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Caffeine headaches are a withdrawal symptom. If you get caffeine headaches when you don't get your coffee fix, you are addicted to caffeine.

Heart palpitations and feelings of impending doom are overdose symptoms, and tolerance can vary enough due to external factors that a high level of caffeine that's fine for you one day could be dangerous for you on another. If you get "panic attacks" and if you regularly drink more than one cup of coffee per day, tell your doctor about your caffeine habits, because those panic attacks may be misdiagnosed caffeine overdoses.

I'm not anti-caffeine – in fact, I'm not anti- any drug. I think adults can make informed choices about their own health, and I think that they should be allowed to do so. But the key to that is the informed part, and an awful lot of people consume genuinely risky amounts of caffeine without knowing any of the risks. In law school, I polled my friends, and discovered that a shockingly high percentage of them had had what were likely caffeine overdoses without realizing that that was what they were, or that they were dangerous. Having a little bit too much coffee and then spending all afternoon feeling like you're close to having a heart attack isn't an everyday occurrence, and it shouldn't be treated like one! Some of these same friends had abused stimulant medications like adderall and ritalin as productivity aids, and I absolutely guarantee that if they'd had the same level of symptoms from an accidental extra dosing of those drugs, rather than of caffeine, they'd have gone to the hospital. But Starbucks and Panera don't hand out adderall and ritalin, and people don't think that merch about adderall and ritalin dependency is cute or quirky, or that an adderall or ritalin habit is indicative of being a hard worker.

tl;dr

400 mg/day is the outside limit, and anything above that is considered dangerous for just about everyone

caffeine in your blood has a halflife of anywhere between 1.5-9.5 hours, so it can take a long time to leave your system, and therefore, because of varying tolerances of caffeine (depending on age and weight, especially) and the variance in halflife, it can be hard to make sure you aren't consuming too much.

the symptoms at the start all seem innocent enough and are usually the reasons people drink coffee to begin with, so it can be difficult to look out for.

past that, symptoms become a lot more noticeable and scary.

it's treatable and manageable, though very unpleasant to do so. so be careful and monitor how much caffeine you consume.

here's a study/report from 2004 about recognizing caffeine addiction and withdrawal as legitimate issues

and more info about symptoms of withdrawal (which, again, are all also related to reasons you drink coffee, and also side effects of having too much coffee--it's a fucking mess lol)

At that point in my life also, my work didn't afford me the chance to drink that much in a day. So I quit cold turkey. The white our lightning headaches I was having from withdrawal was crazy.

Now I don't drink any soda, coffee, or energy drinks, but I do still occasionally drink hot chocolate, and tea that have caffeine but I keep it very moderate.

I have been in several buildings, and none of the ever ever have taken it seriously, despite the fact that as a company we have had people hide.

So now that I'm in charge when we do the sweep. I go and hide and get all dusty somewhere in the warehouse. My employees get a full sized candy bar of their choice if they find me.

They've gotten so good at it I've been resorting to some very they hard spots that result in me being covered in some sort of dirt and almost always me falling on my face when I pop out.

I’ve had far too many friendships disintegrate because the other person never tells me when I do the wrong thing, and then they grow to resent me… despite them never being clear about what went wrong in the first place

the kindest thing you can do for your autistic friends is probably to be clear with them when they cross a line. to tell them kindly and politely what went wrong. to do them the service of communicating with them

Bruce: [walks in]

Jason: “no! Out! OUT!”

Bruce: “I live here!”

Jason: “I don’t care- look you made my soufflé collapse!”

Bruce: “I didn’t do anything, I just wanted to see who was making all this damn noise in my kitchen and get some water”

Jason: “your ugly face scared my fucking soufflé”

Bruce: “Jason you can le-… never mind, I just want my drink”

Jason: “oh my god! Get out already!”

Bruce: [mumbling to himself] “remember you love him, it’s a miracle he’s here today, you love him, you missed him, he is a blessing”

Im imagining stressed Jason absolutely HAS to drop everything he's doing just to stress bake asap.

Unfortunately, that means he'll break into the nearest kitchen if he has to

And yknow, since Jason is often out on cases/missions where he's taking down criminals or staking out one of the rogues, there's not many options for him when it comes to satiating his stressbaking needs sooooo ya gotta do what ya gotta do

[Goon running in hysterical]

Goon: Uh, sir, it's-it's the Red Hood.

