#they need different treatment

[westwhorobaptistchurch]

The day people stop calling OCD an anxiety disorder is the day I die happy

#ocd mention #ocd #actually ocd #ocd spectrum #it’s not a fucking anxiety disorder #it’s an obsessive compulsive disorder #along with body dysmorphic and hoarding and hair pulling #different categories #they need different treatment #Jesus Christ how many times do I have to say this

[halorvic]

#sars cov 2 #covid 19 #i've interacted with 4 different friends/acquaintances in the past month alone who have all been hospitalised after having a stroke #(and in one case multiple strokes) #one who i visited in hospital over the weekend had a (unmasked) nurse coughing up a lung in her room 👍 #and one of them who had to undergo surgery also had to be moved to a different hospital #bc the ward they were keeping him in was full of confirmed covid patients 👍👍 #idk how many times it needs to be said before it gets through people's heads but VACCINES ARE NOT ENOUGH #and encouraging ppl to rely solely on them when there are already plans to jack up the prices so you have to KEEP PAYING for boosters #for an ONGOING mass-disabling event is so laughably unrealistic and absurd and flat-out demonic #you need to mitigate the actual spread of covid by WEARING A MASK + fighting for CLEAN AIR/proper ventilation in public spaces!!!!!! #ppl are so eager to forget the whole 'break the chain of transmission' thing and how effective masking is and so this is where we're at #'i got infected and infected other ppl who might die or become permanently disabled but it's no big deal bc no one else wears a mask #so if /i/ didn't infect them someone else would have anyway so it's not my fault and really its got nothing to do with me and my choices' #if everyone is responsible then no one is responsible - that's how it works right? #it's no wonder some ppl go rabid at even the sight of someone wearing a mask and minding their own business #ppl seeking treatment for unrelated conditions/illnesses and then dying from covid caught in hospitals #due to lack of npis/basic mitigation measures - no regulations no accountability #we truly live in a hell (''new normal'') of our own making #anyway none of this is new news at all i mostly thought it might be good to share the info graphic abt signs of stroke #covid has been given free reign and chances are increasing as to how likely you'll encounter it happening to someone you know at some point #also heart attacks and pots and alzheimer's etc etc etc

[ywraa]

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#yura.art #not r1999 art this time cause my mlp interest just resurface recently hdfkhjfdgkksf #mlp #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp g4 #thorax #changeling #queen chrysalis #wish that the show would go more detail abt her relationship with pre-reformed changeling #i always wonder if she noticed him being different than other and give him different treatment but the show already ended long ago oh well- #also it be cool if the show could go more in depth abt thorax's trauma and maybe his life at the crystal empire up till s6 finale #i always hc that thorax would see cadance and other as his second family :) #anw i need to practice drawing pony more-

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

I am not a psychologist so I have no clue if this is just my own crackpot theory or what. And my apologies if I’m speaking out of my ass here.

We were not made for a fallen world. We were made for Eden. Since we have to live in this world corrupted by sin, the brain does what it has to in order to survive.

A toddler doesn’t know what “hot” means, until one day you warn the child not to touch a plate because it’s “hot,” they touch anyways, they feel the sting, and now they understand what “hot” means. The brain, now acknowledging this is something that can be a threat, has an immediate response to “hot.” Anytime someone says “hot,” we immediately recoil and make sure we don’t touch whatever is believed to be hot. The brain is simply trying to survive.

I think there’s a similar thing happening with trauma response. It’s the brain doing the same thing, but to such an extreme degree that it’s almost impossible to function. If someone survives a near fatal car crash, they may panic when they go near a car. Why? Because the brain has learned this thing to be an immediate and serious threat. The brain is now trained to fear and recoil. If you lived in a war zone and learned to sleep with one eye open so to speak, the brain is now trained to sense danger at every turn, especially when you’re in such a vulnerable state as sleep. You’re living in a constant state of anxiety because you expect a fatal threat. It’s why sudden noises and movements can trigger anxiety.

