Hi

We really went from "free the nipple" to "um the public didn't consent to you wearing a choker"

we are never going to be free until it literally doesnt matter whether a person is ugly or not

person with schizophrenia here adding that I’ve seen so much fear surrounding this diagnosis, people saying it turns your life into a nightmare or a hellscape or removes your personality and turns you into a husk, and I want to say that’s not true and definitely isn’t true if you have good access to medical support. medicated schizophrenics are some of the coolest and most creative people I know who are able to live fulfilling lives outside of the expectations and constrictions of “mainstream society”. the way people with autism and adhd are just kind of known for doing their own thing and finding their own happiness applies to people with schizophrenia too (I also know some people who are completely indistinguishable from a neurotypical person to an outside observer, because it’s a spectrum).

I'm diagnosed as scizoaffective. I have benign hallucinations almost everyday. It started when I went away to college at 17 and I had scary episodes of psychosis. I was treated for depression and anxiety but no one addressed my hallucinations/psychosis until my mid-20s. I'm not currently on anti-psychotics but I have been in the past when my symptoms increase, change, or become scary. Medication is a helpful tool to use when needed but I quite like my benign hallucinations and I'd miss them if they were gone.

I think there’s really a conversation to be had about people harassing others to the point of breaking under the guise of being “morally good” and “protecting others”. I’ve never felt protected or safe seeing people like that. I think “oh, if I step even a little out of line I’m next”.

I also want to add on and share that this is currently what I’m living through. My stalkers/harassers are making it their goal to ruin my life. I can’t talk about it anywhere but here really (I guess since none of them use tumblr a lot and also knew mine was pretty dead for a while) but they’re inciting harassment mobs, attacking and harming me financially, they outted me as being a trans man after being stealth for nearly 7 years now and where I live is not safe, insanely inflammatory lies about me like I killed my best friend who also struggled with bpd like me- it wasn’t him taking his life because his struggles with it became too much, that I tried to run people over with my car because they tried to “hold me accountable” when I don’t have a license or car, accusing me of extremely damaging things with zero proof outside of “just trust me bro”, calling my apartment complex to kick me out, harassing my friends and anyone even close to me into not supporting me anymore & if they continue they have insane lies about them spread, I’m being harassed daily with my own address and having some of the most vile transphobia and hatred sent to me while sui-baiting me, I could keep going. I’ve been demanded to make a statement several times but they just mass report it and continue harassing me and demand I make a statement again. It feels like there’s no point and I’ll never be free from this. I’ve tried taking my life 3 times, I’m getting help legally but it’s taking way too long. There’s so much people just refuse to understand and they’d much rather have someone to point and laugh at for entertainment rather than getting the bigger picture of the fact that an abuser can come online and lie about their victim so they can never speak out and have harassment mobs to make sure that victim stays silent.

it ended up being more expensive to replace my computer & tablet than i thought (~900 💀). i'm fighting my landlords on this and i had to spend $165 on a consultation with a lawyer & court fees i couldn't get waived. this has been a rough time for me and i rly deeply appreciate the support i've gotten, thank you

i just figured out how to save the world. all we have to do is find and excise the undesireables. i mean just look at how much good all the examples of it in the past have done *opens history book* oops not that one *flips page* oops not that one *flips page* oops not that one *flips page* oops not that one *fli

"This person has a secret onlyfans!" "This artist does NSFW commissions!" "This author writes porn on the side!" I cannot begin to tell you how swag and awesome that is.

everything you see on tumblr is biased towards the perspectives of the types of people who post a lot on tumblr. this is essential to remember

the concept of a site that doesn't even allow porn requiring age verification for mature content. you gotta give us your legal id or else we'll hide random posts that were incorrectly flagged from you

as much as i get the sentiment behind "make more bad art" there's gotta be a better way of communicating "you don't have to be technically proficient or hold yourself to a specific standard of practice" that doesn't sound as backhanded lol