Black Mask: And you're telling me this why? Just shoot him, I hired you guys for a reason!

Goon: Well yeah, but uh- He's um...baking?

Black Mask: He's what?

Goon: Yeah, he uh, he broke into the kitchen and started baking..but like..REAL aggressively

Black Mask:

Goon: Sir, he's scaring us.

[Cut to Jason in the kitchen, ordering a bunch of Black Mask's henchmen to run errands and help with the baking]

Jason: Are you KIDDING me?? What kind of henchmen does Black Mask hire?? You're telling me you can't even break an egg?? Ridiculous, move over.

The henchman (Who Jason threatened into helping him): Uh-

Jason: And LOOK at these cookies! Do these look fully baked to you?? DO THEY??

The Henchman, now sweating: I'm sor-

Jason gesturing wildly: AND you didn't even try to separate the yolks from the whites! How did you even get hired?

The baking session ends with a good handful of the henchmen in tears.

Bonus scene of the batfam infiltrating Black Mask's lair, expecting a shit ton of goons to attack them but little do they know they're all too busy baking with the Red Hood.

Bonus BONUS scene of the batfam later walking into the kitchen only to see a fuck ton of henchmen frantically scurrying around the kitchen trying to fulfill Jason's orders, while Jason's in the corner baking and mumbling about how goon hiring standards have lowered since his old days as robin.

Kid: Mom? Dad? Red Hood is making a cake in our kitchen.

Mom: What?

Kid: Red Hood is making a cake. He wants to know if we have any allergies.

Dad: Billy it’s 3 in the morning. Go back to sleep.

Kid: But do we have any allergies?

Mom: No honey. We don’t. Now go back to bed okay?

*Kid leaves, goes back to the kitchen*

Kid: We don’t have any allergies Mr. Hood

Jason: Okay thanks Billy. I’ll make sure your parents let you eat most of this okay?

Kid: I don’t care what Batman says. You’re the best Mr. Hood.

Jason:

Kid:

WHAT IS THIS?????!!!!!

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”. 

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day. 

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

So in January I fractured my foot. I am fairly clumsy and can not pin point a time when it happen other than 'Man this is annoying to walk on.' one day. What had happened in my body was that at some point I bruised my bone that is in the middle of my foot connected to my middle toe (a metatarsal). I continued to walk on it to the point the blood swelled up so much in my bone it exploded out the side of my bone causing the fracture.

Like I said I'm in constant pain anyways, and on most days I can feel my left leg or arm. This is my left foot.

So when I went to my doctor they asked me what my pain was at and I was like...uh a 2 its annoying as fuck but its not really bad.

They sent me home with a steroid and no xray because of this. They assumed annoying bruise, will go away.

I came back after two weeks and was like hey this is still going on, so they did an xray. Immediately the doctor came in with a walking cast and lectured me on being honest about my pain.

I was super confused. I was like I didn't lie, it's a 2 thats annoying,thats all.

According my Dr, normal (aka people with out chronic pain) typically rate this kinda of injury on the pain scale of 6/7, so for me to have walked on a fracture foot for almost a month and be like eh was amazing to her.

After we talked some more we came to the conclusion that I was comparing to the pain I'm in daily. So compared to that it was nothing and I treated it as such.

First we can see that he doesn't seem to like them at all. Throughout the chapter he is seen trying to push them away.

In this specific part after getting angry at their insistence to be by his side, he says "I don't speak palisman"

At first I did not realize it, but while I was trying to sleep (which is when the ideas suddenly come lmao) I remembered that in the chapter "Escape of the Palisman" Eda talks with Owlbert without any inconvenience.

"Owlbert why are you out the staff?

*Owlbert responds*

Luz took you to eat ice cream?"

And what do we see at the end of "Eclipse lake"? We not only see Hunter happy to see Rascal, but talking to them, understanding what Rascal is saying.

"I think I understood that!

Is that your name? Can you say it again? "

Again, I didn't notice it at first but it seems pretty obvious to me now that in order to communicate with a palisman you need to have a connection with them.

So, to summarize:

Another version of Cardinals symbology is that Cardinals lead you to comfort and a sense of belonging.

Both versions I think work with Hunter as a character.

started working on some antlers for a cosplay, base layers of paint down

I built it with wire then covered it with newspaper and tape. After that I used moldable foam to cover it.

update painting done