August 17, 1924 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

I have very little reach on tumblr but figured I would cross post here: last year I had surgery for tethered cord syndrome, and during treatment it was confirmed that I also have a chiari malformation. We've been monitoring it but i've shown concerning decline in the past 8 weeks- dizziness, loss of sensation in fingers, neuropathy, speech/vision/hearing issues, balance, falling and more- and my neurosurgery team needs to operate on me right now.

it comes as a very sudden shock, I thought i would have been able to hang in there until 2024 so we could plan financially and I could qualify for paid leave, but it's a very urgent priority and treatment can't be delayed any longer. i'm scared and nervous but relieved this will all be over soon! with the support of the community in fundraising i can recover comfortably from a scary, physically and emotionally exhausting time

pls share 🤍 thank you very much!!

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Some people don't realize how hard it is to live a future you didn't plan on having

airplane in the clouds resin teacup ☁️ | source

You don't have to be 'good' or 'quiet' to deserve respect and compassion!

You shouldn't have to beg, act perfectly, or minimize your feelings, in order to be treated fairly!

gay angel spectrum

they’re frieeeeeends 😭

Alright have one then

Doggust 2023 by Jonathan Wesslund

promise me you'll stay on this site for 10 more years okay?

OK now what

ANOTHER 20

AUTISM RULES.

morons are complaining about all the reinforced gender norms and terf mentality in barbie (2023) when she literally said “actually there is no such thing as a definition for womanhood or manhood because the notion of both of those is literally turning us against each other so we are all better off without them.” and they’ll blink and say “but it was so glittery and pink and hated men!” i am literally. spraying you with a pressure washer.

“Ma'am, I understand you need to empty out your desk, but–”

It has just occurred to me that OP was talking about a breakup.

No wait yours is so much more powerful

growing up with a psychologist for a mother was so funny because my sister and i would be like “mo-om why do we have to go to bed now” and she would respond with a long explanation of the research on the effects of sleep on the brain and body followed by another explanation on permissive vs. authoritarian vs. authoritative parenting styles, with citations

this was actually really good in some instances though because i started having insomnia and intrusive thoughts very young and when little me was like “mom i don’t like the thoughts in my head but i can’t make them go away and i can’t sleep” she replied with “oh honey. active thought suppression never works. in fact, wegner et al. (1987) tested this when they told a bunch of people to talk about whatever they wanted, and they told half of them to try not to think about a white bear. people thought more about the white bear when they were trying not to think about it! but when they told the people to think about a red car whenever thoughts of the white bear came to mind, the people had a much easier time not thinking about the white bear. so you see, you can’t force the thoughts out of your mind. you just have to let them pass through, and pick something else that you want to focus on”

and so ever since i was a very little kid i knew how to deal with intrusive thoughts, I’ve had them my whole life but never developed ocd or senses of shame about them cause my mom did her phd on thought suppression and she knows what’s up

for those who don't know, tumblr URL tricks:

for the links to open, your blog must be visible on web, to do this go to accounts -> visibility -> switch both the options on

and for the tags searches, if the tag is like #space stuff that is there's a space between the words of the tag by which you're searching insert a %20 for every space that's there in the tag, so it'd be like URL.tumblr.com/tagged/space%20stuff for the tag #space stuff

something about the new popular shows seems awfully familiar to me hmmmm.....

Peeing

Again with this

are you mad at me?

Knock it off

Huh, must've been the wind.

i hate high-budget star trek you have no business with that. put a unicorn hat on a cocker spaniel. wear felt

star trek should be about three things

1. a hopeful, if complicated, future

2. the most batshit insane gay subtext youve ever seen in your life

3. sequins