If you find autism self diagnosis so concerning, you are more than welcome to send a self diagnosed stranger $2000+ so they can seek a professional assessment.
Be the change you want to see 💖
"Why are safe foods so often junk food or prepackaged foods?"
Because of consistency. Raw foods or freshly made foods run the risk of being off: undercooked, overcooked, mushy, too crunchy etc.
That box of chicken nuggets hasn't changed in two decades.
Just ask any autistic how they feel if the company suddenly changes the ingredients.
It's safe because it's not going to surprise us as much as raw foods.
The guys wants to leave a better place. Bravo.
#Patagonia #YvonChouinard
normal vs not normal: pain edition
normal: your knees/hips starting to twinge after climbing a big set of stairs
not normal: climbing stairs is hard for you, and you start to feel pain after a couple steps
normal: you wake up feeling pain after doing a lot of exercise the day before
not normal: you wake up feeling pain regardless of your activities the day before
normal: you are usually a zero on the pain scale
not normal: you cannot imagine what a pain scale zero would feel like
normal: when you experience pain, there is a direct reason for it, and it is able to be fixed with over-the-counter drugs (such as paracetamol)
not normal: you can’t figure out why you’re in pain, and taking over-the-counter painkillers doesn’t always work to fix it
normal: you do not spend most of your time in pain
not normal: you’ve spent most of your time in pain for over three months
if you experience pain regularly and for seemingly no reason, go to the doctor! you are not supposed to be in pain, and you deserve to find out what’s going on with your body!
DAILY PAIN IS NOT NORMAL NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PARENTS SAY
Me: “I’d like equal access.”
Ableds: “Well don’t you think you’re special.”
To all the disabled Heathens and Pagans. You are valid. You are not a "bad" Heathen or Pagan because you don't have enough spoons to attend your deities. You are not "lazy" because you are not able to "forage" for your own herbs. You are not "useless" if you are not able to grow your own food. You are not "too defective", "too broken", "not worthy", "too weak"
You are valid and I see you. You are enough. You are loved. Your deities see you and are not going to abandon you. Your ancestors see you and they are not ashamed of you.
You are amazing. You are beautiful, and you are stronger than you think you are. You are a fighter and a survivor.
when hayao miyazaki said that true love was two people inspiring each other to live…recognizing just how hard living is, putting one foot in front of the other every day, how easy it is to lose our passion for it…… that’s the real shit
“I know just the book you’re looking for. Here— don’t mind the moss, it’s part of the magic. But remember, you must return it by the due date, or the butterflies will find you.”
He asked me when I fell in love with him and I knew it sounded dramatic to say the moment I saw him, so I told him this story of my grandma who had Alzheimer's- she forgot her name and the words for fruit and food, she forgot her address and how to use the washroom, all her life lost to the disease. The only thing she remembered was her son's name and when that began to fade, the one thing she always remembered was that she loved him, even in illness, even in insanity. She saw this 6 foot 2 man with a scrubby beard and she didn't know him but she said she trusted him, she asked him to hold her hand when she died. When does memory end and love begin? All I know is- she loved him before she remembered him.
-Ritika Jyala, excerpt from The world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire
semifinaldestination-deactivate
Some people will be mentally ill for their lifetime and it won’t be because they didn’t try hard enough