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different people have different standards for being “put-together”. my standard for being put-together is being able to ride the bus without having a panic attack. don’t judge yourself too harshly

I CAUGHT THE BUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE FOUR YEARS YESTERDAY ARENT I SUCH AN ADULT

baby animals move like theyre playing a new video game & havent figured out the controls yet

'you never read anymore, you used to love reading' and i have 200 safari tabs open. it never stopped it just got weird

This has the same energy as a writer desperately trying to make their insanely cool but devastatingly off the wall plot point work with the rest of the story

They controlled for socioeconomic factors though! The people who conducted this study knew that people with lots of money to attend the opera were also more likely to be able to afford basic necessities, so they controlled for it in their analysis. The fun thing about statistics is that you can control for different confounding factors so you can look at the effects of one independent variable (opera or whatever) on the dependent variable (mortality). Part of being critical of potential biases is actually reading the article and knowing what to look for.

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Important detail nobody is mentioning: This study only measured people aged 50 and up. Here is a link: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6377

there are some autistic “traits” that people find really annoying but that are inherently kind

like overexplaining. a lot of autistic people didn’t have certain things explained to them because “everyone knows that.” so when an autistic person overexplains something it’s not because they think you’re stupid it’s because they know how it feels for someone to assume you know something you don’t and just not ever explain how or why. it’s a kindness. autistic people aren’t annoying or stupid for this. they’re kind.

Worst fear: finding out that I really am just a late bloomer or something and I’m no longer asexual/aromantic and having to tell everyone and them being like told ya it was just a phase therefore giving people more “proof” asexuality/aromanticism doesn’t exist gah

the thing is, it’s okay if it’s just a phase. It doesn’t give people “proof” because there are still millions out there who are aro/ace. If it is “just a phase”, it doesn’t matter, because aro/ace is how you identify right now, and people should respect that. And if you change your mind some day, people should respect that too

You’re my fav kind of human

Impermanence of being doesn’t mean it never happened and wasn’t real. Temporary identities can still be true and important. What matters is that you’re respected in each feeling and identity you have.

Reblogging cause this is important to remember!

This was me. Once I started processing my trauma and finding a partner I could trust, I was able to enjoy sex. And yeah it sucks having to realize your label was wrong, but I was also able to recognize that the label was good for me at the time. It served its purpose

stop fucking using the word psychotic to describe bad behaviour and violence already god fucking damn it

oh my god i’m so tired psychotic does not mean violent it does not mean angry or erratic. it refers to a person suffering from psychosis, a loss of touch with reality that includes hallucinations and/or delusions. psychotic people are not inherently violent and y'all need to understand how much stigma you create when you again and again incorrectly use the word psychotic without even thinking about it

would appreciate if non-psychotic people could reblog this

Love that they put “a sense of impending doom” as one of the symptoms of a heart attack, like girl, that’s just how it is to be alive these days, you’re gonna have to be more specific

This is amazing and incredibly helpful, oh my god. Thank you.