Fish want me, Woman fear me—

To recover, you literally need to manually learn skills that most people learn as a toddler

You need to learn what makes your body uncomfortable, and what to do to fix it

If you are high-masking, that usually means that you have learned to ignore every distress signal your body sends unless it is a distress signal that a neurotypical person would recognize. People have likely been unintentionally gaslighting you about your lived experience your entire life

If you feel bad or panicked for no reason, stop and try to pay attention to your body. Are you tense? You are likely feeling physical pain somewhere. If you've been gaslit about your pain your entire life, you might not be able to identify it.

Go through a sensory checklist.

SIGHT: Try closing and covering your eyes. If this gives you relief, the lights are probably too bright. You may also need differently-colored lights

SOUND: Cover your ears. Does this give you relief? If so, you may need earplugs or noise canceling headphones. You may also benefit from a neutral or pleasant background noise, like soft music or brown noise.

TOUCH: Are your clothes uncomfortable? Your chair? Your body? Do you feel greasy, like you need a shower? Do you need softer, sensory-friendly clothing?

TASTE: Do you need to brush your teeth or tongue? Would chewing on something help?

SMELL: Is there a strong or unpleasant smell in the room? Do you need to clean or empty a trash can? Would an air purifier help? Would a pleasant smell like a candle help?

INTEROCEPTION: Are you hungry? Thirsty? Tired? How is your posture? Are any of your muscles tight or sore? Scan your body slowly from head to feet, tensing and loosening each group of muscles. Going for a walk or doing a series of quick stretches may help a lot.

Learning how to do this stuff is not intuitive, if you've had an entire lifetime of gaslighting telling you that everything hurting you isn't a big deal and you're being dramatic over nothing.

This takes time, it takes work, it's not intuitive, and it's hard. Most people forget how hard it is, because they learned this as toddlers.

>veggies

𝕾𝖞𝖓𝖔𝖕𝖘𝖎𝖘. Reader is a vegetarian 

𝕻𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘. The lost boys, star, michael x g.n. reader

𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖑 highkey i could see his mother being a vegetarian at some point so he's probably accustomed to it. He might even know some recipes too.

𝕯𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖉 lowkey offended. Bro is a carnivorous carnivore. Meat for life ayo I think he'd try to get you to eat meat but give up pretty quickly. Human food shouldn't be his entire life after all.

𝕯𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖓𝖊 does it look like he gives a fuck because he doesnt. Genuinely why would he care? You're eating right? That's enough for him. He literally eats people. Why would he mind you eating veggies?

𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑 in my mind hes like the best cook there is so i think hed enjoy having someone in his life who's vegetarian because it gives him an excuse to use max’s money and cook something new. (its mainly for maxs money but wtv)

𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖔 bro is trying to construct the most impressive monumental salads. Like hes making the fucking eiffel tower out of cellary and carrots for you to eat. 

𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗 honestly i think i could see her being a vegetarian as well. With her not wanting to hurt people I could see her wanting to try vegetables as an alternative. 

the title is the most bullshit ass cheek crease sweat I've ever made I want to die where THE FUCK is my creativity rn