The brain is doing what it does. It adapts to perceived threats for survival. This heightened state of anxiety is deemed necessary by the brain, but we were not made to live in such a state. We cant. So the brain is, ironically, slowly killing itself. The brain is rewired and burned out and always looking for that next serious threat. It’s always reminding us that the threat looms. It’s where the subconscious lives. It’s why there’s constant anxiety, why there’s nightmares.

Of course, this can be exacerbated if the trauma is accompanied by severe grief or guilt.

This brings me to my point. If you would not tell someone to just pray the cancer away, I don’t think you can tell them to just pray the trauma away. We’re talking about a real physiological problem happening.

I think grief and guilt can be assuaged by the gospel. But the brain’s inner working itself? It’s a medical problem the same as any other. God absolutely can heal trauma same as cancer, but sometimes he doesn’t. Faith can absolutely bring about peace in hardships and give us the strength to carry on, but it’s not a guarantee that God will remove the hardship. That would be prosperity gospel.

And with all of this we can also recognize that certain treatments or habits may help relieve symptoms without fully curing, it exists on a medical spectrum.

And I think this is true about a lot of mental illness.

For the record, I think most mental illness in modern America is actually spiritual illness. And I think most psychologists are looney tunes. But people abusing a certain field of study and being stupid and misdiagnosing doesn’t negate the field of study as a whole.

If every sick person who walks into a doctors office no matter the symptoms gets diagnosed with cancer, it means the doctor is a quack and we have a problem of over diagnosis of a disease. But it doesn’t mean the disease isn’t real and that a certain percentage of the population doesn’t actually suffer from it. That would be a downright foolish thought.

Hormones, brain function, all of it can affect the mind. The brain is a complex organ. We still can’t fully understand it. And I don’t think we ever will. We know the brain can affect the mind. If it didn’t, people with TBIs would never suffer from sudden mental illness or personality shifts.

It seems wholly unchristian to deny the reality of both our body and the fallen state of the world.

#I mean we can debate treatments and that all day #I for one think exposure therapy goes a lot further than talk therapy most of the time #because if the brain is wired wrongly #we need to actively rewire it #and certain things come about not because of a certain event #but by birth #just like someone might be born with a hole in their heart #it’s possible for someone to be born with a brain not functioning right #but these are all a million different rabbit trails #but boy I am tired of the ‘just be a good Christian and you won’t have problems’ #mindset of MacArthur and crew

[expensivemistake]

The thing about Chip Zdarsky's daredevil run is that it takes inspiration from the Netflix show and forces that into the comic continuity, but it doesn't even lean into the elements I personally love about Netflix Matt?

He's not perfect, but NMCU Matt at his best is shown to be deeply compassionate and has such a rather warm demeanour to him. When he's happy (especially in college-aged flashbacks) he's really expressive. Women like him because he comes across as thoughtful, rather than being a womaniser. And there's no question as to whether he loves Elektra or not, considering he spends most of the Defenders trying to get through to her.

Not to mention that his Catholicism is deeply personal and certainly not devout. He's a person who grew up around religion and is uniquely attuned to the suffering around him, trying to work out his place in being a man of the people.

None of these traits are inherently better than 616 comic Matt, or even drastically different (although I do think they're fundamentally different characters who I like for different reasons).

But I guess my point is that... it feels like Zdarsky's Matt is based mostly off the "he's an emo Catholic who dresses like a devil to let out his anger and also sleeps with loads of women" jokes based on people's perceptions of Netflix Matt, without adapting a lot of the likeability and nuance that made me like him in the first place.

#daredevil #daredevil comics #anti chip zdarsky #matt murdock #I don't think I've ever really 616 ranted on here mostly because I'm more of a murderdock blog LOL #but like... idk I felt like throwing out my take??? #because I genuinely do love Daredevil comics AND the Daredevil Netflix show #which is absolutely flawed and isn't a 1:1 adaptation #but I don't necessarily need an adaptation to be 1:1 when it's good #BUT what bugs me more is the misconceptions that an adaptation can bring #especially when those misconceptions seep their way into the source material #so people are right when they say zdarsky's run is made with the netflix show in mind (particularly his awful treatment of elektra) #but the irony is that zdarsky's matt is just... not netflix matt #so no it doesn't appeal to me #in fact it makes me madder #personally I much prefer when 616 matt is drastically different to his netflix counterpart #I'm done now but byeeee I love you if you read this

[operator-report]

cw: ableism, Worm spoilers through Scourge 19.7

Thinking about Marissa Newland in the club tonight (Saturday afternoon). What a fast track for needing to go lie down.

