Watch: Their interaction is enough to turn even the grinchiest Grinch into a total holiday believer.
Depression is hard to understand, because it is not a consistent state. Depression is rather like a virus, but like a virus, it has its manageable days and its acute, life-threatening flare-ups. You can be in a depression and still laugh at a friend’s joke or have a good night at dinner or manage low-level functioning. You grocery shop and stop to pet a puppy on the corner, talk to friends in a café, maybe write something you don’t hate. When this happens, you might examine your day for clues like reading tea leaves in a cup: Was it the egg for breakfast that made the difference? The three-mile run? You think, well, maybe this thing has moved on now. And you make no sudden moves for fear of attracting its abusive attention again.
But other times…
Other times, it’s as if a hole is opening inside you, wider and wider, pressing against your lungs, pushing your internal organs into unnatural places, and you cannot draw a true breath. You are breaking inside, slowly, and everything that keeps you tethered to your life, all of your normal responses, is being sucked through the hole like an airlock emptying into space. These are the times Holly Golightly called the Mean Reds.
I call it White Knuckling it.
Miles and Miles of No Man’s Land, Libba Bray (via babybirched)
“But the stigma of depression is that it comes with the sense that you shouldn’t have it to begin with. That it is self-indulgence or emotional incompetence rather than actual illness.”
(via keeperofthehouse)
“When it’s White Knuckle Time, you will have to remind yourself to stand in the middle of the subway platform, well away from the edge.”
“There is an undertow to depression. It doesn’t take you all at once. It leaves you with some false sense that you are coping. That you are in control. That you have the shore still well in sight, until, at some point, you raise your head to find yourself all alone, battered by rough seas with absolutely no idea which way you should swim.”
(via indigo-inferno)
Unyielding Heart: Prayer Beads for Sigyn
A devotional prayer bead set for Sigyn, The Norse Goddess with unwavering devotion. She is the Wife of Loki and is most well known for holding a bowl over Her bound husband to capture the poison dripping down on His face.
Rose and Cherry Quartz to represent Her love for Her Husband and Children. Crackled Clear quartz for Her strength to stand by Her Husband in His punishment, even after the death of Her sons.
Beads measures 18 inches
Will come beautifully packaged in an organza bag
“your kid needs your attention, not adhd meds!”
“maybe we can talk about how with the internet there are more diagnoses of adhd now, and how the internet is rewiring our brains…”
“medicating childhood: the hoax of adhd”
literally all things ive seen in the past fucking WEEK let me out of this hell
i can debunk this all in a flash
adhd is a neurodevelopmental disorder, and develops around 12 years old. given that, and how many diagnosed adhd adults there are, including elders, this is something that predates the internet
adhd is genetic, so despite an attention given from parent to child, it’s incredibly likely that at least one of the parents or other relatives also has adhd
oh yes, and let’s not forget the myth that adhd symptoms are synonymous with child behavior. but adhd isn’t just hyperactivity – in fact, hyperactivity doesn’t always present itself. in addition to hyperactivity, other symptoms include:
- echolalia
- poor memory
- racing/scattered thoughts
- slowed social development (around 30%)
- difficulty understanding tasks/organizing them into steps
- struggles understanding time management
- impulsive acts (impulsive spending is a major issue with many of us)
- difficulty managing emotions, especially anger
- easily bored (and boredom leads to greater frustration than others)
- TROUBLE SLEEPING. many adhd people spend their entire lives not getting good sleep because of the constant “noise” in their heads. see the scattered thoughts. basically, the thoughts are always going. there is no shut off switch. insomnia is largely prevalent with adhd
- losing details (like getting poor grades because you missed the fine print on a test even with knowing the material)
- struggles with listening comprehension (words sound like nonsense)
- struggles with reading comprehension (words look like nonsense)
- memorization issues – a child skilled in math will have trouble with multiplication tables, for example
- has trouble “waiting their turn” in conversation – frequently interrupts without realizing
- hyperfocus – an often overlooked aspect, when one focuses to the exception of all other external stimuli, including needing to eat, sleep, etc. time almost ceases to exist
- not a symptom, but adhd – especially adult adhd – is highly comorbid with anxiety disorders and depression later in life. this is because a person with adhd is working their heart out to achieve the same standards, contrary to the believe that they’re “lazy.” as you can see above, almost every aspect of daily life is impacted – social, work, school, family, money… and this can lead to a feeling of being unable to cope.
- despite all that, people with adhd are also:
- more solution-oriented
- more resilient
- more expressive
- more curious
- and better at multitasking – not just because of having to learn how to manage the other symptoms, but these are, in fact, also symptoms. you can imagine how useful hyperfocus can be as well.
i wrote all this because i really want people to understand me and understand how this all works. and i want misunderstandings to stop so people can respect who i am.
::draaaaaaaags age of development down into single digits where it belongs, otherwise gestures expansively, pats post on its face::
the first installment in a series of birthday doodles for @sleeping-mara !!! *v* I was going to post them all at once in a big doodle dump, but then decided it would be more fun to spread ‘em all out throughout the week, heheheh
so first up: her (really friggin adorable) version of the Norse goddess Sigyn. ❤
You’ve a good heart. Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it’s not.
Sigyn, probably. (via incorrectedda)
The Rock Has An Inspiring Message For People With Depression
Johnson shares how an episode of depression eventually led him to professional wrestling, and what he learned from the experience.
GIFS VIA.
He’s truly an angel & we are blessed by his existence
Holding the Bowl 