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I learned about this the other day, when I posted about palinopsia (visual trailing/afterimages) being common in autistic people, and a couple of our followers told me about their VSS. I did some more research, and discovered that I also have it.

Visual Snow Syndrome is a neurological condition that interferes with visual processing. It’s caused by hyperactivity and hyper-excitability of nerves in certain areas of the brain that process visual information.

The core feature of VSS is constantly seeing tiny, fuzzy “feedback” in the environment. It’s kind of like seeing the world through a staticky TV screen. Some people’s visual static is larger than others. Mine is relatively fine-grained, but it gets bigger and more obvious in low lighting.

Some of the other symptoms of VSS include:

Palinopsia (visual trailing/afterimages)

Photophobia (sensitivity to light)

Increased and enhanced ectopic phenomenon, such as floaters, phosphenes, and Scheerer’s phenomenon

Seeing glare, starbursts, and halos around lights

Difficulty seeing at night/in the dark

Seeing random flashes of light and/or color, without cause from the environment

It’s common for people with VSS to experience comorbid migraines, but VSS is not the same thing as migraine aura.

So, why do autistic people often have VSS?

It comes down to the fact that VSS is caused by the hyper-excitability of neurons in areas of the brain that process visual information. A core feature of autism is hyper-excitable neurons, especially in areas of the brain that have to do with sensory processing. So it makes sense that autism would often inadvertently cause VSS.

Here are some illustrations of visual phenomenon that VSS causes, in case you want a better understanding of what the world looks like for me and many other autistic people.

Visual snow/static:

Palinopsia/image trailing:

Scheerer’s Phenomenon (tiny bright moving dots):

Starbursts around lights:

Floaters:

I hope y’all have learned something :)

I’ve found it very intriguing to realize that the way I see the world is more unique than I once knew!

sudden onset of many floaters can be a sign of sudden retinal detachment, and you need A&E right away,

halos/starbursts around lights can be a symptom of glaucoma or cataracts,

flashes/small dots of light can be also caused by retinal detachment or other ocular and non-ocular causes

Sources: I work in ophthalmic research + I linked some websites for more info.

I already posted these as sketch vs final, but you know what, have the layer breakdown as well!

Bonus bonus, HEELS BABY

anon asked: 안녕하세요! My Korean friends keep telling me bad words in Korean but not tell me what they mean! Please help me know what they mean? Can you give a list of all the swears in Korean?

Hello! 안녕하세요! I did an ask similar to this I can link them here [x]. 

AS A REMINDER: This is for educational purposes only! Please read the following blog with caution. I will censor all words, so use your imagination. 

놈 - b*stard

년 - b*tch

좆 - d*ck/c*ck (this word can usually be combined with other swears)

개새끼 - SOB // son of a b*tch (can be shortened to 개새)

씨발 - f*ck

젠장 - damn it!

병신 - jerk / *sshole

엿먹어 - f*ck you

꺼져 - get the hell out / leave me the f*ck alone

보지 - p*ssy

좆됐어 - i’m f*cked / it’s f*cked

미친(놈/년) - crazy b*stard / b*tch

좆나//존나 ‘x’ - f*cking ‘x’      > you can use this like 존나 맛있어 - fkn delicious!

변태 - pervert

These are really the only ones I know - so if other ppl have more, put them in the comments or reblog to help anon out! 

I hope this helps! Now when your Korean friends tell you a bad word, you can trick them haha! Best of luck and Happy Learning :)

lan zhan, the second young master of gusu lan, courtesy name lan wangji, also known as hanguang-jun, and one of the twin jades of lan. an incomprehensibly beautiful dilf.

Sometimes, characters want contact that has nothing to do with sex or violence. Send one of these for your character to reach out to mine.

Shoulder Clasp

Across the Shoulder hug

Hair Ruffle

Gentle headlock

Full body lean

Feet in lap

Head in lap

Hair petting

Ambush hug

Not so ambush hug

Pulling mine into their lap

Cheek kiss

Forehead kiss

Brushing hair out of mine’s face

Fixing shirt collar

Fixing shirt cuffs

Fixing a clothing tag

Tying shoes

Taking off shoes

Carrying while half asleep

Hand holding

Leaning their head on mine’s shoulder tiredly

Absently tracing patterns on the nearest exposed skin

Pushing glasses into place

Offering their drink

Offering their snack

Kissing the back of mine’s hand

Looping their arm around mine’s waist and leaning against mine’s back

Crawling into bed with

Using shoulder as a pillow

Pulling mine’s arm around their shoulder

Hair brushing

Brushing lint off of

Giving a foot massage

Giving a back massage

Giving a scalp massage

Rubbing circles on mine’s back

Sharing a secret smile

Booping the nose

Touching noses together

Resting foreheads together

Resting cheeks together

Sharing a blanket

Taking over mine’s seat while they’re in it

Poking with fingers/toes

Painting mine’s nails

Putting jewelry on mine

Doing mine’s hair

Pinkie promise

High five

Fist bump

Secret handshake

Hipcheck

Pulling mine into a dance

I had a spontaneous urge to draw cuddles and ended up turning them into a small art meme ^^ Haven’t seen many pose memes for platonic pairings, maybe it’s of use to someone!

I decided to make my own pose meme since I already finished the last one and I still want to draw more~ ^^

And as much as I love romantic scenes, I thought it would be great to include poses that would work well with characters who are friends or those who don’t get along at all. 

For those who want to try this out as well, please remember to just use the poses as references and not to trace/draw over them since that would be cheating! Obviously. lol

[edit] Guys, there’s no need to ask permission to do this! If you want to try, you’re free to do so as long as you credit me for the poses. If I didn’t want others to use this meme, I wouldn’t have put a reminder at the last part. Also, you may use the poses as a reference for commissions as long as you don’t trace/draw over them. Again, these are references and not bases.