Do you ever think about what it takes to be able to kill your best friend? What would your relationship with that friend need to be like? ("Sundancer spoke up, calling out, 'Remember the promise we made together.' Noelle didn’t reply.) How would you need to think of her? ("Hate these runs. People look at me funny when I bring a cart of meat and only meat.") How badly would you need to want to go back to your old life? ("How's life among the Travelers?" "Intense. Violent. Lonely.")

The Travelers entire team dynamic is a hideous torment nexus, but the collapse of Noelle and Marissa's friendship really gets to me. Going from Marissa always making sure Noelle ate to Marissa being ashamed of the food runs is agony. Marissa was Noelle's friend who cared for her, and cared about her, the most. Now, when Marissa talks to Noelle, she doesn't respond. Marissa can hold Dinah while she's sick in Noelle's cage, but can no longer reach out to Noelle. All care is completely cut off - Noelle is only a disease, who needs to be managed and grieved.

Marissa hates hurting people, but she can kill Noelle. Taylor just has to first tell Marissa that Noelle is no longer herself. (“She’s… she was my best friend.” “She’s not Noelle anymore.”)

Of course, it's so much more nightmarishly complicated than that. Marissa isn't a bad person, here - she's handling a horrible situation imperfectly. Marissa still loves Noelle. She insists to Taylor over and over again that Noelle is her friend, despite everything. But for one hideous moment, Marissa has to believe that Noelle isn't there, that the thing that Noelle has become isn't really her friend, isn't a person, before she can do the deed. And then Marissa goes right back to mourning.

It's awful. It's an incredibly well-executed tragedy. I don't really have much of a point beyond that, other than, damn. It really does suck that Noelle's friends - even her friend who best understood her struggles - no longer see Noelle as a person. Can't believe that's what killed her, in the end.

#much like there is an absolute gulf between 'treatment' and 'cure' #it's the difference between 'care' and 'management' for me #worm #parahumans #personhood with noelle is such a complicated topic that i really want to sink my teeth into #how much of noelle is her? how much is her shard? who benefits from the noelle-versus-shard divide? and so on #but i still need to finish worm lol #currently on arc 29 as of writing this post

[camels-pen]

the difference between zosopp and sanuso (romantic OR platonic) is that Usopp is Zoro's specialest little guy and Zoro is someone Usopp hangs out with and looks up to and hides behind when things get scary, but Sanji and Usopp are best friends. They horse around, they beat each other up, they confide their worst fears trying to one up each other. Usopp hides behind Sanji sometimes, sure, but idk, Sanji's weaknesses are more obvious (bugs, fighting women, etc) so there are times when Usopp has to stand in front of Sanji too, yknow?

Like, how do I say this, all the crewmates are equal- Usopp and Zoro are equals- but with Sanji it feels like more... comradery? Zoro's a rock in a terrible storm- even rocks tend to get weathered and chipped and worn down, but they overall stay strong and steady. He has trouble being vulnerable and there are times when the burden he's placed on himself to keep the crew safe is crushing his chest. Usopp would help with that and be very understanding, but the point I'm trying to get with that is that those moments are few and far between. So I feel like Usopp, especially after Water 7, would take Zoro's lead on something like that, and keep most of his worries to himself or only talk about them sparingly unless they're really bad and/or he can't hide them.

Sanji is like a tree in a storm; he can be strong, yes, but it feels like he bends and sways with the storm, and has more obvious breaking points. He can relate more to Usopp's struggles rather than resorting to blunt honesty that might border on callous like Zoro. And while, with Zosopp, I tend to think of scenarios with Zoro being blunt like that as a good thing- because sometimes when you're spiraling, it's nice to have someone say exactly what's great about you and shoot down all your worries with straight facts that you can't argue with- I can also see this as being a bad thing. Anxiety can really twist up your brain sometimes, you know? And despite the words, the tone could still mess someone up if they're already feeling like a burden on others in some way.

