very ridiculous that i am expected to graduate college and then do something else after that
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^ From a therapist-friend, in case any in-therapy-friends ever worry about this.
thatpettyblackgirl
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WILL GRAHAM: Sometimes at night, I leave the lights on in my little house, and walk across the flat fields. When I look back from a distance, the house is like a boat on the sea. It’s really the only time I feel safe.
I always liked that quote and wanted to illustrate it, but what I ended up doing is some sort of representation of Will’s mental state after Hannibal frames him. The sense of coming unmoored, no longer trusting what once seemed safe.
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Anyone: u ok Me; yeah just thinking about how I’ll never be this young again and about how most of my youth has been lost to depression loneliness and self doubt lol
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La Vitrina Cloud Collection - Leandro Erlich (2011)
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Yoko Akino 秋野 暢子 (Japanese, b. 1967, Kyoto, Japan) - That Dolphin Torn Etching
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tattoo designs 4 a close friend!!!
(C.B)(12.11.18)
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LIVING FOR TODAY | Karen Fisher ©1972
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menalez
some nice bits that were on the link! medicine has a massive misogynistic bias it needs to address.
bone-jar
my family has a history of hypothyroidism, but my mom wasnt diagnosed for decades. she was misdiagnosed and only symptoms were addressed without searching for the actual reason. even now, because how how long she went untreated, her bodys systems are extremely taxed, causing other issues. her body is permanently off the deep end to some degree because doctors refused to investigate to a proper degree.
if you have consistent symptoms, keep pushing. the doctor is not always right. keep pushing.
Doctors really need to think. >:(
lungs-and-tubes
I was in and out of hospitals for 20 years and the doctors said it was asthma and a lot of stress and being over weight. Went to a new doctor for the first time this summer and he sees all my blood results and was shocked that no one looked into my high WBC count. Turns out I have a rare blood disease, that untreated can be fatal.
It’s ridiculous that doctors see female health problems as just “female problems” and not real concerns
This is why so many diseases are “more common in men” no one tries to diagnose women
poplitealqueen
Earlier this year, I had a severe allergic reaction to Penicillin. My throat began to close up, and my body was convulsing so badly that when the paramedics finally got to my home it took two of them to hold down my arm just to check my pulse.
The entire time they were here (as far as I can recall, at least) and in the ER itself, it was insisted repeatedly that what I was experiencing was just an anxiety attack, just an anxiety attack. Do I have a history of anxiety? Clearly I’m *not* having an allergic reaction, even though my family has a history of Penicillin-based allergies! It must just be a woman having a “fit”.
It’s a bit hard to insist that, no, I know what an anxiety attack is because I have experienced plenty before and this is *not* one when you’re so out of it that the only thing you can open your mouth up for is to puke half your guts out, but I did. So did my mom, much more vocally, and *finally* hours later we got the nurse practitioner to listen to us.
I was tested to see if I have a Penicillin allergy, and guess what? I do.
Tl;Dr, being female or female-presenting in this society is basically a fucking death certificate if you ever need medical assistance. Don’t be afraid to insist. Push, and push for those you love, too. The embarrassment of making “a scene” is nothing compared to the alternative.
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