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Repeat after me : during the 90s WHO had estimated measles would be eradicated by 2020

There's now an entry for The Muppet Show Book on Fonts In Use, which might be easier to read than a long tumblr post.

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Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."

This has already been said in the notes, but if PMS causes extreme depression and even suicidal ideation, that is in fact something that most people do not experience and it can be treated

I went to my doctor after I was walking to work one morning and saw a bus coming and actually took a step to throw myself in front of it before I pulled myself together. Later that day I started bleeding and was literally like someone flipped a switch and I didn't feel suicidal anymore. Which made me feel like I was loosing my mind because who goes from 'I want to throw myself in front of a bus' to 'I'm perfectly fine' just like that? I did some research, I went to the doctor and described my feelings, he looked me in the eye and gently asked what I thought it was, I said I'd read about PMDD and I thought it might be that, he said 'I think so too' and wrote a prescription.

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I realize this is going to sound counterproductive, but I feel like addressing the youth mental health crisis would be easier if adults weren't so obsessed with the Youth being in crisis. Like-- I feel like that pathologization is basically being wielded as a bludgeon to further erode what little agency kids actually have. Social Media causes low self esteem? Cut kids off from technology without any thought as to how technology has permeated how we're able to navigate the world! It doesn't matter if tech is a lifeline for queer and mentally ill kids in rural or otherwise isolated areas! Can't you see The Youth(tm) are in crisis?

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