With Sanuso it's a lot more understanding and thoughtful words. It's distractions and comfort food and patience- the kind reserved for Usopp- until Usopp talks about whatever's troubling him. Compared to Zosopp, it doesn't take as long for Usopp to open up, since he's done the same thing to Sanji at times and it's more familiar to him to talk and commiserate with Sanji about his worries and doubts and such. However, there are times stuff like this has absolutely no effect and Sanji will end up at a loss, no idea what to do or how to help over the course of several days with Usopp being quiet and keeping his distance, and he'll end up working himself up about it which will only serve to make Usopp feel worse and. yeah. bit of a vicious cycle with them.

So it's like. Usopp can be weak with both of them, but since I see Sanji as the type of guy who'd be more open with his worries (at least compared to Zoro), there's less of a need to 'perform' and be his best self around him. He's comfortable around Zoro, yes, but he is constantly wanting to show that he won't be a problem to him. On the other hand, while he's more open with Sanji, and Sanji with him, they tend to relate a bit too much with each other and they both have issues with causing trouble for others and being 'deserving of love' so failed attempts at consoling one hurts the other and creates an unpleasant cycle of misery and avoidance before some other crewmate (Zoro) tells them to quit being stupid and just fucking talk to each other.

#one piece #sanuso #zosopp #long post #nemotime #does this make sense or is this the ramblings of a person who's only got 3 hrs sleep #bc thats me. 3 hrs sleep. ugh #listen okay its like. zosopp has their own growing pains to get through yknow? zoro will eventually get the whole #'oh usopp isnt as open with me bc he wants to seem tough and is also kind of doing the same thing i do. thats bad for him' #and it'll be a whole thing about making a promise between the two of them to try and be more honest with their fears and seeking help #when they need it #the sanuso thing is like. i hope i didnt mean to make it seem like sanuso is 'better' or w/e bc its just a different thing #sanuso got their own problems to sort out. 1. Sanji's everything 2. boundaries on special treatment- #i'm not gonna go seriously into this but both relationships start out not the best and get better over time yknow #also i know usopp's afraid and freaking out a lot but for this post i meant his deeper fears and insecurities #not 'i've got can't-go-on-this-island disease' lmao #the tl;dr of this post is: Usopp is more closed off with Zosopp. Usopp and Sanji have similar issues that cause problems with Sanuso. #also the way i see these ships will probably change at some point. who knows #there was a post i saw recently that was like 'hey sanuso bc romance trio were already chill with each other so sanuso became chill with #each other in an 'alone together' type of way and also they have the same issues' and i thought 'wow so true bestie' and here we are #also. man. usopp taking on / copying the behaviours of his loved ones regardless of his age is just. my jam. in a positive or negative way #maybe i'll make a post about that explaining it more. maybe

[thelostgetfound-artemis]

I find viewers' lack of understanding of Day's anger towards Night very interesting.

There seems to be a very black and white line drawn from some people of:

If Night is the direct cause for Day's blindness, then Day's anger is justified.

Vs

The post episode 9 belief that: it WAS an accident, and therefore Day's anger is not justified.

So I thought I'd simplify part of the motivation behind Days animosity towards his brother with some handy visual aids :))

Every episode leading up to the most recent one has told us as viewers time and time again, that Day does not want to be pitied, that he doesn't want to be treated differently.

He makes it very clear that he is aware the crash was an accident.

And if we set aside the extra layer of him feeling like his place as 'the good son' has been taken, then what we have left is this:

Night was not a doting, responsible older brother previously.

(That's not to say he's a bad person, the nuances to why he was this way is a different post entirely)

His shift to being mature and responsible IS a result of Day going blind.

While Night's change is completely understandable, it doesn't take away from the fact that, for Day it's a constant exposure to the one thing he said he fears from people. The thing that kept him hidden in his room and ignoring his friends for a year.

Your kindness is pity.

You never acted like a good older brother before.

Your actions say: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for you.

#last twilight #last twilight the series #day and night #i love night a lot #and he's in an impossible situation #but day has made it very clear he doesn't want to be treated differently #i had a similar situation with my own older brother #and the sudden change in treatment only makes every kindness feel false #day just needs time #art oh #my gifs to you

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

saw a gamefuna gimmick blog use 'you'll get the lucky carder treatment' as a threat and i Will be incorporating this into my common vernacular thank you very much

#the cryptid speaks #inscryption #'i'll shoot you in the face' too direct; too easy to understand; a bit Much; not good for casual company #'you're going to get the lucky carder treatment' potential victim wont know what's coming; secretive and cool; use with anyone #(you're the only one who will understand what it means anyways) #i really need to finish my current inscryption re-play #i dont like seeing luke die but i Do like getting fucked up party style about his doomed narrative and 15 different kinds of symbolism

[scoutermalware]

I understand that there’s a lot of room to be like “this is, or Was at the time, probably his least favorite individual nanosecond out of of his entire life. Imagine finally being killed by the guy who brutally destroyed your planet and tortured you extremely personally for decades. but you are resurrected last minute in the fight against him. you fuckin. make it over to him. you MOCK HIM. you IMMEDIATELY get sent really, really far away with no way to return to where you were and then this OTHER guy. whom you also hate. for different reasons. goes through quite a lot of trouble to let the bastard live”

but this moment itself is just so funny to me. Porunga used /kick. Back to lobby junior this isn’t your fight. You are not the guy. Go pick some grass

#i forgot my text post tag #interested in other possible least favorite individual nanoseconds. #This would be worse than being killed i think like it would sting in a different way. That did definitely suck though #IGNORE ME!!! #theres another thread here that goes ‘feeling slighted or insulted by freeza getting the same treatment he did’ #‘and eventually spending a lot of time ruminating about Someone Thinking The Two Of You Are Alike In Any Way’ #discovering that his forgiveness isn’t just for you ……… finding that it can be completely misguided #Wondering if it’s misguided!!! wondering if it’s deserved #if it’s fair. It wasn’t for freeza it was wrong. it was too hopeful. maybe you’re the same as your surrogate tortureparent #Maybe This Cannot Be Removed From You. maybe you’ll take advantage of it like he did because he’d have taught you to #Idk………. idk #incomprehensible post i may delete this tomorrow. I need sleep now. Good Night. #sticker book

[darkwood-sleddog]

Can the balanced dog trainers please stop fucking talking about positive reinforcement as if those dogs are not “obedience trained”? A majority of competition obedience dogs I know were trained with R+. Letting your dog wander on the end of a line because you want to do so does not = untrained. It is simply…a choice.

#dogblr #dog training #I try to hear both sides and follow a diversity of people but this really stands out to me #1.) balanced means using multiple quadrants. positive reinforcment is part of that #2.) balanced trainers come off really insecure in their own philosophy when they do stuff like this #you should not have to put down other dog owners and trainers to elevate yourself #if you have to do this constantly there is a problem #the reality is to me so many of these people scream ‘I’m important and smart look at me me me!’ #the equating of r+ as = untrained in these circles is wildly prolific #‘I fixed this former r+ dog that was reccomend for BE!’ #acting like all r+ people are the inexperienced pet folks who have taken a single puppy petsmart class #and not a wide variety of individuals with varying abilities #meanwhile how dare r+ and force free people put THEM in the same box as abusive aversives using people #it’s just…how do these people have time to be like this #like shouldn’t you be training dogs? #every time people talk poorly about positive reinforcment I want to take them to a zoo #the hyenas do cooperative care with positive reinforcement #the tigers wolves and bears and other large dangerous animal too #your domestic dog is not different or special or in any way more in need of aversive treatment

[natsmagi]

the day ppl stop representing natsume as this super toxic guy who'd tell everyone to kill themselves and is rude to all his friends when hes only aggressive towards tsumugi because tsumugi told natsume he can use him as his punching bag due to what he put him through during the war and wants him to have a way to let out his grievances and with others is at most just dismissive of them and thinks theyre annoying and a bother is the day ill finally know peace

