hello, i’m a caregiver for my disabled mother and have disabilities of my own that keep me from being able to work. earlier this year we moved to colorado in hopes of a stable living arrangement, but my mom has respiratory problems and is on oxygen, and the elevation here is causing her dangerous levels of physical distress. (she just had a pulmonary appointment, and the dr. told her the next step to help her is lung transplant, which isn’t very viable, so returning to lower elevation would help immensely.)
our living arrangement is disintegrating, and we’ve been informed we have a few weeks to be able to move or we’ll be homeless. it is winter right now and therefore a very urgent situation. please, anything you could give to help us out of a dire situation would be a godsend, i’m really scared for my mom’s life right now
my paypal is faunlet (at) live (dot) com for any donations or inquiries, and i’m also of course open to dms!
if all you can afford is a reblog, i’m grateful for all the signal boosting i can get. thank you in advance and for reading, have a good one everyone!
I go for a look which I call dead but delicious.
What We Do In The Shadows (2014) dir. Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi
“WOW IM SO GLAD MY DOCTOR TOLD ME ABOUT THIS” SAID NONE OF US EVER
[Image: Screencap from the above website; you can click through to read the whole thing, but I’m going to copy-paste this same bit because it answers so many questions in my life - mostly related to “Why am I crying about this?”]
Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) is an extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain triggered by the perception – not necessarily the reality – that a person has been rejected, teased, or criticized by important people in their life. RSD may also be triggered by a sense of failure, or falling short – failing to meet either their own high standards or others’ expectations.
Dysphoria is Greek for “difficult to bear.” It’s not that people with ADHD are wimps, or weak; it’s that the emotional response hurts them much more than it does people without the condition.
When this emotional response is internalized, it can imitate full, major depression complete with suicidal ideation. The sudden change from feeling perfectly fine to feeling depressed that results from RSD is often misdiagnosed as rapid cycling bipolar disorder.
It can take a long time for physicians to recognize that these symptoms are caused by the sudden emotional changes associated with ADHD and rejection sensitivity, while all other object relations are totally normal.
When this emotional response is externalized, it looks like an impressive, instantaneous rage at the person or situation responsible for causing the pain. 50% of people who are assigned court-mandated anger-management treatment have previously unrecognized ADHD.
Capslock translation from above: “Wow Im so glad my doctor told me about this” said none of us ever
One more reblog for the road. I’ve seen at least eight people go “There’s a name for this?” as a result of sharing this link, and I want to try and reach even more. It’s so meaningful to me to know that there’s something going on, and that it’s not just me being inadequate at dealing with my emotions. When you consider the level of horror I feel over even minor screwups, my reactions are completely understandable. My feelings are valid.
For anyone else out there who cries over spilled milk, or at the drop of a hat? This might be worth a read.
This is your irregular reminder that Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Is A (terrible, horrible, no good, very bad) Thing.
Alternately, this is your notice that There’s A Name For That Horrible Experience.
Support to all of my fellow ADHD-ers out there; RSD is made of terrible.
Oh look, it me.
I have ADHD and BPD and this is so relatable
I just want a rom com f/f [netflix] movie where the two main characters aren’t sexualized in any way. Where they fall in love and their clothes stay on. Just cute acts of affection, romantic yet pure touches, simply awkwardly but sweetly getting to know one another until they realize that it’s love. Beautiful and colorful cinematography, a fresh story line, an unknown woc actress (preferably a black girl) as ½ of the main coupling.
Love Simon did it. TATBILB did it. So get on it Netflix. I want this more than anything.
A reminder!! This blog will be pg13 at best starting soon, so if you wanna keep seeing me naked, follow me here:
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Looking like an elegant abstract art piece painted by talented hands, this picture is actually a NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a small section of the Carina Nebula.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA