light is the way.

“In 2016 Chinese officials confirmed they had lost control of the space station and it would crash to Earth in 2017 or 2018. China’s space agency has since notified the UN that it expects Tiangong-1 to come down between October 2017 and April 2018. Since then the station’s orbit has been steadily decaying. In recent weeks it has dipped into more dense reaches of Earth’s atmosphere and started falling faster.”

Source:

The ESA predicted that fragments could fall over any spot within 43ºN and 43ºS, latitudes which encompass major Asian cities such as Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore and New Delhi.  The Middle East, the African continent, parts of Europe such as Spain and Italy as well as American cities like San Francisco, New York and Miami are also within the latitude range.

The space agency explained that it is not possible to provide more precise landing locations. 

bitte hört auf, Leute als “Mädchen” zu beleidigen. Hört auf, Männer auszulachen, weil sie “unmännliche Dinge” tun (z.B. Cocktails trinken, stricken, die Brigitte lesen, …) Etwas “mädchenhaftes” ist nichts dummes, schlechtes, oder albernes. Egal, wer sich so verhält. Ganz abgesehen davon, dass es in den meisten Fällen unsinnig ist, ein Verhalten oder bestimmte Gegenstände einem einzigen Geschlecht zuzuordnen, bringen solche “Witze” nur mit sich, dass sie direkt oder indirekt Frauen verachten.

by Nolan D, certified real life Person With Borderline™ (srsly, why would you trust sources written by neurotypicals????)

if you have bpd or you’re interested in learning how to be helpful to ppl with bpd, this is for you!!

i wrote this guide because my family and friends were having some trouble understanding bpd/helping me feel better. i tried to make it customizable, so feel free to add to it, remove things, or change things to suit your unique Borderline Experience™ (but pls don’t alter this actual post it will hurt my feelings. copy/paste friends).

like/reblog if you decide to use it or find it helpful pls, so that i know if i’m being useful!

What is BPD?

BPD is a cluster B personality disorder, along with antisocial, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorders. Cluster B disorders are distinguished by dramatic, highly emotional, and/or erratic behavior. Borderlines are characterized by rocky interpersonal relationships, extreme emotions, issues with self-image, and trouble with impulse control. We may also experience symptoms associated with mania and/or psychosis.

What am I going through as a person with BPD?

Intense emotions and mood swings

Inappropriate and/or unreasonable anger and irritability

Impulsive and risky behavior, can include: spending excessive amounts of money, taking too many drugs, drinking too much, promiscuity, and self-harm

Predisposition to addiction

Difficult and intense relationships, often full of arguments, conflict, and breakups

Higher probability of being abused and/or raped

Sudden intense episodes of anxiety, depression, and mania-like behavior

Feelings of self-hatred, often resulting in suicidal thoughts and behavior

Hallucinations, including auditory, sensory, olfactory, and visual

Delusions, particularly an obsessive fear and belief that people are going to abandon me

Extreme need for attention in order to feel that I am worthy of living

Unstable self-image and lack of consistent personality/identity, often resulting in mimicking the behavior and personalities of fictional characters and real-life loved ones

Excessive self-criticism

Feelings of emptiness

Awareness of/guilt because of destructive behaviors, but feeling unable to stop

Dissociative states under stress, in which I feel a disconnection from my body and from reality

Unstable goals/aspirations

Tendency to interpret the emotions of others as overwhelmingly negative

Paranoia that people hate me or are annoyed by everything I do

Idolizing people I’ve just met

Fear that I am faking my symptoms, no matter how severe they are

Fear that I am being manipulative or abusive

Possessiveness of loved ones

Constant need for reassurance

So how can you help me?

Offer frequent unprompted reassurance that you love me, are not annoyed by me, and are not going to leave me/stop supporting me. If I have to ask for this reassurance, I will feel that I have manipulated you into giving it and will be unable to believe what you say.

Respect that I need to be given space sometimes, and comforted at other times. I need space if I seem to be pushing you away or shutting down. Tell me that you will be available if I need you so that I won’t feel abandoned, then leave the situation. I need comfort if I am clinging to you or refuse to leave you alone.

Never tell me that I’m overreacting. It is not my fault that I experience extreme emotions.

Do not threaten punishment for impulsive behavior. This includes saying that you will take me to the hospital if I continue. Offer to talk me through it instead.

If you don’t have BPD, don’t tell me that you know how I’m feeling. You don’t. Empathy is much appreciated, but if you say you can sympathize with me, I will begin to feel distrustful of what you say.

Never say or imply that I don’t actually have BPD. I get enough of that shit from myself.

Hear. Me. Out. No matter what I have to say. You don’t have to agree, just listen.

Tell me why I’m not a bad person. Have examples to back it up because I will likely accuse you of empty compliments.

If I become unreasonably angry at you, be aware that I will feel incredibly guilty and remorseful later. When that happens, accept my apology and move on if you are able to.

Never tell me to “just stop” doing something destructive. I guarantee that if I could stop, I would have already. Instead, gently ask me things like “Why do you think you’re doing this?” + “Do you think it is helpful for you?” + “How is it helpful? How is it not helpful?” If I am in a panic state/dissociative state and answer with “I don’t know!”/refuse or am unable to provide an answer, please determine if I need to be given space or comforted, and act accordingly.

