btw the thing she couldn’t ignore was someone calling her out for saying anti-depressants/hormone therapy are only perscribed by lazy doctors

Update:

J.K. Rowling is apparently now filing a defamation lawsuit against someone who made fun of her for saying this, which means its time to spread this like wildfire!

sure would be a shame if- oops, that's the reblog button!

wow, my hands automatica.ly hit reblog! how did this happen?

hehe my baddddd

Oooopsss agaaiinnn??

oh noooooooo

Whopie daisy

its-its almost like this is on purpose lmaoooo

It feels like that doesn't it :O

I’ve gotten panic attacks for 14 years, and I always tried to use the typical breathing advice they teach you:

Focus on your breathing. Breathe in deep for x seconds. Hold for x seconds. Exhale for x seconds. Repeat.

I’m sure that works for some people, but it made me hyper-conscious of my breathing, which would frequently make my hyperventilation worse. But mental health professionals seemed to think this was The Way, so I’d repeat it, wondering if I just wasn’t mentally strong enough or wasn’t doing it right.

Then I found what works for me:

Ignore your breathing. Relax your lungs. Relax your chest. Allow your breathing to slow, so that it feels as if you’re barely breathing at all, like you’re asleep. Don’t force it; just let it go. You’ll notice just the slightest misting of breathe, the warm moisture hardly brushing your lips with your slow and shallow breaths. Think to yourself:

“I am getting enough air. It is impossible for me not to get enough air. No one has ever died by not breathing hard or fast enough. It is a scientific certainty that I will be fine. I can safely ignore this.”

I don’t feel the dizziness and light-headedness that comes with too little carbon dioxide in your body due to hyperventilation. And hyperventilating is A LOT of exertion!! And just a shitty experience.

I know this won’t work for everyone, but I thought I’d throw it out there in case it helps even one person.

My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”. 

I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask. 

This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.

Pain Scale transcription:

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

0 - I have no pain.

It’s also really important to get this kind of scale to people who have chronic pain, because chronic pain drastically lowers your perception of how “bad” any kind of pain actually is, and yet something like this pain scale is extremely user friendly. 

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day. 

There’s also a similarly useful “Fatigue Scale”

I haven’t been below a 5 on this scale for 4 years 

Here’s the fatigue scale

Fatigue scale image desc:

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

1: going clubbing!

See also the Mental Health Pain Scale by Graceful Patient:

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

10 - The worst mental and emotional distress possible. You can no longer care for yourself. You can’t imagine things getting any worse. Contact a crisis line immediately.

These are so important! SO SO IMPORTANT SHARE THIS AND SAVE IT TO SHOW YOUR DOCTORS!

Isn’t it weird how a man can take up as much room as he likes, make as much noise as he likes, swear as much as he likes, and no one bats an eye? When a woman takes up space, she is called 'rude' and 'attention seeking' and 'a tease' and told to 'close her legs or she’ll get what’s coming to her'. When a woman is too loud she is called 'inconsiderate' and 'hysterical' and 'attention seeking' and told that 'no one cares'. When a woman swears she is 'uncouth' and 'a bitch' and 'unrefined' and told 'that's not how a lady behaves'.

We call it ‘man-spreading’ and ‘dad sneezes’ and ‘passionate’ but that doesn’t make those kinds of behaviour any less inconvenient or rude. We just accept it as a given because he’s a man, and men are allowed to take up space and make their presence and opinions known. 

I know I’m not a woman, but I was raised to be one, I still look like one and gender diverse people aren’t treated that differently by society. I have been forced into a box my whole life and taught how to behave; how to sit, how to stand, what to say and how to say it. I was given a guidebook called 'Life as Someone in the Background'. But I refuse to pull myself down any longer. 

I am going to stand solidly, with my feet planted on the ground and shoulder width apart and I'm going to sit however I please. I’m going to teach myself to sneeze real loud. I’m going to share my opinions proudly and not worry about keeping to myself. I'm going to start swearing louder than just my thoughts. It’s time for me to be a human fucking person. And I'm not going to apologise for it.

it’s so bizarre when animated American films are set in a certain location and then only certain characters have the accents of that place. It makes no damn sense!! like

WHY IS SHE MORE FRENCH THAN THE REST OF THEM???

WHY ARE THESE GUYS MORE SCOTTISH THAN THE KIDS??

(also, aren’t they Vikings or something?)

To be fair, almost everyone in Ratatouille does have a French accent. The real question is why Linguini and also all the rats sound intensely American

If it was just the rats I’d say it’s because the movie can be interpreted to mean that the rats understand but don’t necessarily speak human languages so the rat dialog isn’t literally taking place the way we see it but that doesn’t explain why Linguini has a rat accent

LINGUINI HAS A RAT ACCENT 

Do we ever hear like

For sure that Linguini grew up in France tho?

It could be possible he’s just an American immigrant

I mean his name is Alfredo Linguini so I always assumed he was Italian

I’m sorry his first name is Alfredo?

What

ALFREDO???

he’s American you guys his mother was American it was mentioned in the beginning

I’m sorry, I’ve moved on to the fact his mother was going through her cupboard for baby names

Alfredo was a name before it was a sauce let’s go over the movie from the top again

This is Alfredo di Lelio (right) the inventor of fettuccine Alfredo, he’d come out to the table and make it in front of you by hand

The chap on the left is an airport

I think you might have your left and right mixed up, my friend

Great post everyone. Hit the showers.

Friendly reminder that you don’t have to wait until the weekends to live and enjoy your life. Go to your favorite coffee shop after school, call your friend, bake cookies on a Wednesday afternoon, dance around in your underwear. Your life is yours to live and you shouldn’t put it on hold because of work or school.

Do you guys ever think about Rhysand’s sister?

afraid

within the inner circle, you were known as the rock. you were the light everyone turned to in the times of darkness, the sunshine on the rainy days.

when rhys was taken from your small group of friends who became family, you were the one who held everyone together. you never questioned if he would return, rather you reminded the others it was indefinite. he would make it back home, any day now.

you held cassian as he sobbed, you listened to azriel talk it out. you picked mor up from the clubs when she couldn’t cope without alcohol, and you sat with amren in painful silence as she processed her feelings.

HEARTBREAKING: Poor girl has to get out of the soft warm bed even though she is so so so so comfy

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i 100% would have been diagnosed with hysteria back in the day

oh yeah i love reading (fan-fictions to dissociate).

Everything is boring when you lack imagination

Gonna say this to my students and see how many I can offend

Shocking how many people don’t know that hens lay non-fertilized eggs and think the yolk they’re eating is a baby chicken

once tried desperately to make my friend understand that yolks were not, like, a liquified potentiality of chicken, and she looked at me for a while and then said, "but they’re both yellow."

Behold

A chicken

[image: a lemon.]

That’s a chicken can’t you fucking read