god my absolute favorite feeling is devouring a book, when you get so into the pages and the words that you have to stop your eyes from skipping lines and force yourself to read every word, when you’re so impatient for what happens next that you can’t sit still while reading, when you have to re read whole pages because you were too busy predicting and anticipating that you missed the actual events, when you read a part that’s too good for words and you have to close the book and scream into your pillow, that’s what reading a truly great book is about and the feeling is even better when you haven’t found a book like that in a long time and then you stumble across one and something inside of you awakens

this becomes almost deeper when you think of non-romantic loves too (via alaelia)

Please help me find someone else with my rare conditon

My name is Valerie, I’m a teenager, and I’m chronically ill. 

I’ve been sick for a decade now, and unfortunately, I tend to get all the rare and ~special~ disorders. Because of this, I currently have doctors in nine cities spanning across five states. I battle six chronic conditions, and balancing them is a daily struggle, but I’ve managed. 

But my newest condition has turned my life upside down. It’s called Recurrent Subacute Thyroiditis (RSAT) and most doctors will never see a case of this in their lifetime. I luckily have found a doctor who has least seen a few cases of this before, but I am the youngest person she has ever seen with this condition. 

RSAT is an inflammation of the thyroid that causes overactivity, leading to high heart rates, trouble breathing, low blood pressure, dizziness, chest pains, insomnia, fatigue, hair loss, and muscle weakness. The overactivity lasts for about 2-3 months, and then the thyroid flips to inactivity, leading to lethargy, extreme fatigue, depression, low body temperature, and slow heart rates. The inactivity lasts for 2-3 months, making this a 4-6 month condition. I’m currently in the middle of my second episode, and my first episode was just two years ago.

I am terrified. This condition has caused me to be rushed to the ER twice. This condition has rendered me so dizzy and dropped my blood pressure so low that walking is a hazard and I am in a wheelchair. This condition has prevented me from attending school since the end of October. This condition can occur again, and there is no telling when or how often. 

I’ve scoured the web, posted in countless Facebook groups, analyzed research, and even scheduled a conference call with doctors in another country to try to get some answers. Not only is there no information on it, but I can’t find anyone else with it (and due to HIPPA laws, my doctor is not allowed to connect me with the other cases she has seen). I have support from my friends and family, but they cannot even begin to understand what this is like. 

I am alone in this right now, but I know the internet is a powerful place. I’ve seen other kids with rare conditions find support and/or answers, and I thought I might as well give it a shot. Please, please - even if you don’t have this condition, even if you don’t know me, please reblog this and spread this around. I just need to know that I’m not alone in this. Even finding one person who has this would make the world of a difference.

Thank you in advance. Those who know me best know I absolutely hate asking for help, but I can’t do this alone anymore. 

Update as of 1/12/17:

I made this post in the beginning of December and I’m still overwhelmed with the support I’ve received. I still haven’t found anyone though, so anything you can do to help spread this would mean the world to me. I’ve currently shifted into the inactive phase of RSAT, which is a whole new mess of trouble with the way its reacting with my other conditions. I could really use the support right now, so anything you’d be willing to do (even just a simple reblog) would mean the world to me!

Jessica Jones, you are a hard-drinking, short-fused, mess of a woman, but you are not a piece of shit.

I love my coffee vintage square glass pendant //   WhenAdamMetEve

Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs attend the ‘China: Through The Looking Glass’ Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.

I love how much that dress makes the man look like the accessory rather than the gorgeous woman looking like a trophy

Usually when people see me they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

gif request meme: buffy the vampire slayer + most attractive character

#manmeat #gorgeous

Is this real?!!!?!,’SKsmsmxmxJSNXKXKSKS how soooo fickdjdid cute

Write drunk, edit sober. 

Already picking apart the mistakes but trying to make this a regular thing, more for me, not so much for you.

Doctor Who in quotes: → Rory Williams

…and women too.