When I dissociate, I often appear zoned-out, distracted, or dead-eyed. I may be unable to see you, hear you, or speak to you. A gentle touch on the shoulder may or may not snap me out of it. Stay with me and make sure I don’t do anything dangerous until I come back to reality.

Do not judge me for my actions, and especially do not imply that I am being a bad person. Do not try to make me feel guilty for anything, no matter what. Instead, gently ask questions about my behavior, and try to understand the underlying cause.

Use lots of words with positive connotations when speaking to me.

Just from personal experience.

1: Never try to draw on an empty stomach. You’ll make mistakes and be uncomfortable. (But don’t stuff yourself till you’re sick either.)

2: If you have to go to the bathroom, go. A full bladder or otherwise does serious damage to the attention and patience spans. Plus it gives you time to stretch your legs.

3: Before you ink it, leave it alone. Come back later (a few hours, a day?) and check for major anatomy mistakes. Work on something else while you’re waiting.

4: Stay hydrated! The brain and fine motor skills work better when properly circulated.

5: Do not have an excessive amount of sugar before sitting down to work. You’ll get jittery and impatient. Same goes for immense amounts of caffeine.

6: If you’re stuck, take a break to stand and stretch. Walk around the room. But don’t THINK of it as a break. Just take time to really focus on your body. Loosen it up, get a goooood long stretch and some deep breaths. (but don’t pass out!) It’ll jolt the mind awake and let you really relax a moment.

7: Keep. All. Your. Old. Art. I don’t care what it is. Keep it. Date it if it’s in your computer folders. Make a suitcase filled with it. (I personally have ALL my old art in a thick work folder.)

8: Keep your sketchbooks together, used and unused. If there’s a good sale on sketchbooks, get two or three! You won’t regret it later. There’s no such thing as too many. (I currently have about ten spankin’ new sketchbooks and I know I’ll need/use every single one of them.)

9: Date your sketchbooks. Put a start and finish date on them.

10: I’m afraid I don’t practice this one: date your drawings. You’ll be happy about it later. You don’t need to SIGN every drawing, but do date them. At least date pages.

11: ART BLOCK HAPPENS. Art block is pretty much a CONSTANT state of mind for artists. You’re never out of art block totally. But sometimes you get bursts of inspiration that make it feel like you’re out. So instead of feeling like you’re ill if you suddenly have artblock, remind yourself that this happens all the time, and you get out of it eventually, every time. c:>

12: If you’re REALLY stuck on some bad art block, do what I do.

Draw a brain barf. This is where you take a blank sheet of paper, and you just LET your hand be random. Draw whatever comes to mind, as it comes to mind. in the middle of drawing a hippo in a top hat but you think of a jolly rancher riding a unicycle? Switch immediately.

Let your brain just vomit all over the page. You’ll be surprised what comes up and what art block this can get you out of. It’s gotten me out of it various times.

13: Take advice from more experienced artists. But do NOT take everything as Gospel. Some people are just wrong.

14: HAND SHYNESS/ ART ENVY/ SELF CONSCIOUSNESS/ AND SKILL IMPATIENCE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE like a Titan. Do not let yourself get shy after looking at ‘better art’, do not let yourself think your art is worthless or your skills are worthless, and do not let yourself get frustrated that you cannot be at a higher skill level RIGHT NOW. Your brain will try to do this. All the time. Keep yourself in check. If you keep going at it, and keep working, you will get better. This is why you keep your old art. Look at it to remind you how far you’ve come.

15: Draw what you like. This is so important. (This does not apply for exploitative art. :l That’s just wrong. So long as you’re not targeting someone harmfully, I guess you’re fine.)

But don’t let people’s preferences dictate what you can and can’t draw. Draw whatever the heck you like. Accept that no matter WHAT there will be someone out there that hates it. Always. This is just a fact of life. But don’t let it get you down. I would have stopped being an artist at day one if I had.

16: You never. Stop. Learning. Ever. You will be old and grey and still be learning new things. That’s okay. That’s the nature of art. Even the ‘pros’ don’t know everything.

“Germany is not full” Even after the eight hundred thousand refugees? 

Yes, we are still not full.

Even after the local governments bulldozing parks and building refugee camps overnight despite protests?

That literally never happend.

Even after the immigrants are mostly healthy young men,

Healthy young men are still humans who can die to bullets and bombs.

who immediately start trying to change the environment they appear in?

I don’t understand what you are talking about. In which way are they trying to change this enviroment? 

What are they running from?

The Syrian civil war and other conflict/war zones.

And why are they leaving the women and children, if they are truly refugees from wartorn countries?

The frustration between your desire to make good art vs your current skill set is a good thing. It’s a really, really good thing. That frustration is you CARING about your work. If you didn’t care you’d feel nothing.

If you didn’t have that frustration there would be literally no point to making art. Without that frustration you’d have no drive to improve, no desire to see your work live, no connection to what you created. Your standards are high and skill takes time to learn to meet them. Lean into it rather than fight against it.