The Extensive Universe

Alan: The proud owner of a bunch of unhealthy coping mechanisms and an alarmingly dark sense of humour.

Scott: …

Lady Penelope: *Sees a contact named “Love of my life”*

Lady Penelope: Aww.

Lady Penelope: Wait, this isn’t my number.

Lady Penelope: *Calls the number*

And while its hard to spot the milder signs when you're dissociating, don't worry i got you covered by bringing awareness, im showing what those signs could look like:

Dazing/blanking out several times

Hands looking weird (depersonalization)

Surroundings also looking weird (derealization)

Feeling detached emotionally, physically, or both

Light-headedness

Less reactive in responding

Forget things more often

Unable to focus or keep concentration straight

When you have multiple of those signs at once, then chances are you are dissociating (extra note that it can also co-occur with derealization/depersonalization). While it can be caused by various factors, i would like to add that it may or may not get worse as time passes and no one wants that thing to snowball until it got too bad (remember, preventing now is better than dealing later) so having a few tips would help:

Grounding (sensory): listening to music, feeling different textures, paying attention to things in your surroundings, trying different fragrant or scents, have some snacks to occupy your senses

Grounding (physically): feel your chest as you breathe, get your body moving to redirect focus, splash some cold water, hold something you can squeeze (such as a stress ball)

Practice being mindful. As it can help you re-anchor back to reality faster, regulate better, building more resilience, increasing awareness of oneself's state

Sometimes we go do our day without giving a thought that were detached from reality, usually by going autopilot and scrolling through social medias without being aware (well, atleast for me) and forget lots of things while being dysregulated at the end. So by being aware of the mild signs and incorporating grounding skills im sure memory gaps and those funny aftermath stuffs won't be a problem anymore, have a good day peeps.

Alert!!

Anti-depressants during hot weather

If you are taking sertraline, citalopram, duloxetine, fluoxetin, mirtazipine OR any other SNRI/SSRI you are more prone to overheating and dehydration

Please stay safe in this heat! stay in the shade, stay hydrated, and wear sun cream

im literally forever obsessed with this because it implies the following:

The Rapture, as described by Christian Evangelicals, has happened

Parents witnessed their son disappear during The Rapture, but remained atheists anyway (based)

Archangels are fierce. They are absolute. They are Heaven’s most terrifying weapon.

yeah lucifer was supposed to be the charismatic and wittily cynical “paradise lost” version of satan who had a plausible reason to rebel, but with time he actually became a ridiculous cross between a snot nosed seventh grader and a middle aged alcoholic dad.

yeah raphael was supposed to be heaven's most terrifying weapon because what's more terrifying than the wrath of a gentle man who could dissolve health as quick as bring it, but then made extraordinarily stupid mistakes that ultimately only added up to a bland “corrupt bureaucrat” arc.

yeah michael was supposed to be the prince of heaven who waged war against forces beyond human comprehension for millennia, and fiercely commanded the angels like only a true leader could because all along he was the one who united heaven and not God, but in the end it actually only took two hunters, a mostly powerless angel and a bit of sleeve-pulling to entrap him for the better part of a decade.

yeah gabriel was supposed to be the archangel that ultimately could've fought both lucifer and michael on the side of humanity, while heroically making a sacrifice that shows his brothers what they've become, and also breaking out of the circle he created for himself when he finally stops running, but never mind, he managed to trick everybody again just to be captured by a washed up prince of hell who couldn't even capture a quite literally three day old kid.