I titled it

Dick Grayson - Nightwing

didn't realize its been a while since my last picture of him

something showy and a little glam (my entire aesthetic if we're honest)

No.

hi i forgot to take my pm meds last night for the first time in over a year (i'm fine!) but then I also got a comment on this today and remembered it's one of my favorite things i've ever written for batman fandom and so i'm sharing it again. be safe and take your meds, babes. ***

Then there was the government shutdown, and he was a contractor with Ferris Air, and those contracts were frozen and there went his savings and his energy and his time and at some point, he’d simply decided he’d be okay without them.

“I thought I’d be okay without them,” he said. “The anesthesia had changed how they worked, maybe it had fixed that, too.”

This was the part where Bruce would say, Jordan, you’re an idiot. Hal would argue, but secretly agree with him.

“Have you been okay without them,” is what Bruce said instead, and that was worse.

An outstanding young scientist, a leader in his field, gets too drunk on his own Kool-Aid and has an Inciting Incident that gets him tossed out of academia. So he reinvents himself in a very low profile position, just quietly helping people rather than using his expertise.

Suddenly, a mysterious figure in a long coat sweeps in and press-gangs him into a project of world-saving importance. They swear they just need his smarts, but then they end up throwing him into the middle of the fight against his will.

Then he partners up with an irascible short stack engineer who basically bullies him into having some confidence, and he ends up using both his smarts and his badassery to help save the world.

And PHM gave me the "ride off into the sunset and do science together" ending that Marvel denied me!

sleep. your body needs to rest. the average panic attack takes as much energy as running a half-marathon. let yourself rest. take a 20 minute nap. any longer and you’ll hit your REM cycle, and you’ll wake up worse off. after, you’ll feel so much better.

clean something. literally anything. a plate, a drawer, the whole mf bathroom. it doesn’t matter how much or how little. it’ll make you feel more in control, and it’ll make your surroundings more appropriate for recovery.

get some fresh air. even just opening your window for a few hours will help. if you feel up to it, take a walk. take your dog. pick some flowers. cloudgaze. even just sit in your garden for a bit. your body will thrive off of non-stale air. 

eat and drink. I know for some people, myself included, this is Hard. it’s alright if all you can manage is a granola bar, or some cereal. anything is progress and will fuel your body. drink water if you can, but anything apart from alcohol will hydrate you.

take a shower. I have clinical depression. have done since I was 12. I know how hard it is to take a shower. but it fucking helps. if you don’t do anything else off this list, do this. it’ll help more than you know.

talk to someone. I can’t stress this enough. humans are social creatures! we crave interaction. even the most introverted introvert needs to talk to someone. call your mom. text a buddy. skype your brother. chat to your local cashier. anything !! you’ll feel less alone, and hopefully get some good serotontitty flowing.

do something fun! same as above, it’ll make u feel so much bette, and provide a distraction. some good options are writing, drawing, watching a movie, dancing - anything you enjoy!

be kind to yourself. it’s okay if you relapsed, or if you had a bad day, or anything else. treat yourself gently. you wouldn’t so harsh to a friend in your situation. it’s gonna be okay.

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