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i think people really under sell the physical side effects of mental health disorders sometimes. like sure the depression and anxiety may be 'just in your head' but when what's in your head happens to disrupts your sleep schedule and prevent you from going outside regularly and eating consistent meals and exercising and generally taking care of your body. well it sure takes its toll huh.

My understanding of the connection between physical and mental health was fundamentally changed when I became ill with menopause symptoms: by the time I was properly diagnosed I was so anaemic that my red blood cells had started to die, and one of the symptoms of that is - extreme irritability. Apparently flying into a rage with your partner because they're coughing in another room is a symptom of iron deficiency? How does that even work? Fortunately for my partner, I went on a three-month course of horrible ferritin pills (which played hell with my digestion) and became much calmer.

What do you guys do for work. Job share time. I want to know

I am so tired of short-attention-span, trim-the-fat culture. All writing advice these days is for how to write like Chuck Palahniuk. "Cut 'think', cut 'feel', cut 'wonder' - only action, only pushing forward, show and move and move and move." What if I could emulate this style, and still don't want to? What if I want to write like Henry James, with three paragraphs of introspective musings between each dialogue line? The music advice is, "make it shortform, make it Tik-Tok compatible, make it punchy, hit the refrain as soon as possible." What if I want that 10-minute prog rock piece? What if I want that symphony? What if I want it slow and luxurious and lazy? Movies. Series. Poetry. Bodies. Everything is "trimmed trimmed trimmed trimmed, stripped bare, you have three seconds to win me over, make it airport chic." I don't want to win you over, then, I guess. I want the fat left it. I want the pleasure and the indolence and the indulgence. Fuck this art-advice that's always "your art needs Ozempic."

One day I’ll get into the magnificent seven tv show too and I think I’ll have collected them all

if ur lgbt+ im curious: if u can remember, what was your first major Gay Ship?

What's a book written by a woman that changed your life or that you consider a classic? Any genre, any language.