Have the cumulative effect of being really triggering. I think the idea of people wanting me to celebrate my father is completely messed up, considering the years of abuse and fucked up, horrible bullshit. But I can’t open my e-mail, or look at a newspaper without that reminder that the vast majority of people out there have fathers they love, fathers they are thankful for and would want to celebrate with a day. Lucky them.
WHO SAID IT WAS OK TO POST SOMETHING THIS HORRIBLE!??!??
OH MY GOD
oh
oh no
Unless Coulson is supposed to be in his 80s during the Avengers…there’s no way.
Sometimes psychiatry/psychology is sexist/racist as fuck. Just give this article a read:
Among my many diagnoses, I have what is known in the UK as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (Of The Borderline Type), known elsewhere as Borderline Personality Disorder. BPD is described by…
Dr. Judith Herman unpacks the sexism inherent in BPD, along with its history rooted in the “hysteria” diagnosis, in her book Trauma and Recovery. There are a lot of heavy triggers in that book, but it’s definitely worth a read if anyone is interested in learning more about the systemic forms of oppression in psychology and the DSM.
I got back on inline skates this morning. And although it’s not quite the same as being back on my quads, it didn’t hurt and felt both comfortable and natural to skate again.
6 months since the tailbone injury and I’m almost feeling like derby things could start happening again.
Baby steps, but steps forward.
… But how though?
A lot of icing, two flat cake pans and a good bread knife. And some raspberry jam, it looks like. :)