#“natsume would call u slurs and tell u to kys” WRONG!!!!! hed do that to tsumugi #get it right #his treatment towards tsumugi is NOT UNIVERSAL!!!!! #like literally just look at his relationship with sora #with anzu #with the oddballs #how the hell do yall come to this conclusion so often #hes the king of fanservice guys hes fake as fuck have u seen his dreamlive shit #hes a different beast with tsumugi and just annoyed when with subaru #both of which are affectionate too mind u #SO IM LIKE ?? #whatever #needed to get this off my chest #nat rambles #nats enst posting

[dreamlogic]

going through another round of "what if i got a cane would my life be easier with a cane should i get a cane" hmmmm

#ctxt #chronic blogging #i'd probably hold off until i'm further into treatment to see if it improves things enough to remove the (maybe??) need #but a lil extra support sure would be nice #i don't really have trouble walking usually. occasionallygetting up from sitting is hard #mainly it just FUCKING HURTS standing still for longer than a couple minutes #and flamingoing it to put all my weight on one foot isn't very comfortable either #i feel like it would increase comfort a lot to be able to distribute my weight more evenly between my good side & a cane #but i'm not sure if it would make enough of a difference to be worth lugging a cane around and having it be in the way when not in use #i would want something made of lightweight wood and with enough of a curve to the handle that i could hook it over my elbow #to keep it outta the way. or get one of those wrist straps #idk my mobility isn't really limited but i am in a lot of pain frequently and standing without something to lean on makes it a lot worse #cane users please feel free to weigh in

[spoonietimelordy]

Like just so we're clear because that's my limite: if you think that people who don't want to be pathologised are fascist, just block me. Like block me right now. Those newly diagnosed autistic people who claim that, have visibly never interacted with non-audhd neurodivergent people and it's clear. You don't have to be high functioning to not identify with the pathology framework, just look at the madpride mouvement for god sake.

#that's who aspi-supremacist are #they're fascist #they're fascists who think that some autistic people are better than others #dont you dare compare the social model of disability to their superiority complex #(yes i re-downloaded tiktok for 1min #and delated it just after #i need to see what people's answers were) #yes i'm still really made at where the autistic community is going #you can want to be cure #you can want treatment (i do to for some stuff!) #but you can't force people to want that for themselves too #disableing the reblogs because this was an emotion post #not a well thought out one #so i dont want it to spread #i have written better and more nuanced posts about my opinions on the different models of disability #this one was just pure rage #and stend by it #but dont take it to mean that I'm hating on people who do prefer the medical model for themselves #because i'm not

[7amaspayrollmanager]

I think RFK is unfortunately getting the Madeline Miller treatment omg

#treatment i mean negative #shes become the pariah for overblown ya/adult fantasy booktok but still better than booktok but not that amazing to be held where she is #i didnt use pariah right but u know what i mean #like madeline miller tsoa normal fine but victim to annoying fans plus book publishing world decided they needed 10 different #iliad greek myth retellings that were all bad very bad

[sepia-stained-sunset]

At the shelter we have these thick gloves that we use when we absolutely have to handle a very unhappy cat. They're a second-to-last resort thing (last resort is this net device that stresses everyone out) but they are very good at their job. They're made of a tough material that the cats can't bite through or scratch at, and they're resistant to anything else a kitty might try. The cat is always unhappy but no one gets hurt and that's the most important thing.

Anyway Bruce will use Clark like this whenever one of his kids is being a squirrely asshole. Can't break any of Clark's bones, can't even break skin, just have to hang limply by the scruff as he carts you back home so that you actually take your pain meds.

Slsksksks headcanon 100% accepted!!

Bruce calls Clark when his kids are being difficult, Bruce calls Diana when his kids are being difficultTM

Clark actually carries them back in (they protest but they don't mind it and it feels nice, especially if Kon tags along and layers them with TTK)

Diana just raises an eyebrow and they all immediately stop protesting.

#tim has a slightly different process because none of the other yj members will let him get away #with skipping out on treatment. Cassie will pick him up and bridal carry him if she must. Kon carries him like he carries a baby calf #so he learns not to protest too much because he does not need his siblings to witness him being (gently) treated like a baby cow #batfam shenanigans