their mental health and sexual/gender orientation.

TW: Mentions of self-harm in Tony and Bruce's parts.

Tony definitely has ADHD along with PTSD, anxiety, and crippling depression. Because of his ADHD, he often hyper fixates on his projects in the lab. When he does get hyper fixated, he won't leave his lab unless it's to use the bathroom or get something to eat, and even then, it's a very delayed process. The only people who can get him out of his lab when he gets like that is Pepper, Bruce, Natasha, Happy, Rhodey, Morgan, and Peter. He's also Pansexual. During his teenage years, he self-harmed quite frequently. He usually used a blade, cutting his arms but sometimes cutting his thighs and stomach instead if there was the looming threat of someone finding out. He only started his playboy persona after all the scars had faded a bit, so when he was around twenty-two or so.

Peter is a transgender man and openly bisexual. He came out to his Aunt May a few months before he came out as trans, so when he was twelve or thirteen. Tony helped pay for his top surgery and scouted out the best surgeons he could for Peter, and because of his extra fast regeneration, he healed extremely quickly and didn't even scar afterwards. He was so glad not to have to wear a binder during patrol anymore, as it was causing great damage to his ribs and lungs. Even years later, he still randomly gets heartburn, chest pains, and shortness of breath. He doesn't feel like he needs bottom surgery because packers and strap-ons seem to work well enough for him, and MJ doesn't very well care what he does with his privates. He also has ADHD, anxiety, and mild depression. MJ always makes sure to set alarms for him, create a detailed electronic and physical color-coded calendar for him, and send him reminder texts to help with his horrible time blindness. For the most part, lots of reassurance from Tony, Aunt May, MJ, and Ned is enough to kind of help him with his depression enough for him to continue on with his normal day-to-day life without any major interference. To convince Aunt May to put Peter on puberty blockers when he was twelve, he worked together with Ned to create a PowerPoint with the pros and cons and alternatives for puberty blockers.

Bruce is demisexual and asexual, and he's only ever been in three or four relationships in his adult life (as he had a middle school girlfriend that he doesn't really count as 'dating'). He has crippling anxiety, severe depression, and once checked himself into a mental hospital because he felt like he'd end up hurting himself or others around him. He's also very private about his issues, he's one of those people whose thought process is 'well, this could be worse, there are always people out there that have it worse than me'. This is totally random, too, but he hates the color green, it reminds him too much of The Other Guy. He hasn't relapsed in years, but he used to cut almost every week. Tony was actually the one to help him stop, as Tony himself has a history of self-harm and understood everything Bruce was going through, or at least tried to understand, unlike a lot of other people in Bruce's life, which he appreciates more than Tony will ever understand He doesn't have any scars on his arms, though, as he would often works closely with children and didn't want to taint their innocence, so he usually stuck to his stomach and thighs.

Sadly, that's all I have time to write but I'll definitely be back sometime within the next few days with another one of these with some other characters. I want to eventually do all The Avengers in a series of sorts. By the way, how are we liking the colored text?

#tony stark #peter parker #bruce banner #adhd representation #anxiety representation #depression representation #transgender representation #trans representation #pansexual representation #bisexual representation #asexual representation #demisexual representation #trans!peter parker #transgender!peter parker #pansexual!tony stark #demisexual!bruce banner #asexual!bruce banner #bisexual!peter parker #mentions of self-harm #mentions of self harm

[curiouschaosstarlight]

Oh boy it sure is nice not being alloromantic/allosexual enough to be "normal" but also not aromantic/asexual enough to be a good aromantic/aspec person (:

Sure is nice to finally have a community I totally fit into, everyone is SO welcoming

#chaotic rants #“there's no platonic explanation for this!” there is actually #“when are you gonna get a date/get married/have kids?” never #“let's get you fixed up so you and your boyfriend/girlfriend can have sex! ^w^” “i dont have one” “oh im sure you'll find one :0” #“i dont want a significant other and i never will” “oh that's just your anxiety talking. it'll go away once your anxiety's cured!” #vs #“ugh all these allosexuals are SO OBSESSED with shipping” #“are allosexuals okay” #“not EVERYTHING has to be a ship” #“if you ship a canonically aro character you're erasing the representation and are evil and should be hurt/killed” #vs... #“who cares about the lore of this game? what if the characters just fuck and nothing else” #“lol that character isnt het/bi that makes no sense!” it has canonical proof/is obviously shipteased all the time but okay #“lol that character isnt bi/pan that makes no sense!” it's not contradicted by canon even the tiniest bit but okay #-finally finds a character that's ACTUALLY similar my experience being aroaspec- #-that character is the butt of every joke and a mockery of me and everyone like me as people- #“yeah the 'aroace character is obsessed with food' thing is an annoying stereotype! but it's all you're getting so be happy about it :)” #“lol this character that is canonically het and is constantly sexually harassed is actually canonically aroace.” #“what? you find that offensive and uncomfortable? fuck you im asexual and i get to decide what is and isnt canonically aroace” okay #“you think this other character is canonically aroace? uhhhh no you're wrong that's an offensive stereotype idiot” #-it's the one character in the entire canon that's literally never shown any attraction to anyone else- #“this character was turned aroace by this other character. even tho this is offensive with any other sexuality it's totally fine here!” #“also yes you're a bad person if you ship this character even though they're only aroace in fanon” #“here's our webcomic where everyone's gay or trans or both! ...what? sorry there's no aro or ace or aroace characters in this.” #“fuck you if you were hopeful there would be” #vs!! #“oh everything in fiction is a person's idealized reality!” #“shipping is everyone's idealized romantic/sexual relationship!” #“if you like this in fiction then you like it and want it to happen in reality!”

[writtenbyevie]

we should be able to restore factory settings for our spines

#does the warranty cover returns and exchanges? #stress has fundamentally changed my posture #I am a human question mark #the physical representation of my anxiety #just ???????? #!!!!!!! #anxiety #anxiety memes #mental health #mental health memes #back pain #evie’s jeevies

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma growing up undiagnosed is complex trauma

#mental health #mental health education #cptsd #late diagnosis #late diagnosed autistic #late diagnosed adhd #mental health diagnosis #mental illness representation #complex trauma #audhd #bpd #borderline personality disorder #neurodiversity #adhd autistic #anxiety creature #mental #mental illness #complex post traumatic stress disorder

[screenviolense]

low activity notice.

as my recent vent posts have suggested, i've been working a ton and have been completely overworked and burnt out because not only am i working almost everyday with no break, we've been completely understaffed so everyday it feels like i'm doing the work of 2-3 people while a promotion gets dangled over me but never comes while dealing with so many shitty customers and harassment of every kind. so my activity is as high as i can manage, but i'm completely drained guys. i requested a week off but they are dragging their feet approving it >:( if you still want to interact, may i recommend checking out my meme tag or my opens. i generally tend to get to those quicker than dms, plotting, or starter calls

#kiki gif because that's my burn out representation #trying the new anxiety meds today.... basically got prescribed a non-addictive xanax #✦ ooc