Anomalous Anonymous // The Misanthropic Hoax

Credits: @foxes-in-love

If you are actively suicidal- either in the planning stages or getting ready to do something that would make your discord buddies sad- then I have an important message for you.

The national suicide hotline in the US is 988. And if you don’t live in the US, check this list for what number to call in your country.

Also, do not go to an ai “companion” for your suicidal thoughts. That feels like it’s barely worth saying, like “drink water” or “go to the dentist.” But when is the last time you drank water or indeed went to the dentist? Exactly.

And yeah, I know they're not trying to be rude, but it kind of is. I don't miss school because I want to. I hate missing the amount of school that I do. It actually sucks and makes everything way worse. I miss school because at least once a week there's something I can't deal with and I have an anxiety attack in the parking lot and go home crying. I miss so much school because the more I miss the more behind I get and the more anxious I become. I miss school because I go home early with my joints feel like they're going to break and being barely able to do anything because of fatigue.

I know that people don't bring it up to be mean, but saying it's nice to miss so much school honestly hurts. I almost got held back in 8th grade because of this. I can't leave campus with my friends at lunch because of this. Staying home for me isn't a break. It's desperately playing catch-up and trying not to cry.

Non disabled people saying I'm lucky for getting to stay home makes me feel awful. It feels invalidating and like I should be able to do better. It feels awkward when I can't explain that staying home sucks for me.

this is something I had to learn the hard way. doctors often dress up their words all pretty so you can’t sue them. I, for a long time, mistook this as genuine kindness. It’s not. It’s just being professional. even if they didn’t call you a slur or anything that doesn’t mean they weren’t ignoring your needs.

Well maybe I don’t WANT to work double as hard as abled people!! Maybe I deserve a BREAK!! Maybe I’ve been working MORE THAN double as hard for MY WHOLE LIFE and it’s led me to immense burnout & caused me to develop several MORE disabilities!! Maybe I should be ACCOMMODATED so I don’t have to KILL MY BODY AND BRAIN over trying to do what abled people can do!! Maybe I DON’T have to work double as hard!! Maybe if there’s the option to let me NOT work double as hard, I should have it, because I’m already working double as hard JUST TO SURVIVE!!

Pros:

Doctors paying off their medical loans with prize money

Chronically ill people getting free testing (MRIs, CAT scans, X-Rays, bloodwork, etc) and possibly a diagnosis

You can ding points for 'anxiety' and 'you just need to lose some weight'

Doctors are incentivized to find an answer, not just find something billable

Cons:

HIPAA

Body Horror: Things that cannot happen in real life. EX: The Thing, stomach mouths, eyes on hands, etc

Gore: Fresh injuries, often severe. EX: Severed leg, gutspill, deep gashes, etc

NEITHER: Healed injuries and burns, congenital differences, missing appendages, etc. If I could theoretically go to the store and see that character browsing the isles- It isn't body horror or gore. That's just a person. *AND the amount of people that tag, not just fictional characters, but real human beings as body horror is staggering. Its not solely a fandom issue, ableism and bigotry against anyone that looks sufficiently "different" is prevalent in real life and has devastating consequences.

Self harm scars are not body horror.

Pregnant people are not body horror.

Burn scars are not body horror, that includes chemical burn scars.

Prosthetics are not body horror.

NOT having prosthetics is also not body horror.

There is no disability aid that is body horror.

Congenital differences + disabilities are not body horror.

AND acquired differences + disabilities are also not body horror.

Real people are not body horror.